MORE OF THE STRANGE

In my archive I found a cut out policeman. The middle age man is found leaning blankly and not the least bit intimidating in Blackburn's shopping mall. Presumably he was there to deter any ideas that undesirables may have, let alone whether it was their intent in the first place to go and cause mischief. The idea that he stands over a number of elderly people sat on benches begs to make you wonder how he is protecting them. It's all too psychological and surreal. A cut-out-person is unsettling enough but one in uniform seems too far fetched and I think it's not just absurd but barking mad, whatever the 'ideas panel' thought at the time. Where are the real police?! I took this whilst studying a photography HND and I was amused by it all the way home to Preston.

Quirky maybe but still in the vein of juxtopositions my partner Alizon and I stumbled on someone selling combat trousers besides two religious icons; Mary and Jesus...perhaps I'm hitting too hard on the concepts of the ridiculous but it sparked something of a war and peace thing - enough for me to include it here along with another from the same day:

"Pain?"...Ok so it's a herbal stall. But...
"Ask me for a free trial."