Olympic Torch Relay Exeter

The evening of Sunday 20th May 2012 saw the arrival of the Olympic flame in Exeter, it stayed overnight and left from the quayside early on the 21st.

These photographs cover a handover in Topsham Road on Sunday and the lighting of the first torch on Monday morning at the quay.

Yvonne Budd from Exeter Gymnastics club waiting with anticipation and excitement

Being given instructions and told what to expect

Incoming

What has become known as the Olympic Torch 'Kiss'

Next morning on the quay, I don't think the first torch bearer,  Paul Giblin co-ordinator of the Exeter Respect Festival, could have been more happy!

Guarding the flame

Last minute instructions

Tricky operation

and it's lit!

Last shot before the flame heads off out of Exeter

Banksy Origami Bird Lyme Regis Dorset

Very excited today to discover a new Banksy an origami bird perhaps a crane or stork? A really great piece, which is well executed and in a great location, Coombe Street, Lyme Regis. Apparently it's been there since February! It looks bigger in the flesh than these photographs suggest. Given that Banksy is famous for doing stencil rats quite amusing to photograph a real rat next to a Banksy street work (last photograph).

UPDATED 10th April 2012 with a few new photos that I took on 9th April

UPDATE 23rd May Confirmation it is a crane and a Banksy now on his website... http://www.banksy.co.uk/outdoors/crane.html

Please note that I am the owner of the copyright on these images please don't use them anywhere else without asking me first, thanks.

Vhils and Urban Outfitters Exeter

It's been a while since I added to this blog, now with the Urban Outfitters building work completed and open I thought I'd post a few photo's of the Vhils work on it's side without the hoarding up.

Interview with the artist which is illustrated with a few of my photo's of Vhils in action up on Urban Outfitters website...

http://www.urbanoutfitters.co.uk/projects/meet-vhiis-the-artist-behind-the-face/page/meet-vhils/

Vhils in Exeter Day 4

Final day.

Towards the end the response from the public was amazing, lots of photo's being taken, people stopping and staring and positive comments being made, although there were a few people who were vehemently against it but in the 3 days being there I only heard 3, a very small percentage.

I must say Vhils and the rest of his team were top blokes, a pleasure spending a little time in their company. They're off to Nuart Festival in Norway next http://www.nuart.no/ then work to do in Miami and Buenos Aires, we are indeed privileged to have work like this in Exeter.

There is an interview with the artist (illustrated with some of my photo's) now up on Urban Outfitters website...
http://www.urbanoutfitters.co.uk/projects/meet-vhiis-the-artist-behind-the-face/page/meet-vhils/

The final set of photo's....

These last three shots were taken Saturday 24th September