Deirdre Robinson: Recently Added Galleries and Collections

Digs Sows Eats

dee@merlaue.com (Deirdre Robinson) — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

]]>Watlington Pyrton Field Allotments. Out on a walk one November day we walked past the allotments a curious jumble of objects and mounds of what looked like Native American offerings caught my eye. I later discovered they were hedgehog nests made by Sally enabling them to hibernate in peace. So began a wonderful 18 months in this community, I have gathered fascinating gardening facts and encountered many interesting people who have to their great credit allowed me and my camera to invade their personal space with good grace.

Sunday walk in Burslem

dee@merlaue.com (Deirdre Robinson) — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

]]>Burslem is one of the 6 towns that make up Stoke on Trent once the beating heart of the pottery industry. Now trying to redefine itself.

Slideshow

dee@merlaue.com (Deirdre Robinson) — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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2024 Boats abandoned or not

dee@merlaue.com (Deirdre Robinson) — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

]]>It’s funny the things or events that spark ideas for a project. A trip to an estuary in Brittany last year where a dozen or so boats had been beached and abandoned started me thinking. Why are they just left to slowly return to nature, is this the normal end for these often graceful boats and does this happen elsewhere?
I started in Dungeness and worked my way along the coast to Suffolk setting myself the brief of abandoned boats only. I was surprised to discover among all the abandoned boats there was a thriving community of houseboat dwellers. The brief had just got wider! Some were Dutch barges, some weren’t but all had been customised to their owner’s wants and needs. Then there are boats that are still used up and down the east coast, the oyster smack being one of them. The brief got wider still.
The boats that you see here are a mixture of the above; there are Thames Barges, Dutch Barges, WW2 landing vessels all were useful and beautiful in their way and now being reclaimed by nature.

2022 Inspired by

dee@merlaue.com (Deirdre Robinson) — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

]]>Usually faces have been a part of my pictures, now they are the main event.
I started out taking pictures of architecture, would even wait until people moved out of shot. This was a long time ago, maybe I got a little bored with bricks and mortar, maybe I needed actors for my stage of beautiful buildings but people started to appear and it started a fascination that grew slowly into a love of portraiture.
Inspired by: this project started during the first lock down when a group of photographers couldn’t decide on a project to show for our next Zoom meeting and came up with the idea of selfies. Not being terribly keen on the idea of seeing myself on a screen I decided to hide behind another’s persona, in this case Dame Edith Sitwell and all her rings.
Taking inspiration from paintings and photographs isn’t new but it’s been hugely enjoyable, I hope you enjoy looking at them.

New York

dee@merlaue.com (Deirdre Robinson) — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

]]>A city like no other in the Western world; it never sleeps there is always something going on somewhere, New Yorkers will always tell you how it is, they are kind and generous with their advice, you may not want to hear it but it is always given. Get on a bus and you are immediately part of the conversation, it is a fascinating place to be and the streets are a photographers dream.

Venice, Murano and Burano

dee@merlaue.com (Deirdre Robinson) — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

]]>Peter and I have been both visitors and worked on the islands of Venice and Murano. The population of Venice is approx 60,000 and on an average day another 60, 000 come to the island culminating in a massive 22 million visitors a year. In this gallery you won’t find any of the well known sites, they have been well documented by the aforementioned visitors. The islands of the Venetian lagoon are living communities in their own right, these pictures are all about daily life.

Around London

dee@merlaue.com (Deirdre Robinson) — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 18:51:14 GMT

]]>I like to wander around cities with a camera; in this gallery there are a mixture of pictures, some just single shots, some in a collection. It’s a bit of a mixed bag, and still a little disjointed, I'm working on it, more to come.

Remembrance of Things Passed.

dee@merlaue.com (Deirdre Robinson) — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

]]>This was Mixed Bag second exhibition, we were asked to present a portrait of a family house that had stayed very much the same for 40 years. As photographers we approached the same rooms from our own particular vantage point. The same objects sometimes photographed several times but with very different outcomes. These pictures are my vision of a very special place.

Peter's stuff

dee@merlaue.com (Deirdre Robinson) — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

]]>Mixed Bag held their first exhibition in the Magic Gallery, Charring Cross in 2016 it was called “Stuff”. Peter’s glass collection as those who know him takes over every surface of our house, it is his passion, it is his stuff.

My beautiful launderette

dee@merlaue.com (Deirdre Robinson) — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

]]>Listening to the radio one morning I heard a piece about launderettes, it said that there use to be 32000 in their hey day, now there are only 12000. I was surprised that there were still so many, who needed them. A quick search on the net and I found the Boundary Community Launderette set up by the community for the community. It is used by local businesses, residents, students and some just come for a cup of tea but all come in for a chat.

Santo Stefano di Sessanio

dee@merlaue.com (Deirdre Robinson) — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

]]>A magical hill village in the Abruzzo department of Italy held together by scaffolding. Like so many of these beautiful villages it is still trying to rebuild itself and its community after the 2009 earthquake at L'Aquila 30 minutes drive away.

ARPS

dee@merlaue.com (Deirdre Robinson) — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

]]>This is my Associate panel for the Royal Photographic Society and the statement of intent that introduced it.

With the nations of the world sending teams to the London Olympics it was my intention the show the cultural and ethnic mix that we have here in London. The act of taking photos of people in public urban spaces sometimes with permission but on the whole without asking can be an exhilarating experience.

On the Road

dee@merlaue.com (Deirdre Robinson) — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

]]>This was a wonderful journey through New Mexico, Arizona and California, finding the old buildings that gave food and shelter to the travellers of the 1930's and 40's, now left as a reminder of how travel use to be. Along the way we found the cars that used to travel the road.

Night Lights

dee@merlaue.com (Deirdre Robinson) — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

]]>Night lights, the neon signs along Route 66 show a time when this was the cutting edge of advertising. Each motel trying to entice the weary traveller to stop and rest with them. Each diner trying to out do their neighbour.