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10.00" x 6.50"
Mat Border:
2.00"
Frame Width:
0.88"
Overall:
15.50" x 12.00"
Neighbours Framed Print
by Richard Piper
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Neighbours framed print by Richard Piper. Bring your print to life with hundreds of different frame and mat combinations. Our framed prints are assembled, packaged, and shipped by our expert framing staff and delivered "ready to hang" with pre-attached hanging wire, mounting hooks, and nails.
Design Details
This view from a video editing suit in London continually intrigued me. Over a period of months, editor Clive and I would occasionally relieve our... more
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Comments (8)
Artist's Description
This view from a video editing suit in London continually intrigued me. Over a period of months, editor Clive and I would occasionally relieve our eyes from the tv monitors by leaning out of the window and take in the air and views of notorious Soho. Immediately opposite were these two windows. But who lived behind them? - Did the neighbours even know each other? - Was one of them a light-fearing hermit? - Or something much more sinister?
The reality of the bricked-up window harks back to 1696 when the government introduced a window tax. Anyone with a window had to pay up, and the more windows you had the more you paid. This is also where the phrase 'daylight robbery' is thought to originate.
About Richard Piper
From a chance childhood encounter with sunlight sensitive paper, a couple of rubber bands and some old family negatives, my fascination with image creation was kindled. To help fan the flames, art, science and the natural world were subjects that excited me then - and still do today. I guess with that mix of ingredients, it’s not surprising that my future life and livelihood would revolve around the creation and capture of still and moving images. Fundamentally, I am an image fanatic. I love the buzz and challenge of bringing together the technical with the artistic – the tools with the imagination – the physical with the intangible. With today’s amazing advances in technology, combined with the ever increasing human appetite...
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Claudia O'Brien
I just love this, Richard. The contrasts (light, shadow, etc. etc, are great). Marvelous seeing and wonderful capture! l/f (and voted in windows contest)
Christopher McKenzie
Brilliant image.
Carol Neal
Love your photo AND the story! LF Voted
Denise Clark
Love this composition Richard...stirs the imagination l/f
Stephanie Grant
Great concept, wonderful image!V
Richard Reeve
Excellent imagery Richard. v/f!
Richard Piper replied:
Many thanks for your comment and support, Richard...
Amy Weiss
Wonderful! :)
Richard Piper replied:
Thanks Amy