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DayFour issue 4 Ulysses
Published 2005
Cover: Geoff Langan
On June 16, 1904, the Irish author James Joyce went on his first date with Nora Barnacle, the woman with whom he would spend the rest of his life. That day is immortalized in Joyce's novel Ulysses, and it is commemorated every year by Joyce fans and scholars, who gather in Dublin to retrace the steps around the city of the novel's hero, Leopold Bloom. In recording Bloom's progress, Joyce relates thoughts, impressions, memories, scraps of information and ideas. No detail is too small, insignificant or apparently random to be left out.
At D4 we decided to celebrate the centenary of Bloomsday in
2004 with a Joycean event of our own. On Saturday, June 19, we asked photographers,
professional and amateur, all over the world to document the minutiae of their
day, by taking a photograph every hour, on the hour. This issue features the
days of 44 of the people who took part. It is an intriguing peek into peoples'
weekends – and fridges and bedrooms – and a disturbing revelation
of how many people take photographs while driving...
Contributors
© All photography and text in Dayfour is copyright the contributors. All rights reserved
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Andrew Clatworthy Photographer, holiday-phobic. Spent the day traveling from London to Calvados, France, with his girlfriend, Sibyl, for their first holiday together.
8am: Embankment, London, shortly before being warned
about speeding.
9am: There'll be bluebirds over...
1pm: An interesting feature of the car park at Le Touquet.
11pm: And
so to bed.
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Andrew Macpherson London born, US citizen, Hollywood resident. Professional photographer of the performers of our time. Aspiring amateur photographer. Spent the day with fiancee on business in Laguna, south of Los Angeles.
11am: On the 5 freeway headed
south.
2pm: On the Boardwalk at Laguna, feeling like I'm back in England on
a lousy bank holiday weekend.
7pm: We dive off the thick, treacle-creeping freeway and cut through
the back streets trying to escape the madness of gridlock. The side streets
are free and open and we nip into downtown LA from the east.
Midnight: A waitress at the Chateau Marmont Hotel waiting for
her ride at the end of her shift.
More Andrew at www.macfly.com
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Bob Smith Photographer, living in Brighton, UK, with family. Guerilla canoeist. Spent the day thrill-seeking (hang-gliding, vampire movies.)
9am: Bear-Bear greets the day.
10am: Up on the Downs.
6pm: In the kitchen.
7pm: Family
conference (three bums).
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Bronwyn Kidd Australian: fashion photographer, optimist. Living between Melbourne, Sydney and London. Spent the day out and about, scouting a building site, walking the dog.
9am: 'Ernest Wanke Road' –
what the – ?!
2pm: Post-shower.
3pm: Mum painting: 'Wine Country'.
7pm: Pizza. And Marlon.
More Bronwyn in d4.3
and at
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Caitlin Smail Born in New York, living in London with two children and two cats. Magazine art director and fine art graduate. Spent the day dealing with a flood, a degree show, and domestic upheaval.
6am: Wake up. My 12-year-old daughter Becky is sleeping
on the floor of my bedroom because there was a flood in her room last night
(flat above overflowed the bath.)
3pm: Degree Show, Central St Martins. I enjoy watching people looking
at my work. A teenager snaps a shot of my installation under the stairs with
a mobile phone.
4pm: Pop into Mango on Oxford Street as I notice there is a half-price
sale on.
Midnight:
Say goodnight to the nine-week-old kittens, Alfie and Tigerlily, before bed.
More Caitlin in d4.3 and at www.caitlinsmail.net
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Chris Scott Writer, director, photographer. Living in Finsbury Park, north London. Spent the day being doting uncle to Inka and Teo.
9am: Footpath to FInsbury Park.
11am: Teo after fencing.
4pm: Yvette, Inka and Teo.
10pm: Kee
at the Dairy.
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Cristobal Palma Photographer living in London and his native Santiago, Chile. Spent the day celebrating a friend's stag weekend in Copenhagen, Denmark.
7am: The guy on the right is called Ty. He is one of
my best friends and he is getting married in Germany in a couple of weeks. The
one on the left is a crazy Finn who goes by the name of Pasi. The three of us
were at architecture school together.
10am: We've just left the central station (you can see it in the background)
and are on the way to our hotel.
3pm: There is a beautiful park (with a funfair) in the middle of town.
4pm: We are
still in the park, enjoying the sunshine and drinking vodka tonics, when the
music starts.
More Cristobal at www.cristobalpalma.com
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Alexandra Smart 16-year-old GCSE student living in WIltshire, UK, with family. Spent the day studying for looming exams (some of the time...)
8am: First view in the morning, my autobiographical
wall.
2pm: Revising for my last exam, Religious Education.
5pm: [After a trip by train to Salisbury] the departure from the other
end.
10pm: Saying
good night in person.
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Emma Kirkham Magazine designer, Rotherhithe resident (south London), QPR supporter (west London.) Visiting Portugal for European Football Championship. Spent a long day on trains to see Germany v Latvia in Porto.
Midday: What a stroke of luck! At exactly twelve o'clock
we get our first glimpse of Porto. It looks beautiful, can't wait to start exploring.
1pm: What more could an England supporter want: beer, sunshine and
a load of Germans.
3pm: Come on Latvia! First you knock out Turkey in the play-offs, now
you could help to send Germany home. Fantastic!
6pm: Killing
time as we wait on the platform at Porto Campanha for our train home.
More Emma in d4.2
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Fiona Hayes Magazine art director, founder of DayFour. Irish heart, English mortgage, short attention span. Spent the day losing time, evening in east London at a Christmas Midsummer Barbecue.
8am: Tackling last night's washing up.
Midday: Have to drop by the office. I have a photoshoot first thing
Monday and forgot to bring the scouting shots home.
2pm: The Designer Warehouse Sale in Kings Cross.
10pm: Lizzie
and Heather and the last bottle of cava.
More Fiona in d4.1
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Gael-Thomas Roussel Photographers' agent, French citizen, north London resident. A morning of meditation and observation, an afternoon of communication and laughter.
9am: A ball of tea. My roots are in the farms of Brittany.
My daily drink to my homeland.
1pm: A meal with Monika. The best of Spain with a British edge. The
golden rule: 'I cook, you wash' .
3pm: Girls' band: Monika, Kirsty, Anke and Alexia. Everybody say 'cheese!'
7pm: By the
end of the night the bar will have blurred into the wallpaper. Another Saturday
in London.
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Geoff Langan Photographer, Dubliner, living outside Bristol, UK, with family. A long day at home and away, anticipating the summer solstice.
4am: Dawn.
7am: We're awake. Eliza Rose, Rachel and Patrick.
4pm: I'm dozing on the couch watching Steve Irwin.
11pm: Sparks.
More Geoff at www.geofflangan.com
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Gregory King Photographer and picture editor, west London resident with Australian roots. Spent the day working on picture publicity for BBC TV program, Strictly Come Dancing.
8am: Blurry-eyed and late for work.
9pm: A hasty dash to White City for Poisoned Venus and me.
3pm: Tess Daly and Bruce Forsyth run through their lines for tonight's
live show.
5pm: A final
check. Competitors are lined up, plans discussed.
More Gregory in d4.3 and at www.gmkphotography.com
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Heather Richardson Irish citizen, east London resident. Working for an investment bank in the City, mother of fifteen-month-old Lily. Spent the day preparing and the evening hosting annual Midsummer Christmas Barbecue.
9am: Bullet the blue sky.
2pm: Lily. Am I helping, Mummy?
3pm: Brussels sprouts. Well, it is a Christmas barbecue!
8pm: Mince
pies and a struggling photographer.
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Ian Fidler IT trainer and motivator, living in Harrow, UK. Spent the day seeing wife Laura off on a business trip, looking after son Sam, not watching the football.
8am: Wake up.
11am: On the train.
6pm: Sam's army.
7pm: Dinner
time. Sam's getting a little weary of being the subject so often...
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Jan Von Holleben Image-maker, founder of Photodebut. Home is in Germany, work is in London. A day out in the south of England with photographer friends.
midday: On the motorway.
3pm: Rob in the forest.
5pm: Relocating to the fields and continuing our picnic.
7pm: Stop
for a pub dinner as we didn't have enough picnic today. The sick bear greets
us!
More Jan in d4.3, d4.6 at www.janvonholleben.com
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Jesse Pollock Musician/photographer/part-time janitor, living in San Francisco. Boring work day, the highlight being unclogging a men's toilet without throwing up.
1pm: Roof repairs.
7pm: Bathroom troubles.
8pm: Elevator down.
1am: One thousand
pieces.
More Jesse in d4.5 and at www.unpiano.com
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Karen Hayes + Simon Hicks Husband and wife team of environmental consultants, spending a rare day at home together in Somerset, UK.
8pm: Someone give the dog a cup of coffee.
11am: 'SAVE OUR HOSPITAL! NOW!' Militant Warminster.
7pm: Taking Jack the dog for a walk up the town.
10pm: Simon
and paper.
More Hicks + Hayes in d4.2 and at www.conservationworks.org
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Ken Banks Channel Island native, living in Cambridgeshire, UK. Spent the day helping a friend move house and relaxing with girlfriend Elina.
10am: Buying bread, bacon and newspaper at the local
Co-Op, Willingham.
11am: Enjoying a post-breakfast bath.
1pm: On our way for a coffee, walking over the bridge in St Ives town
centre.
6pm: Watching
Germany v Latvia in the Three Tuns pub. Not a popular match by the looks of
it.
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Lamb Taylor British citizen living in Paris. Photographer, ex-dancer. A hot, busy day in Ivry sur Seine.
9am: Ok, but who looks good in the morning, especially
after a night salsa dancing in Paris!
midday: In the gym there's a 'bodysculpt' class.
9pm: Stop off at the supermarket at my favourite counter. If there's
a God, why did he make chocolate fattening?
11pm: A theme
park outside of Paris in the Val de Marne, and a concert of Latino salsa groups.
More Lamb at www.lambtaylor.com
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Lina Ikse Bergman Swedish photographer with Latvian roots, London resident. On holiday in Riga, Latvia, with sister and brother.
1pm: Snotty papers, aspirin, and a sad book about the
impossibility of loving another person. Sara's clothes on the floor.
3pm: Sara at breakfast. 'Do I need to look in the camera?' 'No.'
7pm: Sara watching football, Latvia v Germany.
9pm: A boy
runs past me with flowers in his hands.
More Lina in d4.3
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Lisa Barber Australian photographer living in south London. Spent the day with friends from Photodebut, taking pictures in the English countryside.
11am: Jan's house.
midday: Sue.
5pm: Group.
10pm: Jay.
More Lisa at www.lisabarber.co.uk
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Liz Garcia American living in Essex, UK. Working for an investment bank, mother of seven-year-old Megan. Spent the day doing the usual Saturday catch-up routine, the evening at a Christmas Midsummer Barbecue in east London.
9am: Saturday is wash day.
10am: We love Nick Jnr.
midday: On the move.
10pm: Can't
see the woods for the cava.
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Lucas Allen Photographer living near the beach in Melbourne, Australia. Spent the day out and about, doing washing.
11am: Rainbow on the freeway.
midday: Outside the hospice.
1pm: Visiting Nan (90 years old.)
2am: Outside
the pub, another punter.
More Lucas at www.lucasallen.com
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Lucy Lyons Fine artist and PhD researcher. Living in east London with husband Eddie and two-year-old daughter Constance. Spent the day with friends and doing some shopping.
8am: Off to buy the papers.
10am: Buying Constance's first shoes, at Clark's in Stratford.
midday: A chance to read the papers while Constance takes a nap.
4pm: At Anna's
Open Studio weekend. All this art makes Michael tired, and Constance still manages
to get in the picture.
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Mark Hudson Photographer and graphic designer, living in London, visiting Lisbon, Portugal, to watch Euro 2004. Arsenal supporter.
9am: Would you trust him to cut your hair.
midday: Sick?
7pm: These streets all look the same, it's the tags that are different.
midnight:
Down the Elvador Gloria. Well steep.
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Matt Carr Photographer living in Brooklyn, New York. Biding time on a lazy Saturday.
midday: Little League in the park.
1pm: Sixth Avenue.
5pm: Meat market.
11pm: The
final F train of the night.
More Matt in d4.2, d4.3, d4.6 and at www.mattcarr.com
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Mercia Massey House-sitter, child-minder, dog-walker, living in Plymouth, UK. Spent the day between home and friends' house.
7am: Drawing the curtains in the bedroom.
11am: Seeing my friends off from their home. My house-sitting begins!
6pm: Central Park with Zena.
8pm: Watching
opera (Faust) on the portable TV in the kitchen.
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Merle Moustafa Photographer: half Irish, half Turkish Cypriot. Spent the day out and about near home in north London and at Highgate Summer Fair.
9am: Homemade toasted soda bread and jam for breakfast.
11am: On the C2 bus.
6pm: Glass catching the light in the sitting room window.
11pm: Sorting
out some work stuff. Not going out tonight, so may as well do something constructive.
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Ming Tang Evans Photographer, hassled father-to-be in denial. Spent the day having friends round for hastily arranged fortieth birthday 'celebration' at home in north London.
midday: The kitchen sink. Much more to come...
2pm: In the dining room. A quiet moment with Julie and 'baby'.
4pm: In the garden. George goes for another drink. Melinda and Lola
check out the action.
1am: In the
kitchen. Padme and Leia get stuck into some late-night supper.
More Ming at www.mingster.net
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Paula Glassman Photographer and graduate student, living in London. First weekend away with boyfriend Don, first time visiting Florence.
11am: The swimmer. My boyfriend, Don.
midday: Piazza San Marco. A (popular) panoramic view of Florence.
3pm: Tuscan countryside on the way to Siena.
8pm: Geraniums
at sunset, then back to the hotel.
More Paula in d4.2, d4.3 and at www.paulaglassman.com
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Petek Sketcher Photographer, picture editor, living in north London. Spent the weekend chilling out in the New Forest, south-west England.
11am: Beaulieu, New Forest, just woken up in the Mill
House B&B.
6pm: About to call reception, book a table for this evening.
9pm: Dinner in the hotel restaurant.
10pm: Cobbled
street on the way back from the docks, around the corner from the hotel.
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Philip + Amelie Ginthoer Weinwurm Austrian citizens, New York residents, on honeymoon on the very south of the Amalfi coast, Italy.
midday: I am trying to figure out the context of the
hero in the book and the hero on the beach.
4pm: By 4pm, the eternity of the sea becomes very real.
6pm: You better talk to the watercolours if you want them to look great
in your painting.
7pm: A moment
of true public interest.
More Philip + Amelie in d4.3, d4.6 and at www.weinwurm.eu
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Rachael Smith Interiors photographer living in south London. Spent the day at home, with flatmates having a barbecue.
midday: Get up really late. Dash out to meet friends
and play frisbee – that's what's coming towards me.
2pm: Get home and decide to start cleaning my untidy room.
5pm: Chris and Mike put up the tent in the garden, ready for the party.
8pm: Start
of the Czech Republic v Holland match.
More Rachael at www.rachaelsmith.net
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Richard O'Hagan + Helen Lo Solicitor and PR manager, husband and wife, living in Hampton Court, UK. Spent the day traveling to Sicily for a wedding.
11am: The view from Helen's window.
2pm: Richard on the long hike from the international to the domestic
terminal, Rome Leonardo da Vinci airport.
5pm: An attempt to photograph Mount Etna from a car doing 160 kph on
the autostrada.
6pm: The view
from our hotel window. Lovely?
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S Sadia Film director, editor, installation artist. Living and working in west London with partner Stephen. Spent the day editing concert footage, inadvertently caused a plumbing disaster.
8am: View of the room.
3pm: Unexpected plumbing disaster (caused by carrot peelings from lunch
blocking the sink.)
4pm: Working.
9pm: Evening
Gongyo: my altar.
More Sadia at www.chimera-arts.com
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Samantha Addinall Diving instructor, living in the Cayman Islands. Spent the day with friends and the night listening to a jazz legend.
10am: Breakfast! It's late, but it's the weekend.
4pm: At Seaview Hotel, Elisabeth kits up for her pool session.
5pm: We're done in the pool, she's halfway to being a certified diver.
midnight:
Last beer at Seaview on the way home, Elisabeth, Martin and Michelle.
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Sarah Ward Magazine art director. Living in north London with husband Jon, three cats, and four fish. A nice, mixed-up London Saturday.
midday: Bus to town. Mission one: buy new heels for
a summer wedding
2pm: Bond Street was chaos, but I did find some gorgeous pink gingham
stilettos, to go with the colour I'm dying my hair!
3pm: Quick blow-dry and I'm back off out west, to Television Centre.
11pm: Why
do you always think you're really good at pool at this time of night?
More Sarah in d4.2, d4.3 and d4.5
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Scott Moules Graphic designer, photographer, publisher of arts magazine Slurry. Living in San Francisco. Woke up too early, spent the day hanging out with friends in the summer fog.
9am: At a diner in Daly City with John. Our waitress
has just brought our order to the cooks.
midday: John begins to photograph flowers, I'd just plopped myself
in the papasan chair.
3pm: I'm now with David and we're grabbing a late lunch in Japantown.
4pm: David's
room
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Michelle Hayes Freelance film publicist, web designer and screenwriter. Living in Dublin, Ireland, with husband Paul. Spent the day crossing the country for sister-in-law's fine art degree show.
10am: On the Limerick train, waiting to pull out of
Heuston Station, Dublin.
midday: Near Thurles, county Tipperary.
5pm: At the pub. Ruth, Karen, Ian and Paul, drinking to Ruth's glittering
career as an artist.
9pm: Anti-Bush,
anti-war sentiment on a Limerick lamppost.
More Michelle in d4.1, d4.2 and d4.3
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Stephen W Tayler Sound designer, composer, musician. Living and working in west London with partner, Sadia. Spent the day remixing a film score, dealing with a plumbing disaster.
6am: Looking out the window.
9am: On the wall.
5pm: Fixing a meal.
8pm: Sadia
advising.
More Stephen at www.chimera-arts.com
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Sven Seiffert Photographer, horticultural student, avid sea angler. German living in west London with wife Dawn and daughter Zoe. A quiet day at home (with plenty of football.)
10am: Doing the washing up.
midday: In Zoe's room.
5pm: Watching football.
10pm: On the
loo, reading Zoe's Beano comic.
More Sven in d4.3 and at www.svenseiffert.com
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Tighe Argenbright Photographer, valet, waiting for something better to come along. Living in Pittsburgh, USA. Spent the day on vacation in Florida with girlfriend Nicole.
11am: Going to the beach.
1pm: Standing in the water, thinking.
2pm: Drinky time.
4pm: Shower
time.
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Vadim Yasnogorodsky Fashion director, music lover, living in Moscow. Spent the day hosting a party for wife Anita's birthday.
midday: Sitting in the midday sun (The Kinks.)
1pm: One o'clock jump (Count Basie Orchestra.)
8pm: See you at eight o'clock (Scallywags.)
11pm: Eleven
o'clock tick-tock (U2.)
More Vadim in d4.2 and at www.yasnogorodsky.carbonmade.com
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