...The Heart And Mind Are The True Lens Of The Camera...
Above all, it's hard learning to live with vivid mental images of scenes I cared for and failed to photograph. It is the edgy existence within me of these unmade images that is the only assurance that the best photographs are yet to be made.
Sam Abell



...This was taken just after midnight of the year 2000...
Celebrating the new year with my sister and my friends in town
This is one of the few pictures I took which weren't spoilt by a large millennium bug (don't ask) ~l~


...My best friend, Rachel...
It's my favourite picture of her, even if it was taken at her work ~l~


...one of my old schoolfriends, Ben...
I think Rachel took this picture... ~s~
I just like the fact its not taken anywhere near a supermarket
(the only place I seem to bump into him these days) ~l~


...Kelly, myself and Gemma in Old Rhodes Town...
My favourite picture of us together in one of my favourite places in Rhodes ~s~


...Rachel on the Radio...
Back in college, Rach had her own radioshow for a while...
I never did get to hear it, but at least I get the pictures ~s~


...Semisonic in concert...
One of the few decent pictures I managed to take
before the big burly bouncer bloke gave me that warning look...


...Gemma in Kalithea Spa...
Ah Gemma.... funny, generous and pale as a rock ~l~
What can you expect from a girl who slapped on the Factor 35,
put on a t-shirt, sat in the shade and complained she wasn't tanning?


...Halloween Party...
Rach again ~s~ I can't think of a more suitable outfit... ~l~


...Felpham, South England...
Can you tell I like the ocean? ~s~
My family and I holiday here sometimes,
the place we stay is literally a stone's throw from where this picture was taken


...Gemma, shopping in Old Rhodes Town...
I cannot believe she actually bought this hat...
~shakes head sadly~ ~l~


...Rachel...
I'd never seen Rach so drunk, until this night
about a minute after this picture was taken, she twirled a couple of times
and ended up smashing most of the glasses she's holding against the wall...
(needless to say we left the pub pretty quickly)


...Rachel again..
I don't know why I took a picture of Rachel's reflection,
but I kinda like the way it turned out ~s~


...Rachel...
Yep yep, definitely a running theme here.. ~s~


...British Summer...
I was sitting in the garden of the holiday home in Felpham
when for some reason, I just leant back in my seat, pointed my camera at the sky and took a picture
This is the result, and I'm kinda pleased with it ~s~


...April 9th, 2001...
From left to right, my housemate Francine, myself, and Chance hitting the Vodka
(with a force not realised until we had to go home
and could only stumble...)


...Sometime in April, 2001...
Clare and the reason why we don't
see so much of her anymore... ~l~
(The reason's name is Dylan btw) ~s~


...Sometime later in April, 2001...
Clare and Gemma boozing with the best of them
The quietly crazy and out-and-out nutcase together ~l~


:: Home ::

Year 2000; Semisonic;
Gemma; Felpham Sea; Gemma Hat; Rachel;
Washroom Rachel; Sunshine; Clare and Dylan; Clare and Gemma
photographed by Rae
Rhodes Town Trio photographed by Clare
Vodka Bar photographed by Ben

Others, unknown.