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"Paradigm of nowhere": Shepperton, a photo essay (part 2)

By Simon Sellars • Mar 5th, 2009 •

Category: Iain Sinclair, Shepperton, autobiography, biography, boredom, consumerism, crime, deep time, features, flying, inner space, perception, photography, psychogeography, psychopathology, suburbia, time travel

Finally: the long-delayed conclusion to my photo essay, ‘”Paradigm of nowhere”: Shepperton, a photo essay’, in which I aim for the traversal of a distinct psychic terrain: the blanket overlay of Shepperton with a mental template gleaned from so many Ballard novels and short stories.

JGB: A 'billionaire' in Shepperton?

By Simon Sellars • Jan 22nd, 2009 •

Category: Ballardosphere, Shanghai, Shepperton, alternate worlds, biography, celebrity culture, film

Thoughts on Ballard, fame and reclusiveness, and Shepperton.

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