{"id":168,"date":"2011-08-30T21:23:14","date_gmt":"2011-08-30T20:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simon-isaac.co.uk\/?p=168"},"modified":"2011-08-30T21:23:14","modified_gmt":"2011-08-30T20:23:14","slug":"a-not-so-private-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonisaac.dev-capsulemarketing.co.uk\/?p=168","title":{"rendered":"A not so Private View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My Private View of Silent Sentinels proved a great success, and I am very grateful to everyone for making it so. Forty people attended in the end, and I sold 12 pictures which I&#8217;m delighted with!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/simon-isaac.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-169\" title=\"Silent Sentinels (3)\" src=\"http:\/\/simon-isaac.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simonisaac.dev-capsulemarketing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/simonisaac.dev-capsulemarketing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-3-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simonisaac.dev-capsulemarketing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-3-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/simonisaac.dev-capsulemarketing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-3-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/simonisaac.dev-capsulemarketing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-3-2048x1368.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The venue was superb, the perfect balance of a clean white room with the black exhibition stands set the pictures off very well with their white mounts and black frames.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/simon-isaac.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-170\" title=\"Silent Sentinels (15)\" src=\"http:\/\/simon-isaac.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-15-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simonisaac.dev-capsulemarketing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-15-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/simonisaac.dev-capsulemarketing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-15-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simonisaac.dev-capsulemarketing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-15-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/simonisaac.dev-capsulemarketing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-15-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/simonisaac.dev-capsulemarketing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-15-2048x1368.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All my favourite friends and family were there, along with some clients and people from the art circuit in Essex. There were a lot of questions about the concept and inspiration for the exhibition and these were hard to answer as each shoot had at least 50 photographs, I ended up taking thousands but exhibited only 28.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/simon-isaac.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-171\" title=\"Silent Sentinels (12)\" src=\"http:\/\/simon-isaac.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-12-300x229.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simonisaac.dev-capsulemarketing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-12-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/simonisaac.dev-capsulemarketing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-12-768x587.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simonisaac.dev-capsulemarketing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-12-1024x783.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/simonisaac.dev-capsulemarketing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-12-1536x1175.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/simonisaac.dev-capsulemarketing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-12-2048x1566.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The mixture of colours, formats and subjects were driven by the seasons; its been truly amazing enjoying even the coldest of days out shooting, with images such as Autumn Dawn and Winter Home being some of my favourites.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/simon-isaac.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-17.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-172\" title=\"Silent Sentinels (17)\" src=\"http:\/\/simon-isaac.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-17-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simonisaac.dev-capsulemarketing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-17-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/simonisaac.dev-capsulemarketing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-17-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/simonisaac.dev-capsulemarketing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-17-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simonisaac.dev-capsulemarketing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-17-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/simonisaac.dev-capsulemarketing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-17-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/simonisaac.dev-capsulemarketing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-17-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lloyd Price&#8217;s composition &#8216;Somewhere Safe&#8217; was the most perfect soundtrack for the video of the wider works, we even did a session with him and his synthesisers and Mac on top of one of the Pillboxes. For this, he is honoured with the title &#8216;Sentinel&#8217; in gratitude.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/simon-isaac.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-22.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-173\" title=\"Silent Sentinels (22)\" src=\"http:\/\/simon-isaac.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-22-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simonisaac.dev-capsulemarketing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-22-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/simonisaac.dev-capsulemarketing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-22-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simonisaac.dev-capsulemarketing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-22-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/simonisaac.dev-capsulemarketing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-22-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/simonisaac.dev-capsulemarketing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-22-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>People wrote some really nice comments in the guest book, I particularly liked Victor&#8217;s as he had played in Pillboxes as a boy, which were in fact German ones as he grew up in France &#8211; amazing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/simon-isaac.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-251.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-175\" title=\"Silent Sentinels (25)\" src=\"http:\/\/simon-isaac.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-251-300x182.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m so pleased to have held the Private View and I&#8217;m looking forward to the exhibition which runs at Central Gallery Southend from 23rd September to 13th October. I&#8217;ll definitely hold another, now what to choose as a concept next?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/simon-isaac.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-20.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-181\" title=\"Silent Sentinels (20)\" src=\"http:\/\/simon-isaac.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-20-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simonisaac.dev-capsulemarketing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-20-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/simonisaac.dev-capsulemarketing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-20-1367x2048.jpg 1367w, https:\/\/simonisaac.dev-capsulemarketing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-20-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simonisaac.dev-capsulemarketing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-20-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/simonisaac.dev-capsulemarketing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-20-1025x1536.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/simonisaac.dev-capsulemarketing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Silent-Sentinels-20-scaled.jpg 1708w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Andy Flatman &amp; Tony Felgate for these great photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Private View of Silent Sentinels proved a great success, and I am very grateful to everyone for making it so. Forty people attended in the end, and I sold 12 pictures which I&#8217;m delighted with! 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