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Lens-Artists Challenge: Cabbages
Posted on September 8, 2024
What could be more mundane than a cabbage? Even a red one?
These red cabbages, cut into halves or quarters, were on sale at the Saturday market in the city of Perigueux. Opened up like this, it’s possible to appreciate the complex layering of the leaves.
Lens-Artists Challenge: Water In Motion
Posted on April 2, 2024
This is the weir on the River Isle, which flows through the picturesque city of Périgueux, in the Dordogne département of south-western France.
Shopping street in Perigueux
Posted on November 7, 2023
This juxtaposition of two unrelated items of street furniture in a shopping street in Perigueux can raise a smile.
Roman Amphorae
Posted on October 26, 2023
Let’s make soup
Posted on October 24, 2023
This stall in the weekly fresh produce market at Perigueux has everything you need to make one of the most comforting soups for an autumn or winter’s day.. And they all – potatoes, leeks and onions – grow in the earth.
Roman abstract
Posted on February 10, 2023
This photo shows a detail from the Roman museum in Perigueux. It’s part of a carefully reconstructed Roman villa which is replete with statuary and carved stonework. However, I thought this crop made for an interesting abstract image when rendered into monochrome.
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Carvings, Sculptures and Statues
Splendid isolation
Posted on March 5, 2022
This larger than life statue stands in splendid isolation in the museum of the Vessuna Gallo-Roman archaeological site in Perigueux.
Fresh Cabbage
Posted on March 3, 2022
Who knew? Even cabbages can be interesting when you get up close to them – especially when they are as good and fresh as these, seen on a stall at the excellent Saturday market in Perigueux.
February’s Last Photo
Posted on March 1, 2022
We had a short weekend break in the city of Perigueux, capital of the Dordogne département. Walking back along the river bank to our hotel, I took this photo of the Cathedral of Saint-Front, which dominates the city’s medieval centre.
Blue Sky Thinking
Posted on November 11, 2021
The bluest of blue skies above the town of Perigueux.
This image has been cropped but is otherwise completely unretouched: the sky really was that blue.
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