Alan Marsh

Gold Snake Bracelet with Black Diamonds and Sapphires - £45,000
Longmire, Bury Street, London SW1
www.longmire.co.uk

Carved to a personal commission from Julia Brodie,
by:
Hugh Wedderburn,
17 Tabard Street, London SE1 4LA
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7403 2226

This is an Osprey London bag.
Of course Margaret Thatcher's favourite boxy black leather one was actually an Asprey model, ....which she owned for over 30 years.

Marc Lavelle's wheelchair-presentable marimba, and Joanne's tuned percussion stand:

LENÇÓIS, the Diamond Capital of the Chapada Diamantina.

Despite the lack of people shown here in these pictures, it is a thriving town
with a flourishing tourist trade, as well as a truck culture of it's very own:

Alan is taking part in a group exhibition at La plus petite galerie du monde (ou presque), 69 rue des Artes à Roubaix
on Sunday 6th December (from 11.30am - 6.30pm) which will also be showing on Saturday 12th December (from 3pm-6.30pm)

Boipeba Island is enchanting, bereft of cars, and with heart shaped
stones on the sandy beach as if left there by the tourist board:

Every year, before the Braderie, pitches on the Esplanade
are staked out and defended for weeks ahead:

Stepping out of the studio to explore the extraordinary landscape of the Chapada Diamantina National Park in Bahia State, Brazil, with it's rocks, caves and waterfalls.

The astounding geology of the Chapada, around Lençóis, Andarai, Igatù, and Mucugê, where diamonds
of varying quality can still be found:

Dead dog on the beach, Boipeba Island, Bahia, Brazil after the vultures have visited

Jouer pour "Voir" is now open at La Plus Petite Galerie du Monde, Roubaix, until 25th June.

Here are the images I have contributed, which were taken on various vintage Box Brownies,
at a beach near Dover, called St Margaret's Bay.

The still-life pictures were made in the studio using a magnifying glass in front of the lens to enable
a close focus facility:

























For more take a look at the following links:

Alan will be taking part in the exhibition: Jouer pour "Voir", at La Plus Petite Galerie du Monde, Roubaix, during June 2011, as part of Transphotographie NORD(S)trans2011.

Alan Marsh is starting 2010 with an exhibition of studio still-life photography
running throughout January at Cafe Photo, Roubaix, Lille

Alan Marsh is taking part in "Goutez moi ça", a group exhibition of photographs,
at Café Photo, Roubaix, from 5th June 2009.

Alan is having an exhibition of food and still-life photography at
Café de la Fontaine, 12 Rue de la Fontaine - 59237 Verlinghem, Lille,
from Tuesday 31st March to Saturday 25th April 2009!

For more details call him on: +44 (0)20 7407 1751
or Café de la Fontaine on: 03 20 08 89 13