David says:
"It’s hard to avoid guilt of not shooting during carnival, when once again you are not in the mood for partying. This one was taken on the very last day of carnival, when guilt finally won. In response (revenge?), I decided to point my camera to those who were not there for the party, pretending that just like me they were not in the mood."
David says:
I discovered this place about a year ago, on an annual trip to Budapest that is kind of a commemoration to my Mother (I first learn she was terminally ill here in February 2009, and she passed away on the 1st of March 2009). So wondering about Pest last year, I peaked through a hole in a fence and saw these extraordinary scenes. I initially took a few photos through the fence but they didn't slake my appetite, so I walked round the perimeter fence and found a nominal entrance. I've always found that the best way to get into places is to stroll straight through and pretend you own the place...it worked...so after a quick stroll I discovered this treasure trove. Coming back this year I made another visit and again managed to sneak into the compound for this slightly fuller range of images. This trip I also paid a visit to the Ludwig Museum of modern art and discovered the extraordinary Hungarian artist Zoltán Érmezei, whose work moved me greatly and also had more than a little resemblance to this sculptural junkyard/oasis. This is instruction is thus a homage to my Mother's memory and also to this little known but transcendent artist.
David says:
"A few months ago someone tried to troll me. I wasn't calm, I wasn't amused, I was angry and upset and perhaps over reacted. It bothered me for a few days. I couldn't help but feel like I did something wrong and it was my fault. Then I got over it and blocked the angry hateful troll. I am not sure why he chose to bully me, perhaps because I was a woman? He was a stranger to me (but I had liked some of the work he posted in the past). He criticized me and criticized my phone, criticized my intelligence, he mentioned one of my portraits, he took a screen shot and shared it. I was mortified and felt sort of violated. I complained to flickr and they just told me to block him. But the fact that he was in the flickr community it bothered me how they responded. There was no apologies, no compassion, nothing. But since I have people who supports me, even though I am sensitive, I was able to take a more artistic approach to this experience (my mild bad experience, I found out later). There are so many stories about cyber bullying, when I did a search with just the words "bullying" so many children's names came up (both cyber and physical abuse) and I was disturbed. I began to imagine someone more sensitive than I am, how they felt and why they took their life. Bullying is shit, there needs to be more done."
David says:
"There are more than 1,700 species of lichen in Britain.
Lichens absorb water and minerals from rainwater and directly from the atmosphere, over their entire surface area. This makes them extremely sensitive to atmospheric pollution.
Before the advent of modern dyes they were extremely important sources of dyes for clothing.
Lichens produce a large number of acids, many of them found only in lichens. The litmus dye used so widely as an acid/alkaline indicator in chemistry comes from lichens. Some species also have antibiotic properties.
Some of the lichen acids can be utilized in drugs which can be more effective than penicillin."
David says:
"The Memorial Park is a public space located across the Rio de la Plata in the north of the City of Buenos Aires ( Argentina ) in order to remember the victims of the military regime of state terrorism as a self-styled National Reorganization Process (1976-1983).
architecs Baudizzone, Lestard, Varas, Ferrari y Becker"
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