August, 2026 / Journal | Conan Lawrence

August, 2026

1st

Shelter ii (3)

A colour photo of a luggage label with thin white string looped through a reinforced hole so it can be attached to something. On it is written, "Sometimes there is a shelter built for me assembled from half-forgotten or well-remembered moments of touch."

2nd

A day, suddenly interrupted

A monochrome photo of a dark scene consisting of woodland which looms over a road and a bright area in the left foreground which is empty apart from a pile of logs.

3rd

In a land of drought

A colour photo of a parched path, one side of which is a browning field, the other of which is a fallow field, at the far edge of which are industrial buildings producing what may be fertilisers.

4th

Frozen in memory's tracks

A colour photo of sheaves of golden wheat bending in the wind against a blue sky, the crown of a tree just visible in the background.

5th

British Summertime

A monochrome photo of a small pumping station in the fens surrounded by a metal fence and surrounded by fields and trees.

6th

Shelter ii (4)

A colour photo of a luggage label with thin white string looped through a reinforced hole so it can be attached. On it is written, "As is right, exact, the the you know a thing or two when you have circulated for a while to be sure of a thing or two."

7th

The scattered plough

A monochrome photo of a mechanical plough left in a fallow field, the field next to it having been ploughed.

8th

Mezzogiorno (8)

A monochrome photo of a Sicilian field stretching to the horizon where it meets billowing white clouds.

9th

In a land of drought (2)

A colour photo of bare earth, cracked and fissured by a lack of rainfall for nearly two months. Each fissure resembles a dry riverbed in miniature.

10th

Angelus Novus (after Klee)

A colour photo of a dead dragonfly lying on its back, wings outstretched, pointing upwards at an angle of 45 degrees, its head inclined slightly leftwards.

11th

Mythology (2)

A colour photo of a narrow path leading through dense woodland, trees' leaves beginning to fade, undergrowth threatening to grow over the path which curves to the left and disappears round the corner in the woodland.

12th

Shelter ii (5)

A colour photo of a luggage label with thin white string looped through a reinforced hole so it can be attached. On it is written, "No place".

13th

for Robert Lenkiewicz (1997)

A colour photo of an English coastal scene featuring a cannonl, a lighthouse and well-kepy flowers. Taken during the 1970s.

14th

Mezzogiorno (9)

A monochrome photo of a white peaked mountain Etna which dominates Sicily, and in particular its fertile fields on the pictured plain beneath.

15th

Shelter ii (6)

A colour photo of a luggage label with thin white string looped through a reinforced hole so it can be attached. On it is written, "What do you do with claustrophobia? A feeling of nowhere to go. Sometimes I feel it in your arms."

16th

Closer

A monochrome photo of a lane bordered by dark woods on the left and old fencing containing a field of wild grass on the right, some fallen hay being swallowed by the encroaching wood.

17th

Mythology (3)

A monochrome photo of a swan in a Fenland drain, a bank of brightly lit grass on the near bank, dark reeds on the farther bank.

18th

Before the rain

A colour photo of a Fenland drain, green for couple of feet next to the water, then scorched yellow-brown beyond it, darkening skies above.

19th

Near "Ignorant armies" (Arnold)

A very dark monochrome photo of a rural landscape punctuated by telegraph poles and lines, dark fields and

20th

And winter will reverse the worth of the shade

A colour photo taken from on a country lane looking through the gap in the trees bordering a harvest-yellow field, the other side of which is fringed with thick woodland.

21st

In memoriam Patricia Rockley

A monochrome photo of a recently harvested very large field, at the far end of which is a treeline, dark skies above both,.

22nd

for C.R.

A monochrome photo of a country lane, bordered by a hedgerow and trees, its tracks highlighted by the chaff fallen from its harvest.

23rd

Midnight Express

A blurred monochrome photo of a path through dense woodland, a figure in the centre of the path a long way ahead, their back to the camera.

24th

for Bruno Bettelheim

A very dark monochrome photo of a narrow path through a wood into what could be the entrance to a cave or even thicker woodland. A sense of foreboding pervades the scene, as though the silver birch on the right is about to fall or a figure appear.

25th

Mythology (4)

A dark monochrome photo of a dramatic, cloudy sky above a lake whose waters are only visible on the right side of the photo, picked out by the brighter part of the sky.

26th

for Bruno Bettelheim (2)

A dark monochome photo of a wide path bordered by low wooden fencing beyond which are trees. The path leads into the middle distance and much darker woodland.

27th

A convenient text

A dark monochrome photo of a path leading towards the edge of a wood, three slim trunks, perhaps of silver birch, visible where the path is swallowed by night or under-exposure.

28th

Midnight Express (2)

A blurred monochrome photo of a path through dense woodland, a figure in the centre of the path a long way ahead, their back to the camera.

29th

Midnight Express (3)

A very dark and out of focus monochrome portrait of a man heavily in shadow looking at the camera, but whose features cannot be made out.

30th

S.C.O.A.F.F

A colour photo of a large deciduous tree in the middle of a hedgerow bordering a long, harvested field on a cloudy but bright sunny day.

31st

After the rain

A monochrome photo of a country lane bordered by dark trees and a fallow field, the lane with many puddles, beneath a cloudy and occasionally dark sky.