Gary Hill

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About me

Gender Male
Location Gwynedd, Cymru / Wales
Introduction I capture images because photography allows me to combine science and art and I value them both. I write crap poetry and fiction, that's why there's none of it here. I play no musical instrument but a day without music is a rarity. I have an intense dislike of right-wing ideology rather than any kind of love affair with the left. I'm an agnostic atheist who sometimes worships at the altars of Bacchus, the god of wine and Veronica, the patron saint of photographers (and, apparently, laundry workers). I have little respect for any beliefs lacking support from empirical evidence. Except as mythology, which I do enjoy. By the way, I'm neither a philosopher nor an historian. I'm an amateur photographer trained as a scientist.
Interests Philosophy, Science, Cognitive Psychology, Neuroscience, Evolution, Free Thinking, Street Photography, Fine Art Photography, Black and White Photography, Wine, Acoustic Music, Jamaican Music, Kora Music, Buddhism, Travel, Cuisine, History, Pentax, Praktica, Scientific Literacy, Old Churches
Favorite Movies Laurel & Hardy, Cohn Brothers, Andrei Tarkovsky, David Lynch, Stanley Kubrick, Werner Herzog, Peter Greenaway, Alfred Hitchcock, Pedro Almadovar
Favorite Music Abigail Washburn, Alexi Murdoch, Ali Farke Toure, Ane Brun, Angus & Julia Stone, Ani Di Franco, Anna Ternheim, Anouar Brahem, Antony & The Johnsons, Augustus Pablo, Archie Roach, Arvo Pärt, Ba Cissoko, Ballake Sissoko, Big Youth, Bert Jansch, Bim Sherman, Burning Spear, Capercaillie, Cedric Brooks, Chet Baker, Christie Moore, Cornell Campbell, Cowboy Junkies, Crosby Stills & Nash, Culture, Dean Fraser, Devandra Banhart, Dhafer Youssef, Dub Syndicate, Edward Elgar, Elliot Smith, Ennio Morricone, Ernest Ranglin, Faun, Frazey Ford, George Winston, Gillian Welch, Gregory Isaacs, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, Harry Manx, Henryk Gorecki, Iron & Wine, Jackie Leven, Jackie Mittoo, Jai Uttal, Jimmy Little, Joe Purdy, John Martyn, John Renbourn, John Williamson, Johnny Cash, Juana Molina, Julie Fowlis, June Tabor, Justin Vernon, Keren Ann, Kevin Coyne, Kora Jazz Trio, Krishna Das, Lambchop, Laura Veirs, Leonard Cohen, Le Trio Joubran, Lincoln Thompson, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Little Axe, Luka Bloom, Madredeus, Martha Wainwright, Mary Gauthier, Mighty Diamonds, Monty Alexander, Neil Young, Nick Drake, Nitin Sawhney, Oumou Sangare, Pablo Moses, Phillip Glass, Prince Far I, Ray LaMontaigne, Rokia Traore, Ryiuchi Sakamoto, Saibou Bungaku, Sian James, Silly Wizard, Sinead O'Connor, Sophie Zelmani, Souad Massi, Sparklehorse, Symphony Of Science, The Abbyssinians, The Congos, The Gladiators, The Heptones, The Meditations, The Skatalites, Toumani Diabate, Vanessa Da Mata, Vashti Bunyan, William Fitzsimmons, Zbigniew Preisner
Favorite Books Richard Dawkins, Jim Perrin, Charles Bukowski, Sam Harris, RS Thomas, AC Grayling, Daniel Dennett, Jack Kerouac, Robert Pirsig, Andrew Greig, Christopher Hitchens, Patrick McCabe, Samuel Beckett, Yukio Mishima