One Twelve Publishing Poignant Pics post No. 7 by Paul Biddle

I'm   very    pleased 

                         to share my post about Claude Cahun


on One Twelve Publishing    featured Poignant Pics

Poignant Pics is a blog series where Angela Chen and Blue Mitchell have asked how

a   photo  has   changed the  way     you  look  at  the   world

Here is a link to my post        

http://onetwelvepublishing.com/2016/10/poignant-pics-no-7-paul-biddle/

Claude Cahun

Over the next few weeks they are featuring the Poignant Pics of the photographers

Fran Forman    Tami Bone   Jonah Calinawan   Paul Biddle

We are in a group exhibition called 

A Cartography of Dreams

at Dimbola Museum and Galleries 

produced by

Reclaim Photography Festival

The Collectors' Spectacles

(a   sight   for   sore   eyes)

spectacles   glasses    blinkers  and   goggles   

lorgnettes  and  musty  net   curtains  

glistening  pince-nez  good  for  a  gossip

 monocles  for  posers  full  of  surprises

Nearly  Everyone  knows  that   Quizzing  specs  are  sometimes  sly

The Collectors' Spectacles

Count  Muldivo  has  always  preferred  riveting  spectacles

to  the  drab  and  dribbling  nondescript

more  to  the  point  do  glasses  remember 

the  Wonders  and Curios   they  have  beheld

mumbling  past  their vigilant  frames  two by two  achoo

 rub  your  glasses  on  a  Tuesday  with  a  wicked  wink  twinkle

and  memories  will  flick  flicker  before  the  blink  of  an  eye

Editors Note :  The Collectors’ Spectacles is from

 Paul Biddles’ series in progress - The Cabinet of Curiosities

You can see more of the series by clicking the link below

https://paulbiddle.com

O p Ti ckle

o p  Ti ck le

some one once Said

or  may be    should have said

Blunted Sight    is a bit like

Having your eyes tickled

by   a n   Opt i cal    Fever

or   do  I   mean Feather

B lu rr y   B lu rred  

 A ll   Fuzzy

to obscure or sully (something) by smearing or with a smeary substance

A ll   togeth er    now

say   Smeary  3 times 

and smile

The Opticians Apprentice

To make   indistinct   and 

hazy

That’s   what 

The   Impressionists did too

and   they   did  alright  

for  them selves  

S o  does art  have   to   be

Bl u rr ed   or   S meary

Out  of  Sorts  with  Focus

Not   what  you’d  call

Pin  Sharp   Tack   Sharp

or    Pi nn o

So   doe s

   Blun ted   Sight  

make     A rt     m o re

L ike     A rt

rat   rit    rot  

st uff   and   none sense

who   can   say

The   Opticians   Apprentice  

is   part   of  the  series

The  Library  of  Letters

 by  Paul   Biddle

You  can  see  more  of  the  series

here

https://paulbiddle.com

Review of Paul Biddle photographs

I'm really pleased to share a review of my photographs by Per-Erik Berglund​

Please have a look when you have a little time to spare

http://znapshotstudio.com/?s=Paul+Biddle

The Luminous Isle of Lint

http://znapshotstudio.com/?s=Paul+Biddle

 Frame        fra ming             F R A M E D            F RAMES

 I   have   always    struggled    to choose

 how  to frame    and mount    my images

They have never   ever   L ooked quite right

when mounted with large white borders in the traditional way

often causing me to scratch my chin and go Hmmmmmmm

So I decided to try showing them Borderless

W I T H O U T   B O U N D S

S A N S   B O R D E R S          as   we   used  to   say

A L L    o f     S u d d e n

t h e

 I M a g e s   s p o k e    f o r    t h e m s e l v e s

C r y i n g   a t   t h e   t o p   of   t h e i r

P A P E R Y   V o i c e s

w E   h A t E d   t h a t   b i g   e x p a n s e 

O f   W h i t e

W e   a l l   b r e a t h e d   a   h u g e 

S i g h   o f   R e l ie f 

Recently I exhibited some of my Cabinet of Curiosity images in a Surrealist Exhibition

 For the first time ever ( for me ) I showed them as borderless prints float mounted. 

I chose a fairly simple black frame with a renaissance feel. This is how they looked.

The Triptych that time Forgot

Centre Panel of Triptych

Left Hand Panel

Right Hand Panel

You   c a n   s e e   m o r e   images  f r  o m

P a u l   B i d d l e s

C A b i n e t s   o f   C u r i o s i t y

J u s t   C l i c k   t h e   l i n k

b e l o w

https://paulbiddle.com

Egg Albumum Fact or Diction

            Egg   Albumum      Fact   or   Diction ?

You   always   know   when   you   hear   a rat  

a     tat  tat     at   the   door

   It’s one      of those moments    isn't it ?

Are    you pleased     or 

are    you     disturbed ?

Well    in this    case

    I  was     Over The Moon

In    waddled   Egg     Albumum

The   Walking   not quite    talking

Al bum      Ph oto   graphica

I   just   had  to   take   a   snap

of   this   momentous   event

and   here   it   is   for  your

delectation   and   delight

Egg Albumum

She   

 didn’t    b    utter   a word

not   a   one   nor   a   2two

I began to understand

what   I had taken   for a quirky grin

was in fact     an   upside   down 

Cape   of   Good Hope   triangular   stamp

not   a   mouth   at   all

more   like   my   lips   are   sealed

with   an   interesting   stamp   taboo

Suffice   it  to   say   in   a   postage   stamp   way

I  wasn’t   in   the   least   bit    perturbed

I   spun       Egg   Albumum    around

and  noticed    a zip    most fine

yes   a      zip   zip pity   zip

running    almost all    the way 

up or down    her     back

much    to my delight    the zip was made

of    interlocking    ants   yes

ants alive alive   o  all   holding hands

Fun   with   Formica   or     what

For   those   of   us  interested   in   the  

anatomy   of   the   zip

yes   yes     there was a zipper   handle

a    fine  Black     Scorpion

with      a smile      in   her   tail

  as   they  say  in   the   zip   trade

with   some   trepidation

and   with   a clatter   of   a carapace   or   

two

I   undid   the   zip

imagine    the   sound

  of  a  fencing match    with   ants legs

and   a     scorpions      smile

for bile   and        health und   safety

 reasons 

I   am    not     allowed

to show   you   a   photograph 

Enough   of   this   zip   for   now 

What   spilled out   of old   Egg Albumum

tummy   tum   tum

Twelve      ancient      Sun   Drawings

All   Curled   paper   brittle

Crackling     with    the  dust   of   ancient   Light

prints    per   say     

some     say    replications of reality

we   say   simulacrums  of    Netheregion     Nonsense

Indeed   some   of   the   said    Images

were made centuries      before 

the    advent  colander   of    photo graphy 

How    could    this    be    possible   ?

Quite   simply

Anything   is   possible   with   a   smattering

of  tooth  paste ,    a   kind  tinder box

and   Precious   temerity      by   the   sea

Editors   Note   :

The   Twelve photographic   like images   found   inside

this   most   unearthly   Phot  o  Album

appear  to   substantiate   the existence   of  Count 

 Muldivo’s  Travelling  Cabinet of    Curiosity

I’ m   still   stroking   my   chin   on   this   one

I  just   can’t   accept   the   existence  of  photos

several   centuries   before   the media  was  invented

OK    I   can   accept    the zip   made   from 

  interlocking  ants and stuff

You and you and you

You know whom I mean

can see some more 

of Paul   Biddle's work

at

https://paulbiddle.com

  

Hair Do Voodoo

                 Hair        doo       Voodoo

Did     I   ever    tell you     about

I    probably    did n't        and

most     likely   shouldn't          But

You   can never  be too  careful   about   history

OK   if you insist   here   goes

It was    some time ago    now

that    an   album  most   proud

came   into   my   possession   quite   unannounced

Purporting    to be   Photographic evidence

of      Count   Muldivo's

Cab in ets     of       Curiosity

Just   imagine  the position  of   my   eyebrows

Here is   the   first   plate   Hair do   Voo Doo

Hair Do   VooDoo



The   Only   known    Likeness   of
The   Clockwork   Woman
who wore    a   tame   Armadillo   as   a   hat

also   featuring   for   one   night   only
The   Healing   Hands   of   Halifax

yes

The   Healing   Hands   of   Halifax

Never   You   mind   about   them

for now or    ne’er do well

let’s listen instead

 to the tick and the tock
of the Cl ock      work Woman
with  her granny  grin  grin
 at    a   quarter to    three

You   can   see   more   of   Paul   Biddles    work   at

https://paulbiddle.com

Editors Note:

It's   come   to   my   notice   that much   of   the   above   is   utter   nonsense