Public Property - Hazel McMichael

Last Saturday I took part in Hazel McMichael's poetic performance piece; Public Property. Here is an explanation taken from her blog:

"on the 10th of March i will be staging a public performance/experiment/project in which participants will be given a selected time period (from thirty minutes to four hours – dependent on the plans and availability of the participants) in which to meet me at a location in inner London (TBC – also dependent on the plans and availabity of the participants) and to take me to a location or event of their choosing to do whatever they wish of me (within limits! details below)…

i will be gagged and my hands will be bound by each participant upon arrival and released when they depart to allow for hydration, toilet and mouth/arm rest breaks of ten minutes. these may be supervised by the previous or next participant if they wish (this must be arranged in advance). during handover the participant will be provided with a signed note which explains the project (in case of curiosity or trouble), a travelcard and a camera with which the participant will be expected to document our time together.

i will not be allowed to speak for the duration of the day, including during handover time. i will be allowed to communicate by any other means. the participant is not allowed to remove my gag or binding until their time slot is over (unless i give the “safety signal”, which will be a hand gesture shared with the participants prior to the day). i will not participate in anything (too) illegal."

Go to this page for Hazel's quick sum up of the day (she is yet to complete writing it up). 

I took Hazel to a pet shop to look at some bunnies. I wanted to do something fun, lovely and uplifting. After seeing what Selina did; I kinda wish I had put more thought into it! I also took the following photos during the reading of a story by Jinnwoo (but read by Tasha).






and just for the fun of it; here are some more of Hazel. Just doing er...stuff.







 

taken with: diana mini / fuji superia 200 35mm film
by hannah daisy
location: London

diana mini; first attempts

So here are the beginnings of some of the results from my new Diana Mini camera! Quite impressed with the camera, it's easy to use and lightweight! Meaning I can take lots of random snaps. Having some happy accidents; the camera sometimes gets stuck when winding on the film, resulting in the film ripping if I force it or getting multiple exposures!

Some of these are taken in South West London and others are in Scotland.







































Photographer: Hannah Daisy
Camera: Diana F Mini
Film: 35mm 200 or 400 speed (click photo for more info) Fuji Suspiria
Models: Hannah Daisy & Tasha
Hoops: Anna Hulagan, hooping class, Vauxhall
Locations: South West London & Cairngorm, Scotland (and the sky!)

Reclaim Love

I will do a write up about Reclaim Love event in Piccadilly this year but I haven't been through my photos for various reasons....
Reclaim Love was begun by Venus CuMara who is also a Poet and close friend of mine. Last year on a cold day in the summertime, we ventured up to Hampstead Heath in north London. We spent the day taking pictures for the cover of...well I am not really sure! We were both really pleased with the results and was surprised to see the photo on her wiki page. So here it is! This photo was taken on Boudicca's Mound which is a lovely place to hide and explore.

Here is me, in the rain at Reclaim Love on Saturday:

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Welcome Mr Butter!

This video has kept me entertained today:

I love SoKo.

Also quite excited to receive this in the next few weeks:

(rubythroat add them on facebook)

three random snaps

Just three recent pictures!

Jinnwoo @ Brixton Jamm 26/1/12

The lovely Jinnwoo @ Brixton Jamm 26/1/12

You should all add him on FACEBOOK!!

what I wore today...

My housemates and I went shopping together yesterday. It was lovely, we ate some veggie food, filled our bellies with free samples at Whole Foods shop and then each bought a dress at Joy. I like dresses. I have become a little slow at updating my blog, my job just moved out of London so I am really tired with all the commuting. (Yes I have a job as well as the photography!). I am trying to do more and update more. I really need to draw more too.... In fact I drew a little scribble of our shopping trip!







EDWARD!!





This is how January has looked for me:

Happy New Years!

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a nice Christmas and New Year! I had fun then got ill on new years day. Only really feeling better today! Cleaned up my room, maybe a bit of an early spring clean. Took some photos...I really feel at home here, it's my favourite room so far that I have lived in.

I want this year to be the best year yet. So many things I want to do...take more photos, learn a new craft, meet new people, travel...I would really love to go to Iceland and take my camera....




















Moi:



Started off the new year with news that one of my favourite unsigned bands in London has split. Joana and the Wolf were fantastic live and had some pretty good songs. Considering they never released an album I have about 16 songs on my pc! The last time I saw them, I took this picture of Joana:



and a couple of my favourite live shots:





Natural Born Killer: