What a pity the placenamers of old didn't have access to Photoshop filters. Black Brook in West Vale could have been Gauguin Blue Brook and North Dean Mills could have been renamed Munchian Orange Mills. The world would have been a more colourful place.
Jan Saudek's masterly hand coloured photographs were there before photoshop. His "Tell me Mirror" being a good example. https://www.google.com/search?q=jan+saudek+mirror+tell+me&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiVvKzfkd3tAhXR41MKHSG-A2EQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=
ReplyDeleteFor an excellent introduction to Jan Saudek's life and work go to: https://artnorth-magazine.com/news/2019/3/4/consuming-pleasures-the-art-and-life-of-jan-saudek