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Fṛm Đ Gardịn: ‘This made me smile’: our readers’ favourite coronavirus street art
‘Ɖs md m smîl’: ǎr rīdrz’ feṿrit c’roṇvîṛs Strīt art
(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on 12 May 2020)
Hǎzz, rodz n śops ol ovr ɖ YC hv bn rīdec̣retd n riinviġretd jrñ locdǎn
Pōl Cambl n Gardịn rīdrz. Tyzde, 12 Me 2020
‘Ɖs mcs m prǎd v ɖ NHS n ppl in mî eria’
Siyñ ɖs mcs m fīl prǎd v ẃt w hv in ɖ YC. Wɖt ɖ NHS, w wd b in sirịs trubl in norml tîmz, let alon jrñ ɖs pandemic. I hv frendz hu r wrcñ in ɖ NHS, in ɖ cersectr n az ci wrcrz. Ɖe r wrcñ sirịsli hard in dificlt srcmstansz t mc ǎr livz ɖ bst ɖe cn b.
It olso mcs m prǎd v ɖ ppl in mî bura. Ɖe r pŭlñ tgɖr, yzñ ɖer scilz n dwñ ɖer bit t ćec on ć uɖr n hlp ǎt in ɖz strenj tîmz. Ẃɖr it’s amezñ artwrc lîc ɖs, onlîn qizz, DJ sets, onlîn advîs fr biznis, craft mcñ or cōlñ p lonli ppl fr a ćat, ɖe r ol pŭlñ ɖer weit ʈru tuf tîmz.
Ɖs pìs v wrc standz ǎt n riyli brîtnz p ɖ strīt. I witnist ɖ artist fiṇśñ ɖ pìs n ppl hu wr ǎt on ɖer dêli wōc wr seyñ hǎ gret it wz. It’s a convseśnpìs n mcs ppl smîl ẃn ɖe wōc past. Jimi Lì, Daġnm
‘Art z a gret we t cnct’
In ɖz dificlt tîmz strīt art z a gret we t cnct n xpres ɖ we w r fīlñ. Vic Brǎn, Tamwrʈ
‘Ɖs md m stop, smîl n tec a foto’
Ɖs krịs gliṭri sîn apird on ɖ strīt oṿnît n md m stop, smîl n tec a foto. I wz plizd t si ɖt ɖr’z no śortij v crịtivti dspt evrʈñ els ɖt’s gwñ on. Ben Parc, Īlñ in Lundn
‘Ɖs md m hapi’
Ɖs md m hapi. It wz gret t si smʈñ smwn hz md jst t śer n spred ćir. Sîmn Dǎti, Dezḅra
‘Ɖs md mî partnr’z de’
Mî partnr wrcs in ǎr locl hospitl n it md hr de ẃn ǎr nxtdor nebr pentd hr bacwōl in sć a gliṭri faśn. Aśli Wŭdfōl, Boscm
‘Siyñ ɖs mcs m fīl prǎd’
Mî wîf Mel z an artist. Ś tc ɖ sîd v ǎr hǎs az a canvs. Ɖs z hr wɖ ǎr dōtr. Ś’z nǎ incurijd ol hr frendz t stop bî ẃn ɖe r on ɖer alotd x’sîz, tec a foto n snd it t hr. Ś z ɖen gwñ t criet a c’lāź v ɖ fotoz. Siyñ ɖs mcs m fīl prǎd. Cevin Ćapl, Wiṛl
‘Ɖs filz m wɖ hapinis n sadnis’
Siyñ ɖ mesij t cerwrcrz fild m wɖ bʈ hapinis n sadnis. Hapinis t nǒ ɖt smwn hz crietd ɖs t acnolij n ʈanc ɖoz hu strîv evride t cer fr ǎr luvd wnz. Sadnis ɖt ɖz amezñ ppl hv fr so loñ bn oṿlct n unḍvalyd. Tresi Wilsn, Sǎʈ Norwŭd in Lundn
‘Ɖe md m laf’
A fy wīcs ago ɖ caunsl pentd sośl-distnsñ marcrz on ɖ proṃned. Ɖe wr a bit ytiḷterịn. A fy dez lêtr smwn gev ɖ litl ppl fesz n prṣnaḷtiz. Ẃn I frst sw ɖm, ɖe md m laf. I lc fwd t siyñ ɖm evri de on mî dêli wōc. Jaci, Wrɖñ
‘Ɖs mcs m smîl evri tîm I wōc past’
Evri tîm I wōc past ɖs hǎs it mcs m smîl az ɖe hv obvịsli pt a lot v ef̣t intu sndñ a mesij v s’port t ǎr NHS. Az I wz tecñ a foto ɖs mornñ, wn v ɖ hǎsmêts wz līvñ n ćatd abt orḍrñ ɖ ćōcs fṛm Aṃzn n spredñ a litl jô in ɖ wrld. Gret stuf. Pītr Sparc, Oxf̣d
‘I fînd it upliftñ’
I wōc past ɖs ẃl tecñ mî dōtr t scūl. It hd bn vanḍlîzd fr yirz untl ǎr locl cḿṇtigrūp cmiśnd a locl artist t criet a dzîn az a tribyt t ǎr ci wrcrz. I fînd it upliftñ n luv ɖ fact ɖt it’s smʈñ ɖ hol cḿṇti cn aprīśiet. Anji Tōlḅt, Lìdz
‘It z reprizntñ smʈñ w ol wont t se’
Ɖz sînpentñz hv bn akḿletñ ovr ɖ past munʈs. Ɖe hv bcm a landmarc in ǎr eria. Ɖ rùt z a mn rod btwn tū mejr hospitlz so ambyḷnsz pas bî reğlrli.
I lîc it bcz it z reprizntñ smʈñ w ol wont t se. Wɖ ol ɖ ḿziymz clozd, it fīlz lîc art hz faund a we t cm ǎt intu public spes n rmînd s ol ẃ w nīd it hir – n mor ɖn evr at ɖs tîm. Asif Cān, Hacni in Lundn
‘I luv ɖ sntimnt’
I sw ɖs on ɖ frunt v a clozd dǎn tec’we resṭront. I luv ɖ brît culrz n ɖ sntimnt. Ani Wilits, Siḍnm in Lundn
‘Ɖs mcs m sad bt olso hopfl’
I tc ɖs on ɖ last wīcend bfr locdǎn in Manćestr. I hv nt bn in ɖ siti sntr sins, sticñ t mî locl eria. It mcs m sad fr ol ɖ amezñ smōl bizṇsz in ɖs siti, bt hopfl ɖt ɖe wl svîv n b ʈrîvñ agn sn. Iliẓbʈ Relinz, Manćestr
‘It hz trnd ɖ C’rona logo intu smʈñ meṇsñ’
I run on ɖ sîclpaʈ a cupl v tîmz most wīcs. Ɖr z a loñ hōrdñ seṗretñ ɖ paʈ fṛm a brǎnfīld bildñsait n it z constntli ćenjñ n ivolvñ wɖ artwrc, renjñ fṛm sm priti crapi tagz t sm t’rific pìsz. Ɖs cmz smẃr in ɖ midl. I luv hǎ it hz tecn ɖ C’rona logo n md it intu smʈñ mor meṇsñ n tîmli. I olso lîc ɖ “plīz woś yr handz” strap alñ ɖ top. I d’nt nǒ hǎ loñ it wl last, bt it’s ɖr fr nǎ. Cet Maʈ̇sn, Bristl
‘It z a strîcñ n scilfl dzîn’
W sw ɖs pìs v strīt art jst bfr ɖ locdǎnmeźrz wr pt in ples. It z a strîcñ n scilfl dzîn. Ẃn w sw ɖ wrc it sīmd vri presịnt. At ɖ tîm ppl wr stocpîlñ tôḷtpepr n ɖ artwrc s’tiricli incorṗrets a lūrol instd v a dot on ɖ “i” in “vîṛs”. Ẃl hymṛs, ɖ wrc wz an omiṇs indceśn v ɖ ifct ɖ vîṛs wz gwñ t hv in ɖ wīcs t cm. Mîcl Mulṿhil, Getshed
‘Ɖs pìs capćrz ɖ public’s mūd’
Hacni Wic z alîv wɖ strīt art. Evri de y trn a cornr n smʈñ ny grabz yr î. Ɖs pìs apird rli on in ɖ crîsis. T m it capćrz ɖ public’s mūd t ɖ Covid-19 crîsis – NHS, mascs, lūrol, d’nt panic. Jac̣līn Brūs, Bo in Lundn
‘W hop ɖs wl b prizrvd aftr ɖ locdǎn’
Ǎr pdestrịn tunl hd bn a tagñmagnit fr a loñ tîm. Ɖ intirịr wz gretli hlpt a fy yirz ago ẃn smwn pentd indivijl brics in a mirịd v difṛnt śêdz, mcñ ɖ wundrfl renbo ɖt apird oṿnît on 8 Epril ol ɖ mor prfict. Ǎr locl sośl mīdia hz bn abúz wɖ hǎ upliftñ it z n hǎ imośnl ppl fīl traṿlñ ʈru it. W’r ol hopñ it wl b prizrvd post locdǎn. Heḷn Wêd, Hov
‘I wontd t yz mî art az a vôs’
I nǒ mî frendz r misñ biyñ at scūl n ɖt ɖ tīćrz r misñ s tù, so I wontd t yz mî art az a vôs t acnolij ɖt. Ɖ crosñ at mî scūl, Comḅton Vilij Colij in Cembrij, flt lîc ɖ prfict ples t mc an artwrc. Rown Brigz Smiʈ, Cembrij
‘Ɖs imij rmîndz m ɖz darc dez wl b ovr sn’
Ɖs siriz v postrz z ǎtsd a cafe in ɖ Caʈez eria v Cardif. It’s an imij v hop n susṭnns ɖt hlps m rmembr ɖt ɖz darc dez wl sn b ovr. Stīvn Ŕwin, Cardif
About Artists: CHLOE DEWE MATHEWS
Fṛm Đ Gardịn: ‘This moment is leaving a mark on me’: framing Rio under Covid-19’s shadow
‘Ɖs momnt z līvñ a marc on m’: fremñ Rio undr Covid-19’z śado
(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on 30 April 2020)
Nicoló Lanfranchi arîvd in Bṛzil t mc a film abt tṛdiśnl meḍsin n endd p ćartñ a traɉdi ɖt aqîrd a dīpli prsnl dmnśn
bî Dóm Filips in Rio de Janeiro
Ʈrzde, 30 Epril 2020
Foṭgrafñ a fynṛl z nvr īzi, no matr hǎ pṛfeśnl ɖ ftogṛfr, n īvn mor so amd a pandemic. Bt fr Nicoló Lanfranchi, capćrñ ɖ berịl v Covid-19 victim Iliẓbʈ Baez, 82, ẃć tc ples ɖs munʈ at ɖ São João Batista seṃtri in Rio de Janeiro, wz ispeṣ́li dificlt.
Az h foṭgraft ɖ grevdigrz in pṛtctiv cloɖñ wɖ Iliẓbʈ’z sun Henrique, 49, ɖ onli mōrnr alaud, woćñ on fṛm bhnd a masc, Lanfranchi ʈt v hiz ǒn faɖr, Piero. At 72, Piero wz in intnsiv cer wɖ Covid-19 in a hospitl in Voghera, in Lomḅdi, norɖn Iṭli – wn v ɖ wrst-afctd plesz on Rʈ.
Đ fynṛl of Iliẓbʈ Baez, 82, hu daid fṛm Covid-19, tecs ples in ɖ prezns v hr onli sun, Henrique. Hr huzbnd olso hz ɖ vîṛs n z in hospitl.Foṭgraf: Nicoló Lanfranchi/Ɖ Gardịn
Henrique Baez, ɖ sun v Iliẓbʈ Baez, wz ɖ sol mōrnr at hr berịl at ɖ São João Batista seṃtri in Rio de Janeiro. Foṭgraf: Nicoló Lanfranchi/Ɖ Gardịn
“I imajind mslf in ɖ sem sićueśn, n I startd fesñ ɖs posbiḷti n I wz riyli tućt,” h sz. Aftr ɖ fynṛl, Lanfranchi tld Baez abt hiz faɖr. Baez ʈanct him fr capćrñ hiz muɖr’z lonli berịl – n fr śẹrñ hiz ǒn stori.
Ɖt Bṛziłnz – a soṣ́bl, gṛgerịs ppl – r so opn t brīf yt pṛfǎnd hymn inṭax́nz lîc ɖs z jst wn v ɖ mni rīznz Itałn ftogṛfr n film-mcr Lanfranchi hz rtrnd hir evri yir fr ɖ past tū decedz. Ɖ uɖr z t tec picćrz.
“It z a hyj lîfscūl fr m. I hv t b foc̣st, it z denjṛs, nwn cn hlp m n I fīl rsponsbiḷti t brñ bac iṃjz n ɖ storiz,” h sz. “It clīnz mî mînd.”
Born in Milan n best in Brlin, Lanfranchi hz wrct az a frīlans ftogṛfr in portrit, travl, nyz, n fotojrṇlizm. H prifŕz t spend tîm on asînmnts; h wns spent ʈri wīcs on bōrd ɖ Aqerịs śip az it reskd refyjīz arnd ɖ Mediṭreńn fr a siriz v Gardịn dspaćz.
C’roṇvîṛs hz bn wn v ɖ tufist subjicts t cuvr. “I’v bn wurid abt ɖ vîṛs,” h sz. “Mî faɖr wz on mî mînd.”
Ɖ ḿziym dzînd bî Oscr Niemeyer in Niteroi, clozd bcz v ɖ vîṛs. Foṭgraf: Nicoló Lanfranchi/Ɖ Gardịn
Loclz ǎtsd a bar in ɖ nebrhd v Lapa, Rio de Janeiro. Foṭgraf: Nicoló Lanfranchi/Ɖ Gardịn
A strīt in Lapa, Rio de Janeiro. Foṭgraf: Nicoló Lanfranchi/Ɖ Gardịn
A strītclīnr at wrc nir homlis ppl in Lapa. Foṭgraf: Nicoló Lanfranchi/Ɖ Gardịn
Lanfranchi frst cem t Bṛzil in 2000 bcz h pracṭsz ɖ Afro-Bṛziłn art v capoeira n cem t b “baptîzd” in an iniśieśn. Orijiṇli dveḷpt bî inslevd Africn ppl az a marśl art dsgîzd az a dans, capoeira z an xampl v hǎ ɖs vast, vẹrid cuntri abzorbz culćrz.
“Uɖr ppl cōl ɖs a mltñpot. It z mor ɖ sincṛtizm, ɖ cpaṣti v an organic form t abzorb difṛnt ʈñz,” sz Lanfranchi.
In 2012 h foṭgraft wîldcat mainrz in ɖ jungl, in 2014 a socrtrṇmnt in a prizn in João Pessoa. In 2015 Bṛzil sufrd ɖ wrst invîrnmntl ctastṛfi in its hisṭri ẃn a teilñzdam nir Mariana c’lapst, cilñ 19 ppl n sndñ miłnz v lītrz v mînñwest slūsñ dǎn ɖ Rivr Doce t ɖ sì.
Lanfranchi wrct wɖ Grīnpīs, Amṇsti, Vaṇti Fer n ivnć̣li s’plaid dṛmatic iṃjz fr a Gardịn stori ɖt Davilson Brasileiro n I rout abt an invstgeśn intu ɖ dzastr’z cōzz bî fedṛl proṣktrz.
Strītclīnrz at wrc in Niteroi. Foṭgraf: Nicoló Lanfranchi/Ɖ Gardịn
Ppl wêt t śop ǎtsd a sūṗmarcit in Lapa. Foṭgraf: Nicoló Lanfranchi/Ɖ Gardịn
P’līs cntrol ɖ entṛns v ɖ feristeśn in Niteroi. Foṭgraf: Nicoló Lanfranchi/Ɖ Gardịn
Đ entṛns v ɖ Dona Marta fvela. Foṭgraf: Nicoló Lanfranchi/Ɖ Gardịn
In Jańri 2019, Lanfranchi n I hd jst left ɖ Raposa Serra do Sol indijṇs rzrv in Bṛzil’z far norʈ ẃn anɖr teilñzdam c’lapst, in Brumadinho in ɖ sem stet v Minas Gerais, cilñ hundṛdz. At ɖ dzastr zon, Lanfranchi’z psistns, hiz abiḷti t ćarm n cjol, n hiz scil at cmpozñ foṭgrafs in ceos rendrd memṛbl iṃjz v ɖ dedli, avôḍbl traɉdi.
Emti strīts in Rio Centro, ẃr ɖ biznisdistrict z l’cetd. Foṭgraf: Nicoló Lanfranchi/Ɖ Gardịn
A bildñ in Rio jrñ ɖ pandemic. Foṭgraf: Nicoló Lanfranchi/Ɖ Gardịn
H arîvd in Rio on 3 Marć t mc a śort film abt tṛdiśnl meḍsin in Bṛzil’z semi-arid intirịr, bt ɖ pandemic ślvd ɖ project. Îṣletñ in Rio’z bīćsîd Ipanema nebrhd, Lanfranchi dscuvrd ɖt ɖ gret cmpozr Tom Jobim hd ritn mni v hiz bossa nova clasics in an apartmnt in hiz bildñ, includñ Chega de Saudade (Inuf v Loññ), most feṃsli rcordd bî João Gilberto.
Ɖt nstalja infctd Lanfranchi n h sòt t tec fotoz ɖt capćrd tîm standñ stl n ɖ firfl meḷnc̣li v a siti ẃr lîf wz on hold.
H bòt N95 mascs, faund a drîvr hu ń ɖ siti n bgan wrcñ ǎt hǎ t foṭgraf ɖ pandemic ẃn so mni sićueśnz – hlʈsntrz n hospitlwordz – wr in’xesbl. H clīnd hiz iqipmnt wɖ alc̣hol jél, n ćenjd n wośt hiz cloɖz ć tîm h got hom.
H bòt N95 mascs, faund a drîvr hu ń ɖ siti n bgan wrcñ ǎt hǎ t foṭgraf ɖ pandemic ẃn so mni sićueśnz – hlʈsntrz n hospitlwordz – wr in’xesbl. H clīnd hiz iqipmnt wɖ alc̣hol jél, n ćenjd n wośt hiz cloɖz ć tîm h got hom.
Yzñ a dron wrct fr foṭgrafñ emti bīćz n an upscel membrz’ club fr a stori on hǎ c’roṇvîṛs spred amñ its priṿlijd membrz. H olso yzd it t capćr faṃliz on ɖer balc̣niz.
H pt ɖ dron dǎn t capćr fūd distṛbyśn in ɖ Siti v God fvela, strītsaṇteśn in nirbî Niterói, n ppl ignorñ sośl distnsñ advîs acrs Rio.
Voḷntirz priper ‘cestas basicas’ (bagz v besic nseṣtiz sć az rîs, bīnz n śŭgr) t dstribyt fr ɖ vulnṛbl n eldrli in ɖ Siti v God fvela. Foṭgraf: Nicoló Lanfranchi/Ɖ Gardịn
Rezidnts v ɖ Siti v God fvela dstribyt fūdparslz. Foṭgraf: Nicoló Lanfranchi/Ɖ Gardịn
Wẹrñ a fesmasc, Ricardo Fernandes, 30, tecs parslz v nseṣtiz arnd ɖ Siti v God fvela. Foṭgraf: Nicoló Lanfranchi/Ɖ Gardịn
Fūḑistṛbyśn in ɖ Siti v God fvela. Foṭgraf: Nicoló Lanfranchi/Ɖ Gardịn
Sm dd ɖs fṛm śir ic̣nomic nīd, uɖrz dd’nt tec ɖ pandemic sirịsli. Ɖ cuntri’z far-rît prezidnt, Jair Bolsonaro, dsmist c’roṇvîṛs az “a litl flu” n argyd ɖt pṛtctñ ɖ icoṇmi wz mor importnt ɖn sośl distnsñ īvn az cnfrmd c’roṇvîṛs cesz n deʈs rouz.
Lanfranchi wz dsmeid t si Bṛziłn soḷdaṛti c’rodd bî fec nyz n far-rît popylizm. “I flt hǎ sic ɖ cuntri z, ppl r s’portñ a prezidnt hu opnli dz nt cer abt ɖ hlʈ v ɖ popyleśn,” h sz.
Ɖs discnct reẓnetd az hiz faɖr’z hlʈ wrsnd. Piero Lanfranchi hd gn t hospitl t gt a plastr rmuvd bt còt Covid-19. Faɖr n sun cḿṇcetd via txt, untl ɖ tîm cem fr a plastic box t b pt ovr Piero’z hed t hlp him briɖ n h snt a last mesij.
Lanfranchi cd nt hv sìn hiz faɖr īvn f hd bn ebl t gt a flît bac t Iṭli. Hospitlvizitrz r nt alaud, ɖr r rodblocs in Lomḅdi. On Saṭde h got ɖ nyz: dspt ɖ plastic box, hiz faɖr hd daid.
“H wz alon, ɖs z ɖ wrst ʈñ, n smʈñ I wd’nt wś on enbdi,” sz Lanfranchi, tirz cracñ hiz vôs.
Nǎ ɖ onli ʈñ h cn ʈnc t d z plan a ny asînmnt.
“Ɖs z a historicl momnt, it z līvñ a marc on m, n in a srtn we I ʈnc abt ɖ uɖr faṃliz afctd wɖ ɖs, n I am wɖ ɖm,” h sz. “I d nt wont t b bìtn bî ɖ vîṛs.”
Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Home, not away: the Tulip Project – in pictures
Hom, nt awe: ɖ Tylip̓roject – in picćrz
(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on 24 April 2020)
Ẃt dz ɖ Gardịn’z dec̣retd sports ftogṛfr d in locdǎn? Tom Jncinz hz bn tecñ an inforst brec fṛm ax́n-ftogṛfi n psywñ a difṛnt cnd v viźn in hiz gardn
Frîde, 24 Epril 2020
I hv nvr aprīśietd mî bacgardn so mć.
At ɖs tîm v yir, I’m yẓ́li còt p wɖ ol ɖ tuwñz n frowñz v ɖ sportñwrld: tecñ fotoz v tṛdiśnl sprñivnts lîc ɖ Botrês n Grand Naśnl, or ci maćz az ɖ ftbōlsīzn bildz t a cṛśndo. Norṃli I’m awe a lot, nt riyli pasñ an î ovr dveḷpmnts in mî gardn. Bt ɖs z nt a norml yir.
It wz mid-Marć, n I wz sitñ dspondntli in mî tîni postijstamp v a gardn. Ɖ prīvịs wīc I hd foṭgraft ɖ Ćlṭnm fstivl, an ivnt I asośiet wɖ ɖ end v wintr, sprñ cmñ, ɖ lît gtñ betr. A ćans t lc ahd t a sumr v sport, gwñ t ivnts ɖt I luv. Bt ɖs yir, ɖ fstivl hd flt ol roñ – mor lîc a denjṛs parti on ɖ īv v wor. It sīmd ol arnd m ɖ nyz wz harowñ, n sport wz gtñ hamrd az ivnt aftr ivnt wz cansld. Mî wrld hd sudnli bn trnd upsîd-dǎn.
I riylîzd ɖen ɖt I hd t rīfrem n rīfoc̣s. Wɖ ol mî norml aṿnyz fr tecñ picćrz clozd of, I nīdd t fînd smʈñ els. I rcōld ɖ wrdz v Ed Jacsn, a formr pṛfeśnl rugbipleyr huz portrit I hd tecn xacli a yir rlịr. Aftr suf̣rñ an ōfl axidnt ɖt hd left him parṣ́li paṛlîzd, h hd dveḷpt a mntl proses t cǒp wɖ hiz ny sićueśn: foc̣s on ẃt’s in frunt v y, foc̣s on ʈñz y cn afct, n trî t fget ẃt’s ǎt v yr cntrol.
Rmemḅrñ ɖs, I lct rnd ɖ éj v ɖ tîni pìs v lōn n notist sm tylipbulbz ɖt mî wîf hd plantd in teṛcota pots. Luś grīn līvz wɖ budz fl v promis hd imrjd fṛm ɖ sôl, redi t blūm. In ɖz plants, I sw hop. I sw normaḷti.
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It ocŕd t m ɖen ɖt ɖs proses v groʈ n poẓtivti dzrvd t b dokmntd. Dspt ɖ globl madnis, nećr wz ʈrîvñ – n ɖz tylips sīmd t b begñ m t tel ɖer stori. T m, ftogṛfi z mor ɖn jst a c’rir: it z mî paśn, n in ɖz flǎrz I faund ɖ prfict oṗtyṇti t tec picćrz wɖt līvñ mî hom.
T tst mslf, I dsîdd nt t yz eni v mî mn pṛfeśnl camraz. Ɖz r mor yst t ɖ hrli-brli v sport, ol fast foc̣sñ n spīdi motrdrîv. Instd, I trnd t ẃt I cōl mî “hoḷdecamra”, an upmarcit pônt-n-śūt ɖt I tec awe on trips wɖ ɖ faṃli (ɖ last ʈñ I wont on hoḷde z t b srǎndd bî îtmz asośietd wɖ wrc, mni v ẃć r hevi). Lît, īzi t mnūvr arnd ɖ plants, n – most crūṣ́li – ebl t foc̣s clos-up, ɖs smōl camra acć̣li trnd ǎt t b prfict fr ɖs project.
Az ɖ sún muvd rnd ɖ gardn jrñ ɖ de, bacgrǎndz bcem darc n śadoz on ɖ flǎrz crietd gorjs patnz. I wd not ẃć tîmz wr bst t foṭgraf srtn plants, n wd piriodicli drop ẃćvr hǎsholdtasc I wz dwñ (mć t ɖ iṛteśn v mî faṃli) t rês t ɖ gardn n cać ɖ flǎrz in ɖ prfict lît.
Lîc ol ftogṛfrz, I lc t lît az anɖr tūl in ɖ box, an oṗtyṇti t criet smʈñ difṛnt. Bî vẹriyñ anglz, I cd mc petlz lc lîc pepr, tîtli bunćt flǎrhedz lc lîc lips. Gwñ in tît, I atmtd t śo ɖ byti v ɖ flǎrz in a sriyl we. Ɖ worm sprñ súnśîn v ɖ last fy wīcs hd nt onli uśrd ɖ tylips intu fl blūm bt inhanst ɖer culr n vîbṛnsi, so sm v mî foṭgrafs gend an olmst unrʈli qoḷti.
I’v nvr flt so luci t hv mî gardn, ɖs tîni oesis in dnsli crǎdd norʈ Lundn. In ɖ land v qoṛntīn, mî hǎs hz nvr flt mor lîc a casl, dfndñ m fṛm ɖ worzon ǎtsd ɖ fruntget. In ɖt casl, mî gardn z ɖ grīn inr sañtm, a ples v pīs n tranqiḷti.
Az I sit hir nǎ, in ɖ súnśîn, I hír brdsoñ n ɖ ruṣlñ v līvz, wɖ ɖ ćiṛpñ v ćildṛn pleyñ woftñ in on ɖ brīz. Ɖ scî abv mî hed z fri fṛm pleinz n p’luśn, n a briłnt blu. Ɖ sún, brît n śarp at ɖs tîm v yir, mcs evrʈñ lc crisp. In tîmz lîc ɖz, w rmembr ɖt nećr trūli z lîf-afrmñ, n ɖ simpl act v flǎrz growñ mīnz so mć. It śoz ɖt in an abnorml wrld, normaḷti z cñ.
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