July, 2026 / Journal | Conan Lawrence

July, 2026

1st

Knowledge obscures what it could never be (3)

A sepia photo of an ambiguous portrait, which could resemble both a gentle hill, on the slopes of which a tightly packed stone circle stands, or a collection of large hailstones on an uneven cloth.

2nd

A window you cannot close

A sepia photo of a 13th century great hall fringed by yew trees.

3rd

La Panne

A sepia photo of sand dunes capped with patches of marram grass. In the lower left of the photo the words "Dunes" and "Duinen" are printed.

4th

for Miklos Radnoti

A monochrome photo of a patchwork of fields seen from the air, fringed by clouds which cast shadows across some of them.

5th

Mezzogiorno

A colour photo of two figures seated on a bench. The figures are indistinct, seen through an insect net.

6th

Mezzogiorno (2)

A colour photo of a house with a barred window seen through the shutters of another house across the street.

7th

The Quixote Hundred

A blue-tinted monochrome photo of a group of one hundred sea-based wind turbines taken from far above. The direction of the prevailing wind can be seen bending through the lines of wind turbines.

8th

La Panne (2)

A colour photo of a coastline seen from far above, patchwork of fields, roads and a large town contrasting with the

9th

Mezzogiorno (3)

A vibrant colour photo of a view of the Sicilian interior in high summer, its fields and grasses seemingly burnt yellow by the sun, a heat haze shimmering on the far horizon.

10th

Mezzogiorno (4)

A monochrome photo of a composite column rising up from the darkness, the angle it is taken from making it resemble a tricorn hat from the Sicilian 19th century.

11th

Memory obscures what it could never be (Norfolk, 1985)

A blurred monochrome photo of a narrow country lane disappearing between rows of trees, hiding where it goes next.

12th

Mezzogiorno (5)

A blue-tinted monochrome photo of a ceiling, a painted stucco centrepiece in the centre, just below it a six bulb candelabra.

13th

Mezzogiorno (6)

A colour photo of two red footstools standing very close to each other. The one on the left is much redder than the other.

14th

What we see, while the picture unfolds or the page turns, is an early molecule of our death, its time made visible.

A sepia-toned photograph of three men, smartly dressed, their hair and clothes suggesting the photo was taken in the middle east in the 1950s or 1960s, the faces thoughtful, contemplative, hopeful.

15th

If seeing was owning

A colour photo of the Sicilian interior, showing a hilltop village separating two valleys, the further one fringed by rippling hills.

16th

It is enough to know -at this moment- that mountains exist, that someone might be standing on one, or thinking of climbing it, or knowing that they are at the foot of a mountain and that this is, indeed, enough.

A monochrome photo of a group of seven women and one boy in the mountains, probably the Alps, taken perhaps in the 1950s.

17th

Where are they hiding? (2)

A monochrome photo of a field of wheat stretching to the horizon, at its foot the fallen trunk of a large tree, its bark being colonised by large fungi.

18th

Harvest-waiting

A monochrome photo of a field of wheat, seemingly blown by a strong wind, bordered by a line of dark trees on the horizon.

19th

PW

A monochrome photo of

20th

Harvest-waiting (2)

A monochrome photo of a field of very ripe wheat filling the frame.

21st

PW (2)

A monochrome photo of the typewritten word, "Straith", heavily vignetted.

22nd

PW (3)

A monochrome photo of the typewritten word, "Ysment", heavily vignetted.

23rd

Home is where the flood plain is

A monochrome photo of a fenland landscape, a drain running from the centre foreground to the horizon, dark trees nearby, and the blonde crops in the fields next to the water.

24th

Fen Jacinto

An overexposed monochrome photo of a totem pole topped with a carving of a cat standing on its hind legs in front of a dark wood.

25th

Mezzogiorno (7)

A monochrome photo of a floral design on an opaque windowpane in a door. What appears to be a human figure either behind or reflected in the glass can just be discerned.

26th

for Paul Celan

An overexposed monochrome photo of a dark wood in the background, emphasised by three bright tree trunks in the foreground, which stand at regular intervals forming a natural perimeter.

27th

Mythology