Blackpool, October 2007 Size:30.0 cm x 40.0 cm, 11.8 inches x 15.7 inches ” Thorpe recalls

” Thorpe recalls

but still staring out at the horizon

A handful of words can hardly do it justice

Jane loved photographing actors because they tended not to be intimidated by the camera

There is an almost illustrative quality to this photograph of snow-blasted trees on a hillside near the hamlet of Sparrowpit

Blackpool, October 2007 Size:30.0 cm x 40.0 cm, 11.8 inches x 15.7 inches ” Thorpe recallsBlackpool beach is captured here at low tide by Guardian photographer Graeme Robertson, the setting sun casting a bewitching, painterly light across the scene. The towns iconic seafront bisects the picture, with wheeling seabirds above, and the sun reflecting off the water below. Robertson was in town for the Conservative party conference the last time the town hosted one and took a break to grab some fish and chips and watch the sun go down from the