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TRANSCRIBED
FROM THE EXHIBITIONS GUEST BOOK
EARLIER COMMENTS and LATER COMMENTS Nice display Aidan. Try http://www.members.aol.com/rogerses Fabulous photos. E Newell Chorlton Thank you Captures Manchester Wonderfully Peter Barnes olikai@aol.com Thank you Fantastique, Thanks. Tim B Merci Very nice, take some more in Stockport. Tom There are plenty of Stockport on the website Absolutely brilliant!!! Ann Nazario Ana.M.Nazario@man.ac.uk Thanks YOU MADE A PROUD MANC EVEN PROUDER CARRY ON. STEVE V Very kind, thanks PLEASE TAKE PICTURE OF INSIDE TURKISH BATHS IN LONGSIGHT. THE GROUP
THAT BOUGHT IT OFF THE COUNCIL FOR IP WILL PROBABLY LET YOU. ***Here are some from Streets Ahead, added later...***
EXCELLENT Tony H Thank you Vicki, in California is an almost daily viewer and enjoys your page which is a touch with home for her, keep on with your great photo's. Vicki's 'Mom" 7/5/99 Thank you very much It's really fantastic. That's amazing ! Well done and keep in tup!! Manchester need guy like you! Thank you 10/5/99 Renee reneel@hotmail.com (NZ) Pretty cool overview for a first-time visitor to Manchester. I have dabbled with the thought of creating a website/newsletter & pictures as I am a keen photographer. For now though I just do text newsletter to friends and family as I am travelling and I don't have enough stability to invest in scanner, printer etc. (I do carry a laptop in my backpack though - can't bear the thought of e-mail withdrawal.) Would be interested to know what scanner/printer/software you use and how much of your time website maintenance takes. :) Thanks for the good example I use a Nikon Coolscan 35mm film scanner, Adobe Photoshop and an Epson printer. It takes me a couple of days a week Wot? No Didsbury? SCOTT RYAN FROM L.A. YOUR CENTRE WAS OUT OF THIS WORLD LIKE VENUS OR SOMETHING. WELL DONE S. RYAN LA DRUG SQUAD If that's a compliment, then thanks Very good Thank you Very Real That's what I'm aiming for I find that when I come to this Yes, go on...!? Rehan SAQEB/ Vivid, bright, & multi faceted. This exhibition is a true representation of what I know Manchester to be like. Makes one proud of one's local community and area. Thank you Adrian, I walk away with a smile on my face!! Thank you very much for your wonderful comments! 12/5/99 Kirsten Bailey Wonderful pics - it's really what we all see every day. How about some of the people though? Particularly our homeless, and the Big Issue vendors who are out there in all that rain? Keep up the good work! I don't normally take candid close-ups of people as I don't like to invade peoples privacy. If I tell them and ask them to pose, then you lose the naturalness. I can capture buidlings and streets "as they are", but to capture the people in close-up, that's a different matter. However I will make a point of taking pictures of some Big Issue vendors, now you've asked. Here's the Big Issue Office
I come from Zürich (Switzerland) and would be extremely glad to buy pictures as fascinating as yours (and: black/white...). THANKS! Vielen Dank - Please enquire via my home page, LATER COMMENTS Enjoyed guessing where exactly the pictures were taken! Found it a complete
pleasure to view them. A vivid and impressive collection of images - a refreshing change from the rather dull postcard pictures available. I wil certainly be looking at the website now. Deborah Postcards, now there's a good idea.... Thanks After being away from my native Manchester s... ex.... I am 79 years
old and would very much like to return to Dear Old Manchester. They
say once a Mancunian always a Manchester Lad at Heart.
(P.S. My mum was one of the first to go into this place before the
Last War!!! 1934 ? ish!!! D... Sm...field. With respect to the "candid" pictures of Mancunians, could you not take your best shot (with a digital camera) and then approach the person concerned, show them the image and request permission to include it on the website (no names of course)? Would not some relish being anyonymous characters in the ongoing drama of Manchester street life (with a global audience)? NK Some of the people you see on Market St I'd definitely rather not approach! Others... well maybe. But I don't like to draw attention to myself too much. We'll see. Hi Aidan Good expo. The photos look better on paper than on a computer screen. Can't wait for the 1000th image. Jon Axtell Yes, they do - paper and ink are still superior in some ways to phosphorescent dots on a cathode ray tube! 17/5/99 Makes my efforts seem puny, but has given me... ideas for improvement. Very good. J O'Brien S.N.A.PS Don't underestimate your abilities, some of my efforts used to be pretty puny as well. Some still are but I bin them! 
17/5/99 THE FOUNTAIN PIC DOES MAKE IT LOOK LIKE PARIS. NICE PHOTOS Have you ever been to Paris? Get real - no comparison He said "look like" Paris, not "same as". I've been to Paris many times, and Manchester is as interesting a photographic subject as Paris, one of the most photographed cities in the world. Here you don't have the feeling what what you're photographing has already been photographed hundreds of times before.
Final picture No 19 "Bridgewater Canal next to Whitworth St. In fact
shows the ROCHDALE CANAL!. The Bridgewater Canal is about half a mile
away in Castlefield. Apart from that, a marvellous collection of images
and a very good facility on the web. Aidan I was just here to check out the family history section and got a nice surprise to see your exhibition. You've come a long way baby! Best regards, Melanie McCluskey 18May99 Thanks to Melanie, recently returned with family from Canada. Good decision! YOU'VE CAPTURED MANCHESTER FANTASTICALLY. A TRUE INSIGHT & ACCOUNT OF THE CITY! BEST OF LUCK! & CARRY ON THE GOOD WORK DEBBIE .. Very many thanks
Hi Aidan
23/5/99 Very inspirational! Charles Williams http://d2a.virtualave.net Thank you Aidan - glad to finally see the exhibit. Look forward to you finally publishing them in book form. Peter Pelham, Novato Calif. Thanks, I'm working on it. 25/5/99: I shall experience 'Ashton Canal at Sunrise'. Breathtaking
shot. K... See ya
4/6/99 Hello mate it's Philip, your sister's friend who you gave a lift up to Wales not too long ago. Glad things are taking off nice work (could be a little more explosive but at least it's a cool exhibition) Good luck and keep on working. Phil Well, I'm not aiming to be explosive, apart from the fireworks over the Central Library. Thanks! 4/6/99 Splendid surprise - my first visit to M/C since 1964! Had been hoping to see Millais' Autumn Leaves in the Art Gallery (closed till 2001!) so your excellent images provide some compensation! (hope to come back)! John VILLETTE What an honour to be mentioned in the same sentence as one of the Pre-Raphaelites, whose paintings were on show in a special room in the City Art Gallery. I often used to call in there for inspiration. 5/6/99 Wow! Why can't I take pictures like these? You have a gift! I've stood on the same spots and not seen the same photographic opportunities. Well done & THANK YOU for capturing these moments for all time. P.S. WHERE CAN I SEE MORE? On the website of course, though the images look better in print than on screen. Thanks very much indeed for your comments! 7/6/99 Some impressive photographs. Is it possible to get copies of thse photos made up to order? Yes, it is, please contact me via my home page www.aidan.co.uk, e-mail aidan@anamaria.u-net.com, or phone 0161 225 4264 7/6/99 Superb views, most of them I know - the Ancoats ones particularly nostalgic. ARL Brooklands Yes, Ancoats has lots of wonderful locations. Thanks for your comments. 7/6/ Very interesting. Thank you 9/6 Amazing Thanks 9/6 Cool! Keep k.... Keep photo Will do 
9/6 The United pictures are great. They should be made into postcards.
FANTASTIC 9/6/99 I have been here in Manchester on business and stayed m ore than a month. Seen a lot of Manchester but never seen it so beautiful as it appears here in these lovely photographs - Good job done.... mate ARI That's great - thank you very much - but it is beautiful - you just have to find it 10/06/99 About time we glorified ourselves for what we are - best city in the land. Seems obvious to me! Thanks for your comment Excellent - I can understand now how the quality of your photographs is doing wonders to improve/enhance Manchester's image around the world. Keep them coming! Roy Parkes (Blue Badge Guide) P.S. Photo of "Bridgewater Canal" (No 19 August 1998) is in fact Rochdale Canal - but who cares?
Yes, another viewer noticed this error. Unfortunately, I'm not quite as knowledgeable about Manchester as you Blue Badge Guides. I'll have to check up on my canals again! Thanks - by the way, enjoyed your recent tour of Gorton! And finally... a pair of love messages written in the back of the Guest book - I shouldn't really include them, but they're quite printable (unlike some of the other scribblings which I've omitted) so hope the love birds appreciate my generosity in passing their messages on into cyberspace... Thinking of you Still in my mind. Nevertheless "Cruel to be kind". Wish I could hold you one more time. One month from now you will be x MINE XX :) Thinking of you You are a stream of sun, spilling onto the kitchen floor and I am the Cat that pounces on it and soaks it up. X Ahem... very nice, but what about my exhibition!? |
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