{"id":1345,"date":"2025-01-11T20:59:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T20:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/?p=1345"},"modified":"2025-01-26T22:38:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T22:38:16","slug":"wall-shadows-eight-til-midnight-wall-shadows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/01\/11\/wall-shadows-eight-til-midnight-wall-shadows\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Wall Shadows, Eight \u2018til Midnight\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/shadows-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/shadows-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/shadows-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/shadows-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/shadows-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/shadows-1-88x88.jpg 88w, https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/shadows-1-973x973.jpg 973w, https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/shadows-1-508x508.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A1 print, signed and stamped. They say that necessity is the mother of invention; illness limited my visits to the studio, and so in the spirit of Count Xavier de Maitre (who in 1794 wrote \u2018A Journey Round My Room\u2019), I produced a diary\/journal in eighty-one iPhone images of wall shadows from 08.00-midnight round my flat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"rl-gallery-container rl-loading\" id=\"rl-gallery-container-1\" data-gallery_id=\"1334\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery rl-basicgrid-gallery \" id=\"rl-gallery-1\" data-gallery_no=\"1\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wall8.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wall8-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wall7.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wall7-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wall6.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wall6-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wall5.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wall5-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wall4.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wall4-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wall3.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wall3-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wall2.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wall2-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wall.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wall-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a number of cultures, shadows are believed to be intricately linked to the human soul. The ancient Greeks held the belief that shadows were an extension of one&#8217;s soul and that they contained a person&#8217;s true essence\u2026 and in traditional Chinese culture, shadows were thought to be the manifestation of one&#8217;s soul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A1 print, signed and stamped. 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