https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/10/12/days-out-with-colin-obrien/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Tue, 15 Nov 2016 21:50:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/10/12/days-out-with-colin-obrien/#comment-1116375 Tue, 15 Nov 2016 21:50:51 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=150496#comment-1116375 Tragic the toll 5 years on the streets have taken on Jason Cornelius John.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/10/12/days-out-with-colin-obrien/#comment-1111932 Fri, 14 Oct 2016 22:02:17 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=150496#comment-1111932 What wonderful memories for you and us all. See you at the church in November for the service to a man who enriched our lives.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/10/12/days-out-with-colin-obrien/#comment-1111562 Wed, 12 Oct 2016 23:24:51 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=150496#comment-1111562 Great to see these portraits… love them… and the way everyone always looks so relaxed & comfortable in Colin’s work. More, please, of this lovely legacy.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/10/12/days-out-with-colin-obrien/#comment-1111530 Wed, 12 Oct 2016 18:10:00 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=150496#comment-1111530 Great,will try and make it.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/10/12/days-out-with-colin-obrien/#comment-1111487 Wed, 12 Oct 2016 09:58:56 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=150496#comment-1111487 This collection of Colin’s work clearly illustrates his skill, both as a photographer and as a communicator. These pictures look easy but to get such pictures of people at ease with the camera pointing at them takes a great deal of empathy with the subject and skill with the camera. I look forward to seeing his work at Unit G very soon.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/10/12/days-out-with-colin-obrien/#comment-1111485 Wed, 12 Oct 2016 09:50:52 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=150496#comment-1111485 Wonderful photos, Colin had a great talent. Valerie

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/10/12/days-out-with-colin-obrien/#comment-1111483 Wed, 12 Oct 2016 09:46:09 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=150496#comment-1111483 Taking a photo of somebody is a spit second of their lives, that moment captured. This a fleeting relationship with the camera, but more essential a relationship with the photographer. Colin must have been someone that people trusted in a very short space of time. This couldn’t have been just ‘charm’ or ‘charisma’, it was more, a generous slice of human connectedness. compassion and vulnerability. Colin was an exceptional person, the photos are proof.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/10/12/days-out-with-colin-obrien/#comment-1111481 Wed, 12 Oct 2016 09:35:21 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=150496#comment-1111481 A treat it is to see these again.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/10/12/days-out-with-colin-obrien/#comment-1111479 Wed, 12 Oct 2016 08:54:04 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=150496#comment-1111479 Every one of these portraits is a gem, and a tribute to Colin’s genius with people and his camera.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/10/12/days-out-with-colin-obrien/#comment-1111470 Wed, 12 Oct 2016 07:23:19 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=150496#comment-1111470 Lovely portraits, what a great legacy

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