Harry Smart

@munross.bsky.social

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Montrose, Scotland. Munross was the Viking name for Montrose. Poetry (Faber, Drunk Muse) Fiction (Dedalus). Social theory (Routledge) Photos. Drums. Greens, Kirk, #LUFC. Aspiring #İstanbul çocuğu.

photograph of the cover of a book by Omar El Akkad, with the title 'One day everyone will always be against this' highlighted in white, against a red background. The full text of the comment (on the West's destruction and wars) has all the words between 'One day' and 'everyone' darkened. The full text is 'One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will always have been against this.'
a drawing of a seated figure, made with a broad brush with Chinese ink, the lines move from broad solid marks through broad marks with streaks from the bristles, to narrow lines with sharp turns. The whole figure is represented in an impressionistic way with only a dozen or so strokes.
black and white photo of a woman in a casual robe, sitting on stone steps by a garden wall .. the steps and wall built of random shaped stone. The robe falls open to show her legs, gracefull extended. The hood of the robe is over her head, but her face looks out from it with a wistful expression. The woman and the wall are in dappled sunlight, to the left, the top of the steps are in shadow.
colour photo of a young woman wearing a black kimono, open at the front to show the centre line of her body; one arm is across her chest - we see just the forearm, the rest hidden by the kimono, one arm is at her side, we see only her hand. One leg is lit, the other leg is lost in shadow and the drape of the kimono. She is looking directly at the camera. The background is dark grey.
a colour photo of the interior of a nargile cafe in Istanbul. The cafe is in a former medrese, with tall domed ceilings. The ceilings are cream, but covered with patterned motifs, and the arches that hold the domes are painted in alternating brick and cream. There is an old, worn stone floor, and there are oriental rugs in deep red colours hanging on the walls. Small tables in the foreground have tops made of colourful patterned tiles. It's daytime, and the whole scene has a light, airy feel.
a black and white photo by Horst Hamann, of New York. It's a tall panorama looking across the city from a high viewpoint. Almost straight down below, in deep shadow, are streets with cars parked, in the middle distance, still below the skyline, is a swathe of medium to tall buildings, and in the distance are skyscrapers white against a dull sky. There is a sense of depth, of distance, and of the city crowded with buildings and man-made structures of all sizes.
black and white photo of an oriental rug hanging from a white wall, the wall has cables running across it, and a set of LED stars and moons has been hung across the rug.
A black and white photo of the ceiling of a one-time medrese which now houses several nargile cafes. The original ceiling is a row of small cupolas in stone with a paint or plaster finish; some of the plaster is flaking, but on some of it you can see calligraphic motifs. Harsh spotlights shine up from the foot of each cupola. In counterpoint to the ceiling's series of curves is a modern grid of steel bars supporting strip lights and heaters.
The stone floor has been washed down. In the middle distance a glass display case holds a dozen or so nargiles for sale. The light from the display case shines on the wet floor.
Photo of a C-130 military aircraft for carrying massive loads
macro photo of a single young flower of Leucojum vernum, the spring snowflake. The flower has raindrops all over it. The flower fills the frame but in reality is about an inch from top to bottom. The upper part of the flower is almost a globe, with the lower part elongating down into claw-like petals. The tips of the petals are yellow-green, the rest of the flower is white, and has become translucent.
colour photo of a cyclamen flower, very close up, almost becoming an abstract. The petals are white, with a vivid magenta blotch at the bottom.
a panoramic icolour photo, looking out over rooftops towards the Sea of Marmara, from Istanbul. The upper half of the image is sky, pale blue, with pinker tones towards the horizon and over to the right, where the sun is setting. The sea itself is a narrow strip sandwidched between the city and the sky. The rooftops are mostly pink-tiled. The pale stone of a mosque on the left of the image is a warm yellow colour as it catches the late light.
a darkened room in the Rubens House in Antwerp; paintings cover the walls, some picked out by their own small lights; on the far side of the room a high window lets in a little bluish light; visitors sit on benches in the centre of the room, one, wearing a bright red jacket, is picked out by the lighting.
a colour photograph, walking along a busy street in Istanbul in the late evening. The sunset has coloured the clouds pink and peach against a sky that still shows a trace of blue. The street is mostly in silhouette, on the righ there is a mosque, to the left mostly shops. You can just make out the people in the street, and the pavement has a dull shine reflecting sunset colours.