More Related Content More from Gary Marlowe (20) 1. FADED GLORY
A POSTSCRIPT TO THE
SCANDAL OF THE BENCH
gary marlowe IMAGES OUT OF THE ORDINARY DECEMBER 2011
3. FADED GLORY
A WORD FROM THE AUTHOR
THE SCANDAL OF THE BENCH IS MY PHOTOSTORY OF LITTLEHAMPTON’S ATTEMPT TO BUILD THE WORLD’S
LONGEST BENCH. MY ACCOUNT OF ITS CONSTRUCTION AND ITS SHORTCOMINGS HAS ATTRACTED
CONSIDERABLE INTEREST AND IT IS CURRENTLY MY SECOND MOST VIEWED IMAGE PRESENTATION. IF YOU
HAVEN’T SEEN IT, IT’S UP AT WWW.SLIDESHARE.NET/GMARLOWE NOW, SOME 18 MONTHS AFTER STARTING
THE PHOTOSTORY, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO ADD A SHORT POSTSCRIPT, AN UPDATE IF YOU
WILL, OF HOW THE BENCH HAS SINCE FARED. SOME MAY SAY I’M NOT A FAN OF THE PROJECT, BUT THAT
WOULD BE WRONG, I THINK IT WAS A GREAT IDEA, SADLY ONE THAT ON SO MANY LEVELS FELL SHORT. TO SEE
THE BENCH IN ITS ORIGINAL GLORY, TAKE A LOOK AT MY PRESENTATION ‘IMAGES OF THE LONGEST BENCH’
WHICH IS ALSO UP ON SLIDESHARE.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY NOTICE
THE IMAGES CONTAINED IN THIS PRESENTATION WERE CREATED BY GARY MARLOWE AND, WHILST BEING
AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ON SLIDESHARE, THEY REMAIN THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OF GARY MARLOWE.
© GARY MARLOWE | 2011
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Postscript
The Longest Bench was ‘opened’ to the public on 29 July 2010.
18 months later, how has it fared?
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They’ve faded badly and lost all their original vibrancy
11. IMAGES OUT OF THE ORDINARY
ABOUT GARY MARLOWE
WITH A BACKGROUND IN MARKETING AND GRAPHIC DESIGN, GARY APPLIES HIS HIGHLY DISTINCTIVE VISUAL
STYLE TO CREATING IMAGES OUT OF THE ORDINARY ACROSS A DIVERSE ARRAY OF SUBJECT MATTER, FROM
ROCK MUSIC, FAST CARS AND FASHION TO FLOWERS, FOOD AND ANIMALS. WHATEVER THE SUBJECT, HIS
WORK IS INSTANTLY RECOGNISABLE, BOTH IN ITS COMPOSITION AND ESPECIALLY WITH ITS PLAYFULLY
ILLUSTRATIVE GRAPHIC STYLE. INVARIABLY, HE USES HIS IMAGES TO TELL STORIES AND IMAGINATIVELY
CAPTURE A ONE-OFF EXPERIENCE.
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