On Having No Head

[Rob MacKillop]

There is a book with the same title, by Douglas Harding, one of those 1960s Western Zen-type books. I've never read it, but the title has stuck with me, even when I was lining up this shot. To be honest, I've no idea what camera I used to take it, judging from the year, 2014, it could have been the Konica Hexar, with XP2 film...on the other hand...I do seem to have the camera belly-level...hmm...not sure now. That's what happens when you have no head...

 

[Brian Moore]

I think your head in this portrait is portrayed by the dark section of the wire rope. Very handsome. What's the wording on your necktie?

 

[Pete Askew]

That's what happens when you put a bench too closer to a high voltage cable!

What a brilliant idea / image. Love it.

 

[Chris Bennett]

How brilliantly conceived Rob!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Cheers, lads.

It looks like I’ve been garrotted…but oddly I have no memory of that happening!

The notice on the bench will be of the sort that commemorates a dearly-departed loved one “who used to love this garden” - it’s in the Edinburgh Botanic gardens.

A bit of fun

 

[Brian Moore]

It's a smashin' fotie, Rob. Indeed I dare say its your most photogenic yet. (Poodle portrait excepted.)

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Haha. I beat Rembrandt when it comes to selfies

 

[Ralph Turner]

Love it! Which ever you were holding the camera, the way yours arms are positioned, they look like they were resting in your seated lap.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Ha, yes they do. I didn’t think of that. Glad you like it, Ralph.

 

[Dave Farnes]

That is a fine shot. Do you wander round graveyards with your head under your arm?

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Not so far...but the night is young!

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

I guess when you have been garrotted, you remember nothing.