You've seen the photo - now you can buy it on a T shirt!

One of my photos is making an appearance on high streets all over the world as part of Zara's Spring / Summer 2011 fashion range.

This is the T-Short it appears on, I have had emails from people in the UK, USA, Norway, France, India  and Hong Kong so far telling me they have seen it in their local branch.... is it in yours?

Here is the original photo....

Halcyon Days by Jo Bradford

Swallows return...

The swallow, bonny birdie, comes sharp twittering o’er the sea,
And gladly is her carol heard for the sunny days to be;
She shares not with us wintry glooms, but yet, no faithless thing,
She hunts the summer o’er the earth with wearied little wing.

~ Thomas Aird  ~

A couple of days ago I saw the first swallow of the year, wheeling and darting across the sky above the orchard, and I felt thrilled at this happy portent of summer!  It reminded me that I made some pictures of swallows and their young at the end of last summer some of which are now in my area of the Getty Images library.  

I don't think I shared these pictures with you at the time, so here they are now....  more wildlife work than art but I just wanted to share them with you. 

Summer Dreams

© Jo Bradford 2009

Is that the date already?

I just can't believe that summer is nearly over....

Here in the UK, we are having something of an indian summer right now... So, as you can imagine, I am making the most of every last chance to get my fill of sunshine, blue skies, white fluffy clouds and warm(ish) evenings....

I hope that where ever you are in the world, that there has been a bit of sunshine in your life this weekend too!

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Summer Dreams {fine art photography by Jo Bradford}

short stories

From the series Short Stories by Jo Bradford

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This is the first look at a new body of work that has been keeping me busy recently. Head over to my flickr account (click here to see it), if you want to see the pictures larger and in more detail than it is possible to show them here on this blog.

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Enjoy!

Jo

xoxo

The Diaphanous Blue

The Diaphanous Blue by Jo Bradford

I have been so tied up with making new work recently, that I have not blogged anything for some time. Watch this space for sneak previews of my new work, but in the meantime, this is Diaphanous Blue, a personal favourite.