{"id":737,"date":"2014-10-02T10:22:21","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T17:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/?p=737"},"modified":"2016-06-09T09:55:23","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T16:55:23","slug":"edwin-smith-photograph-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/?p=737","title":{"rendered":"Edwin Smith photograph commission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/HallamsLane_RIBA5545_660x450px.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-738\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/HallamsLane_RIBA5545_660x450px.jpg?resize=300%2C204&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"RIBA5545\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/HallamsLane_RIBA5545_660x450px.jpg?resize=300%2C204&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/HallamsLane_RIBA5545_660x450px.jpg?w=660&amp;ssl=1 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2189\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/house2-300x199.jpg?resize=300%2C199&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"house2\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>35 Hallam\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Lane, Chilwell near Nottingham, 1937<\/strong><\/pre>\n<p>A strange day. I was going to go to studio and write all day but I got knocked sideways by this request. Apple and Snakes and R.I.B.A. have commissioned me to write a poem on one or more of the photographs on show at RIBA from the Edwin Smith archive. A fabulous job to get ! I already honed on on the image above because of its title.<\/p>\n<p>This will be shown and also recorded for the show (has to be done in the next month).<\/p>\n<p>I love Edwin Smith\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s work and have found the above image which amazingly was taken in Nottingham and I hope is in the show.<\/p>\n<pre>A pdf guide available here:<\/pre>\n<pre><a href=\"http:\/\/www.architecture.com\/Explore\/ExhibitionsandEvents\/Assets\/Files\/RIBAEdwinSmithSeasonGuide.pdf\">http:\/\/www.architecture.com\/Explore\/ExhibitionsandEvents\/Assets\/Files\/RIBAEdwinSmithSeasonGuide.pdf<\/a><\/pre>\n<p>The building still exists and the back story is amazing\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.<\/p>\n<p>For more information please see the Edwin Smith pages on Roy Hammans excellent &#8216;Weeping Ash&#8217; website which also features the wonderful Ray Moore.<\/p>\n<pre><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fine-photographs.co.uk\/index.php\/photographers\/es\">http:\/\/www.fine-photographs.co.uk\/index.php\/photographers\/es\r\n\r\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/edwin.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-745\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/edwin.jpg?resize=211%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"edwin\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/edwin.jpg?resize=211%2C300&amp;ssl=1 211w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/edwin.jpg?w=634&amp;ssl=1 634w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/divine.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-748\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/divine.jpg?resize=210%2C272&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"divine\" width=\"210\" height=\"272\" \/><\/a><\/pre>\n<p>Full details of a great and FREE show at R.I.B.A. here:<\/p>\n<pre><a href=\"http:\/\/www.architecture.com\/WhatsOn\/September2014\/OrdinaryBeautyThePhotographyOfEdwinSmith.aspx\">http:\/\/www.architecture.com\/WhatsOn\/September2014\/OrdinaryBeautyThePhotographyOfEdwinSmith.aspx<\/a><\/pre>\n<p>The Archive Page here:<\/p>\n<pre><a href=\"http:\/\/preview2-riba.contensis.com\/Explore\/ExhibitionsandEvents\/EdwinSmith\/Explore\/EdwinSmithArchive\/EdwinSmithArchive.aspx\">http:\/\/preview2-riba.contensis.com\/Explore\/ExhibitionsandEvents\/EdwinSmith\/Explore\/EdwinSmithArchive\/EdwinSmithArchive.aspx<\/a><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>35 Hallam\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Lane, Chilwell near Nottingham, 1937 A strange day. I was going to go to studio and write all day but I got knocked sideways by this request. Apple and Snakes and R.I.B.A. have commissioned me to write a poem on one or more of the photographs on show at RIBA from the Edwin&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[38,44,48,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-creative-writing-m-a","category-fiction","category-photography","category-poetry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6nhh-bT","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=737"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1330,"href":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737\/revisions\/1330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}