http://www.theconstanteye.com/wordpress photography by Paul Hardy Carter Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:17:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en While I try to get the scanning organised for the print version, I've decided to make Volume 2 available as a PDF for free download. It's available in two versions: Low resolution, around 7.5mb. Higher resolution, around 27mb. Obviously the higher resolution version is the one to go for if you ... http://www.theconstanteye.com/wordpress/volume-2-theresienstadt-pdf-available/ Considering the exchange rate issues that I've been having with the hard cover book on the Blurb site, and the high price being asked in US dollars, I've now uploaded a softback option at a much lower price. Click here to have a look - you'll be surprised! http://www.theconstanteye.com/wordpress/softback-now-available/ [caption id="attachment_187" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Playa Levante, Benidorm, Spain. June 2002."][/caption] Everyone needs a holiday, I guess. To be honest I always feel a little uneasy taking pictures on a beach as many people assume you’re just a pervert. Indeed they’ve made it illegal in Benidorm after too many pictures of topless ... http://www.theconstanteye.com/wordpress/christ-on-a-beach/ [caption id="attachment_182" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Puerto de Javea, Spain. August 2007."][/caption] Not all the games that they play with bulls in Spain end up in the death of the animal. Here the young men of Javea encourage the bulls to follow them into the water. It rarely happens, but when it does ... http://www.theconstanteye.com/wordpress/bous-a-la-mar/ [caption id="attachment_178" align="alignnone" width="341" caption="Barrio Mercado, Valencia, Spain. February 2002."][/caption] Spanish cities have an extraordinary texture to them, like a well worn leather jacket. They’re comfortable, you can see the evidence of the passing years. The patina of age, I believe the antiques people call it. This patina is very fragile ... http://www.theconstanteye.com/wordpress/votive-march/ [caption id="attachment_176" align="alignnone" width="341" caption="Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. April 2004."][/caption] This building in the south-east of the city was on or near the front line for much of the 1992-96 siege. Eight years after the siege ended, when I took this picture, it was still impossible to enter the building due ... http://www.theconstanteye.com/wordpress/detritus-of-war/ [caption id="attachment_170" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="River Sava, Belgrade, Serbia. February 2004."][/caption] Belgrade is a hard place to like in many ways. I arrived on the overnight train from Budapest with no Serbian money – actually it was still called Yugoslavian money at the time – to find there were only two ATMs ... http://www.theconstanteye.com/wordpress/snowfields/ [caption id="attachment_165" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Karadjordjeva, Belgrade, Serbia. February 2004."][/caption] The early morning walk through Belgrade proved to me, yet again, the importance of being able to put out of your mind feelings of frustration or anger and focus on where you are and why you’re there. The light was fabulous and ... http://www.theconstanteye.com/wordpress/winter-morning/ [caption id="attachment_163" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="San Vincente del Mar, Galicia, Spain. December 2002."][/caption] When the Prestige oil tanker sank, fully laden, off the coast of Galicia in north eastern Spain her cargo soon showed up on the beaches and the rocky coast. I’d never witnessed an oil recovery operation before and I ... http://www.theconstanteye.com/wordpress/unpaid-worker-for-the-oil-industry/ [caption id="attachment_160" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Fré Jaake, Painter, Valencia. May 2002."][/caption] This was taken in Fré’s studio during what I think of as his ‘cathedrals’ period. He would pin large sheets of canvas up directly on the wall, not bothering with a stretcher, and just get stuck in with a lump of ... http://www.theconstanteye.com/wordpress/fre/