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I find out by chance about a procession “that is not marked on the web maps”, I can’t find anything about it even though I searched for a long time on the Internet, and yet the “report” seems true, a procession so little known is something I can’t let slip, I’ll go, then we’ll see; the procession, a mix of devotion and deep respect between the priest and the villagers, is there, it is celebrated in the village near Novara di Sicilia, called Badiavecchia, and “the Saint” is Saint Hugh the Abbott, patron saint of the village and of Novara di Sicilia itself. Personally, I am always fascinated by how events that happened centuries ago remain alive in popular devotion. In the film “Gladiator”, General Maximus Decimus Meridius (Russell Crowe) incites his legionaries against the barbarians in one scene and says, “What we do in life echoes in eternity!”, and this is exactly what happens with Sicilian religious processions and festivals. The celebrated Saints resemble an inexhaustible echo that reverberates in popular traditions. The story of Saint Hugh the Abbot (or Saint Hugh of Novara of Sicily) deserves an important historical preview, with Roger II, king of Sicily, (called the Norman), a unique figure especially if compared to his time, he was an enlightened and liberal king, who distinguished himself in the political panorama of those times, where massacring each other with the many wars seemed to be the only interest of the tyrants of the time; he was not interested in wars, Sicily under his guidance became a commercially and culturally flourishing island, also favored in this by its location in the center of the Mediterranean, a crossroads-hinge of three continents, between North and South, between East and West; the rest of the continent is at war against the infidels, Roger II instead welcomed all religions on the island, leaving freedom of worship to one's own god, thus a peaceful coexistence between Muslims and Christians is achieved, at the court of King Roger there are men of culture, intellectuals, even of Muslim origin, architects, masters of the arts and science, philosophy and politics; the three great cultures of the Mediterranean collaborated with each other, in Sicily the racial harmony and tolerance of King Roger, materialized in a unique reality present only in the his Sicily, which will last only 64 years, a happy period that will end with his death: Roger had demonstrated that an alternative was possible (this consideration is also valid for the terrible current events ...). This is to introduce Ugo (who was not yet a Saint in his lifetime), King Roger II wanted the construction of a monastery in Novara di Sicilia, begun in 1137, to be completed, and to do this he asked the abbot of Chiaravalle to send his monks (belonging to the Cistercian order) to the kingdom of Sicily. Ugo, a disciple of Saint Bernard of Chiaravalle, was among these monks, and he was entrusted with the management of the monastery; he died in Novara di Sicilia on November 17, but the year of his death is unknown; he was proclaimed patron saint of Novara di Sicilia in 1666, also becoming patron saint of the village of Badiavecchia. The procession I photographed was held in Badiavecchia, two things struck me, the relationship that existed between the priest Father Mario and his parishioners, a sincere relationship, of esteem, of brotherhood, comparable to that which can be experienced in a large extended family, the second thing, that unlike many processions-patron saint festivals, here there was no musical band, but a skilled violinist, followed by a collaborator who carried with her an amplified speaker, which served to spread and the poignant music made with the electronic violin, and the words of Don Mario amplified with a microphone, words that were said going to the various small neighborhoods (of Badiavecchia, and of Vallancazza, another village) stopping in front of the houses, with the parishioners listening at the door or in front of the windows, listening to the words of comfort said by Don Mario. I wanted to “tell with images” this very sweet procession, made above all with the heart, of a Sicily that has the appearance of a dizzying dive into the past, of a Sicily that still, evidently exists, but nevertheless difficult to find easily.
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Vengo a sapere in maniera del tutto casuale di una processione “che non è segnata sulle mappe del web”, non trovo nulla a riguardo pur avendo cercato a lungo su Internet, eppure la “segnalazione” sembra veritiera, una processione così poco conosciuta è una cosa che non posso lasciarmi sfuggire, vado, poi si vedrà; la processione, un misto di devozione e di profonda stima tra il sacerdote ed i paesani, c’è, si celebra nel borgo di Novara di Sicilia, chiamato Badiavecchia, ed “il festeggiato” è Sant’Ugo Abate, santo protettore del borgo e della stessa Novara di Sicilia. Personalmente sono sempre affascinato per come, eventi accaduti secoli addietro, restano sempre vivi nella devozione popolare, nel film “il Gladiatore” il generale Massimo Decimo Meridio (Russell Crowe) in una scena del film, incita i suoi legionari contro I barbari e dice ”ciò che facciamo in vita, riecheggia nell'eternità!”, ed è proprio questo quello che accade con le processioni-feste religiose Siciliane, i Santi festeggiati assomigliano ad una inesauribile eco, che si riverbera nelle tradizioni popolari. La storia di Sant’Ugo abate (o Sant’Ugo di Novara di Sicilia) merita una importante premessa di carattere storico, riguardo Ruggero II, che fu re di Sicilia, (detto il Normanno per le sue origini), figura unica soprattutto se rapportata al suo tempo, egli fu un re illuminato e liberale, distintosi nel panorama politico di quei tempi, ove il massacrarsi a vicenda con le tante guerre in corso sembrava essere l’unico interesse dei monarchi dell’epoca), a lui le guerre non lo interessavano, la Sicilia sotto la sua guida diviene una isola fiorente commercialmente e culturalmente, favorita in ciò anche dal suo trovarsi al centro del Mediterraneo, crocevia-cerniera di tre continenti, tra Settentrione e Meridione, tra Oriente ed Occidente; il resto del continente è in guerra contro gli infedeli musulmani, Ruggero II invece accoglie sull’isola tutte le religioni, lascia la libertà di culto nel proprio dio, si realizza così una serena convivenza tra musulmani e cristiani; alla corte di re Ruggero vi sono uomini di cultura, intellettuali, anche di origine musulmana, architetti, maestri nelle arti e nella scienza, nella filosofia e nella politica; le tre grandi culture del Mediterraneo collaborano tra loro, in Sicilia l’armonia razziale e la tolleranza volute da re Ruggero, si concretizzano in una realtà presente unicamente nella sua Sicilia, che durerà solo 64 anni, periodo felice che terminerà con la sua morte: Ruggero aveva dimostrato che una alternativa era possibile (questa considerazione vale anche per i terribili fatti d’attualità con le tante vittime civili a causa di guerre assurde…). Questo per introdurre Ugo (in vita ancora non era Santo), re Ruggero II desidera che venga completata la costruzione di un monastero a Novara di Sicilia iniziato nel 1137, per far ciò egli chiede all'abate di Chiaravalle di inviare nel regno di Sicilia i suoi monaci (appartenenti all’ordine dei cistercensi), Ugo, di nazionalità francese, discepolo di san Bernardo di Chiaravalle, era tra questi monaci, ad gli venne affidata la conduzione del monastero; egli morì a Novara di Sicilia il 17 novembre, ma non se ne conosce l'anno della morte; egli fu proclamato patrono di Novara di Sicilia nel 1666, divenendo anche patrono del borgo di Novara detto Badiavecchia. La processione che ho fotografato si è tenuta proprio a Badiavecchia; due sono le cose che mi hanno colpito di questa processione (con giochi pirotecnici finali), il rapporto che c’era tra il sacerdote padre Mario ed i suoi parrocchiani, un rapporto sincero, di stima, di fratellanza, paragonabile a quello che si può vivere in una grande allargata famiglia, la seconda cosa, a differenza di molte processioni-feste patronali Siciliane, qui non c’era la banda musicale ad accompagnare la vara col santo, ma un abile, virtuoso violinista, al cui seguito una collaboratrice recava con se una cassa amplificata, la quale serviva a diffondere sia le struggenti musiche realizzate col violino elettronico, sia le parole di don Mario pronunciate con un microfono, parole che venivano dette ai fedeli in processione, recandosi tutti nei vari piccoli quartierini (di Badiavecchia, e di Vallancazza, altro borgo) soffermandosi di tanto in tanto davanti ad alcune abitazioni, con le parrocchiane/parrocchiani intenti ad ascoltare sull’uscio di casa o davanti alla finestra, ascoltando commossi le parole di conforto dette dal sacerdote don Mario. Ho desiderato “raccontare con immagini” questa dolcissima-serenissima processione, fatta soprattutto col cuore, di una Sicilia che ha l’aspetto di un vertiginoso tuffo nel passato, di una Sicilia che ancora esiste-e-resiste, ma purtuttavia non certo comune, da trovare non con estrema facilità.
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Festa di S Ugo Giornata della Processione 2 Ottobre 2016
Festa S. Ugo Badiavecchia 17 Novembre 2022
Pellegrinaggio Mariano da S Marco passando da Badiavecchia verso S Basilio 14 Maggio 2017
8) Festa di S. Basilio Processione 22 Luglio 2012
11 Giornata della Misericordia a Badiavecchia 29 e 30 Ottobre 2016
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UN PAESE QUASI PERFETTO (2016) di Massimo Gaudioso - Trailer ufficiale HD
UN PAESE QUASI PERFETTO - Scena del film "La direttissima"
UN PAESE QUASI PERFETTO - Scena del film "Sushi e sashimi"
UN PAESE QUASI PERFETTO - Scena del film "Tutta la salita"
UN PAESE QUASI PERFETTO - Il sindaco disoccupato
UN PAESE QUASI PERFETTO - Scena del film "Il piano"
UN PAESE QUASI PERFETTO - Scena del film "Trenino"
UN PAESE QUASI PERFETTO - Scena del film "Tutti i medici italiani"
UN PAESE QUASI PERFETTO - Fabio Volo, il medico credulone
UN PAESE QUASI PERFETTO - Tecniche di seduzione: Anna
Un paese quasi perfetto: Fabio Volo e Miriam Leone, leggi l'articolo su SpettacoloMaia.it
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I am delighted to have been commended in the prestigious Landscape Photographer of the Year competition, and to have been included in this year's book and the exhibition.
The exhibition will be held at London Waterloo station.
The free exhibition will run for nine weeks from 1st December 2014 to the 31st January 2015.
I want to say a big thank you to everyone who has taken the time to comment and fave my photos.
45212 and 45407 head for home beneath the slopes of the magnificent Beinn Dorain, after spending the Spring and Summer of 2018 hauling the 'Jacobite' trains in the Highlands.
This image received a Highly Commended Award and a place in the book, in this year's prestigious 'Landscape Photographer of the Year' Competition, which attracted over 17,000 entries.
©copyright 2023-Peter Ainsworth
Palazzo Cosentini si trova all’angolo tra Corso Mazzini e la Salita Commendatore, la sua costruzione risale agli anni settanta del 700, per iniziativa del barone Raffaele Cosentini, a pianta rettangolare, si sviluppa su tre livelli. Il palazzo risulta ben visibile da Piazza della Repubblica dove si trova la Chiesa SS Anime del Purgatorio.
Palazzo Cosentini, è il classico esempio, tipico nella Sicilia sud-orientale, in cui le mensole sotto i balconi presentano caratteristiche scultoree con figurazioni eccezionali sia per i temi che per le figure riportate, spesso grottesche e con il chiaro intento di stupire il passante. Il risultato è che le facciate dei palazzi diventano spesso elementi innegabili di valorizzazione dell’ambiente urbano. A Ragusa, altri esempi sono dati dalle facciate di palazzo La Rocca, palazzo Bertini e palazzo Zacco; A Scicli, per rimanere nel ragusano, sono da ricordare le facciate del palazzo Beneventano a Scicli, uno degli esempi più noti in Sicilia di raffigurazioni grottesche.
Commended in Landscape Photographer of the Year Classic view category
I woke up early this morning as the forecast was for early mist and I wanted to capture some nice early mist landscapes this year. Took this in Slaley Forest Northumberland not far from where I live. The colours of the bracken particularly caught my eye when I was looking for a composition. The mist was not so dense in the woods but enough to give the photograph a softer more serene feel to it. I also liked the way the spiky branches stood out on the trees.
Sometimes you make your own luck then sometimes you just get lucky!
Despite not having the drone with me on our weekend trip to London, I wasn't going to be prevented from getting some 'top-down' aerial abstract shots. Taken from the glass walkway in Tower Bridge, I had set up the composition and was waiting for a open top tourist bus to photograph. One went past and took a couple of shots then this one appeared, just as I took the shot a speed boat popped into the frame, bang on a third into the frame.... Boom!
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All the photos I present were taken in the town of Taormina (Sicily);
I made photos related to "street photography";
I photographed people who, for the most part, I had never met before, I thank them for their sympathy and availability;
I tried to capture the essence of minimal photographic stories, collected walking down the street ... in search of fleeting moments ...
For some photographs I used a particular photographic technique at the time of shooting, which in addition to capturing the surrounding space, also "inserted" a temporal dimension, with photos characterized by being moved because the exposure times were deliberately lengthened, they are confused -focused-imprecise-undecided ... the Anglo-Saxon term that encloses this photographic genre with a single word is "blur", these images were thus created during the shooting phase, and not as an effect created subsequently, in retrospect, in the post-production.
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Tutte le foto che presento sono state realizzate nella cittadina di Taormina (Sicilia);
ho realizzato foto riconducibili alla “street photography”;
ho fotografato persone che, per la maggior parte, non avevo mai incontrato prima, le ringrazio per la loro simpatia e disponibilità;
ho cercato di cogliere al volo l’essenza di storie fotografiche minime, raccolte camminando per la strada ... alla ricerca di attimi fugaci s-fuggenti ...
Ho utilizzato per alcune fotografie una tecnica fotografica particolare al momento dello scatto, che oltre a catturare lo spazio circostante, ha "inserito" anche una dimensione temporale, con foto caratterizzate dall’essere mosse poiché volutamente sono stati allungati i tempi di esposizione, sono confuse-sfocate-imprecise-indecise...il termine anglosassone che racchiude con una sola parola questo genere fotografico è "blur", queste immagini sono state così realizzate in fase di scatto, e non come un effetto creato successivamente, a posteriori, in fase di post-produzione.
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"I am delighted to tell you that your images 257969-900663 and 257969-900669 have been commended in the Architecture category of the Open competition at the 2015 Sony World Photography Awards.
Your images were chosen as two of the best 50 pictures in this category. They were selected from over 78,694 images from 171 countries and this is an incredible achievement.
As a commended photographer your images will be shown globally via the World Photography Organisation website and digitally as part of the Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition at Somerset House from 24 April – 10 May."
World Photo Organisation
A better than average day! :-)
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All the photos I present were taken in the town of Taormina;
I made photos related to "street photography";
I photographed people who, for the most part, I had never met before, I thank them for their sympathy and availability;
I came across a mural whose faces were erased with a spray can: it was deliberately defaced, outraged, whoever did this, for political purposes and for reasons of opportunism, then published this gesture on Facebook, as if it were a trophy, causing serious damage not only to the whole community of Taormina, but also to anyone who comes to Taormina, who must be able to enjoy its natural, cultural and artistic beauties: now this mural created by the street artist TVBOY entitled "Saint Carola protectress of refugees" has been horribly mutilated by her beauty, but, even so ... it cannot fail to arouse emotion, because that black spray that has erased the faces, (to me) seems to have given the work even more voice, the voice of suffering of those who travel to other worlds, knowing they are going to meet enormous risks and a future full of uncertainties: a future as black as that spray; so I wanted to know (and photograph) the other two murals by TVBOY, an artist of Sicilian origins, one depicts the pop singer Mahmood, a work entitled "Saint Mahmood", the other work is titled "Homage to the master Andrea Camilleri";
I photographed the spectacular eruption of the Etna volcano which took place on the evening of 01/18-2021, using a telephoto lens;
these are just a few minimal photographic stories, collected walking down the street ... in search of fleeting moments ...
For some photographs I used a particular photographic technique at the time of shooting, which in addition to capturing the surrounding space, also "inserted" a temporal dimension, with photos characterized by being moved because the exposure times were deliberately lengthened, they are confused -focused-imprecise-undecided ... the Anglo-Saxon term that encloses this photographic genre with a single word is "blur", these images were thus created during the shooting phase, and not as an effect created subsequently, in retrospect, in the post-production.
Tutte le foto che presento sono state realizzate nella cittadina di Taormina;
ho realizzato foto riconducibili alla “street photography”;
ho fotografato persone che, per la maggior parte, non avevo mai incontrato prima, le ringrazio per la loro simpatia e disponibilità;
mi sono imbattuto in un murales i cui volti sono stati cancellati con una bomboletta spray: è stato volutamente deturpato, oltraggiato, chi ha fatto ciò, per scopi politici e per motivi di opportunismo, ha poi pubblicato tale gesto su Facebook, come se fosse un trofeo, arrecando un danno gravissimo non solo a tutta la comunità di Taormina, ma anche a chiunque venga a Taormina, che deve poter godere delle sue bellezze naturali, culturali ed artistiche: adesso questo murales realizzato ad opera dello street artist TVBOY intitolato “Santa Carola protettrice dei rifugiati” è stato orrendamente mutilato della sua bellezza, ma, anche così…non può non suscitare commozione, perché quello spray nero che ha cancellato i volti, (a me) sembra aver dato all’opera ancora più voce, la voce della sofferenza di chi si mette in viaggio verso altri mondi, sapendo di andare incontro a enormi rischi e ad un futuro colmo di incertezze: un futuro nero come quello spray; ho voluto così conoscere (e fotografare) gli altri due murales di TVBOY, artista di origini siciliane, uno raffigura il cantante pop Mahmood, opera intitolata “San Mahmood”, l’altra opera si intitola “Omaggio al maestro Andrea Camilleri”;
Ho fotografato la spettacolare eruzione del vulcano Etna avvenuta la sera del 18-01-2021, utilizzando un teleobiettivo;
sono queste solo alcune storie fotografiche minime, raccolte camminando per la strada ... alla ricerca di attimi fugaci s-fuggenti ...
Ho utilizzato per alcune fotografie una tecnica fotografica particolare al momento dello scatto, che oltre a catturare lo spazio circostante, ha "inserito" anche una dimensione temporale, con foto caratterizzate dall’essere mosse poiché volutamente sono stati allungati i tempi di esposizione, sono confuse-sfocate-imprecise-indecise...il termine anglosassone che racchiude con una sola parola questo genere fotografico è "blur", queste immagini sono state così realizzate in fase di scatto, e non come un effetto creato successivamente, a posteriori, in fase di post-produzione.
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TVBOY:
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www.repubblica.it/le-storie/2019/08/06/news/carola_racket...
www.globalist.it/life/2019/08/06/carola-rackete-protettri...
www.globalist.it/news/2019/08/08/il-murale-di-carola-rack...
www.iltempo.it/tv-news/2019/08/06/video/a-taormina-il-mur...
www.repubblica.it/le-storie/2019/08/06/news/carola_racket...
www.globalist.it/life/2019/08/06/carola-rackete-protettri...
www.globalist.it/news/2019/08/08/il-murale-di-carola-rack...
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Absolutely thrilled to have one of my images commended in International Garden Photographer of the Year Competition 10 Photo Project: Macro Art
Landscape Photographer of The Year 2011 :)
Pawel,We are pleased to tell you that one of your images has been Commended by the judges and won a place in the Awards book - Landscape Photographer of the Year: Collection 5 . In addition, it will appear in a slide projection that will run throughout the National Theatre exhibition in London.
Update:
The Dark Hedges has now been published in this years edition of the book (Landscape Photographer of the Year: Collection 5), it will also feature in the prestigious exhibition at the National Theatre in London.
The LPOTY competition was founded in 2007 by world renowned landscape photographer Charlie Waite and is the biggest event of its kind in the UK, attracting thousands of entries from professional and amateur photographers from all around the world.
The exhibition of winning entries will open at the National Theatre on 5th December 2011 & will run until 28th January 2012.
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This photographic story was made on the occasion of the "Laurel and Sacred Oils feast" which took place this year 2022 on Easter Monday in the Sicilian town of Forza D'Agrò (in the province of Messina), after a long stop due to the Covid-19 pandemic; this is a traditional event that has taken place for centuries with changes that have come about over the years, in fact once the population of Forza D'Agrò went in procession to the Norman monastery of Saints Peter and Paul where the Holy Oils were kept: this church is located in the village of Casalvecchio Siculo (Forza D'Agrò and Casalvecchio Siculo are located on two mountains, the two villages are visible to each other, since in ancient times this represented a very fast means to be able to communicate visually between them, in case of raids by Saracen pirates), this church was built by the Normans, it was originally located on the opposite side of where it is now located, this is because a flood of the Agrò river had endangered this structure, which had also been sacked by the Arabs, it was decided to secure it, it was completely dismantled, and then rebuilt, on the opposite side and further up from the river bed); the feast then took place when Roger II, called the Norman, granted the abbot Cerasino the possibility of rebuilding this abbey (diploma of donation of 1117), but not only ... the monks of this abbey were, again by Roger II, equipped with some fixed income, and even the complete ownership of an entire village, the current Forza D'Agrò, was given to them, with absolute power of the monks over the things and people of the village. Then, the Sacred Oils were brought from this Abbey to the church of San Michele Arcangelo (today a ruin) which is located in a district of Forza D'Agrò, with the population who used to adorn themselves for this procession with colored silk ribbons, to which over time, laurel branches were added, also carried by devotees in procession. The festival is essentially based on three strongly symbolic elements, the laurel, the Holy Oil, and the "cuddure". "The laurel" represents the "victory of Christ over Death", in fact the festival takes place on the "Day of the Angel, during the Easter period", a day that recalls that the Resurrection of Christ took place; laurel is a strongly symbolic and fragrant plant, it is used in this context, for elaborate compositions that adorn "the banners", they can be small because they are made by children, up to very large and high (difficult to hold up when there is wind due to the strong "sail effect" they cause), are made with load-bearing structures made of cane or wood, which serve to hold the fabrics on which they are sewn one by one, laurel leaves, creating drawings of a religious nature, banners that participate in a competition for the best realization (each banner in fact carries a number, as a reference for the voting jury); "Holy Oil", an element used for anointing the sick and invoking their healing, represents "redemption from sin" and "spiritual healing", is carried in procession, also a symbol of the Holy Spirit who embraces the body and soul of man and that refers to Christ, "the Anointed"; finally "the cuddure" (they are small circular loaves, with naturally leavened intertwined and dough, on which a symbol is imprinted), and they symbolize "prosperity", but also "charity", and that is why the brothers of the SS. Trinity distribute them to the people present at the feast as a sign of gift. This year, however, due to the restrictions of Covid-19, the "cuddure" did not take place, the "blessing of the Holy Oils" was performed in the Mother Church, and not in the characteristic square in the center of the town , while the procession was made along a short route, and not along the traditional route which, after having crossed the center of the town, then circumscribes it along its entire periphery. As explained above, this festival is also called "'a festa d'u d'auru" (the laurel feast), or "' the feast of cudduredde" (the feast of small donut-shaped loaves); the "banners awarding" will close this characteristic feast, to the great joy of all those who participated.
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Questo racconto fotografico, è stato realizzato in occasione della “festa dell’Alloro e degli Oli Sacri” che si è svolta quest’anno 2022 il giorno del Lunedì dell’Angelo nel paese siciliano di Forza D’Agrò (in provincia di Messina), dopo un lungo stop a causa della pandemia da Covid-19; è questo un evento tradizionale che si svolge da secoli con delle modifiche che sono venute a crearsi negli anni, infatti un tempo la popolazione di Forza D’Agrò andava in processione fino al monastero normanno dei Santi Pietro e Paolo ove erano custoditi gli Oli Santi: tale chiesa si trova nel paese di Casalvecchio Siculo (Forza D’Agrò e Casalvecchio Siculo si trovano su due monti, i due paesi sono visibili l’un l’altro, poiché anticamente questo rappresentava un mezzo rapidissimo per poter comunicare visivamente tra loro, in caso di scorribande di pirati saraceni), tale chiesa fu costruita dai Normanni, essa originariamente si trovava sul versante opposto rispetto a dove è situata ora, questo perchè una piena del fiume d’Agrò aveva messo in pericolo tale struttura, ma essa era anche stata saccheggiata dagli Arabi, si decise così di metterla in sicurezza, fu smontata completamente, per poi essere riedificata, sul versante opposto e più distante in alto rispetto al letto del fiume); la festa quindi ebbe luogo quando Ruggero II, detto il Normanno, concesse all’abate Cerasino la possibilità di riedificare tale abazia (diploma di donazione del 1117), ma non solo…i monaci di tale abazia furono, sempre da Ruggero II, dotati di alcuni redditi fissi, ed addirittura venne data a loro la completa proprietà di un intero villaggio, l’attuale Forza D’Agrò, con assoluto potere dei monaci su cose e persone del villaggio. Quindi, gli Oli Sacri venivano portati da tale Abazia alla chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo (oggi un rudere) che si trova in una contrada di Forza D’Agrò, con la popolazione che anticamente usava adornarsi per tale processione con nastri di seta colorati, ai quali col tempo, sono andati ad aggiungersi i rami di alloro, portati anche questi dai devoti in processione. La festa si basa essenzialmente su tre elementi fortemente simbolici, l’alloro, l’Olio Santo, e le “cuddure”. “L’alloro” rappresenta la “vittoria del Cristo sulla Morte”, infatti la festa si svolge il “Giorno dell’Angelo” durante il periodo Pasquale, giorno che rievoca che è avvenuta la Resurrezione del Cristo; l’alloro è una pianta fortemente simbolica e profumata, essa viene utilizzata in questo contesto, per elaborate composizioni che adornano “gli stendardi”, i quali sono dei drappi-vessilli, possono essere di piccole dimensioni perché realizzati dai bambini, fino a molto grandi ed alti (difficili da reggere quando c’è vento per il forte “effetto vela” che essi causano), sono realizzati con delle strutture portanti fatte di canna o di legno, che servono a reggere le stoffe sulle quali vengono cucite una ad una, le foglie di alloro, realizzando dei disegni di carattere religioso, stendardi che partecipano ad una gara per la migliore realizzazione (ogni stendardo infatti porta un numero, come riferimento per la giuria votante); “l’Olio Santo” è un elemento usato per l’unzione dei malati ed invocarne la guarigione, rappresenta la “redenzione dal peccato” e la “guarigione spirituale”, viene portato in processione (insieme a delle foglie di alloro), anch’esso simbolo dello Spirito Santo che abbraccia corpo ed anima dell’uomo e che rimanda a Cristo, “l’Unto”; infine “le cuddure” (sono dei piccoli pani di forma circolare, con la pasta lievitata naturalmente ed intrecciata, su cui è impresso un simbolo), esse simboleggiano la “prosperità”, ma anche la “carità”, è per questo che i confrati della SS. Trinità li distribuiscono alle persone presenti alla festa in segno di dono. Quest’anno però, a causa delle restrizioni causate dal Covid-19, le “cuddure” non si sono fatte, la “benedizione degli Oli Santi” è stata eseguita nella Chiesa Madre, e non nella caratteristica piazza che si trova nel centro del paese, mentre la processione è stata fatta lungo un breve percorso, e non lungo il percorso tradizionale, molto più lungo, che dopo aver attraversato il centro del paese, poi lo circoscrive lungo tutta la sua periferia. Per quanto esposto prima, tale festa viene chiamata anche "a’ festa d'u d'auru" (la festa dell'alloro), oppure "a’ festa di cudduredde" (la festa dei piccoli pani a forma di ciambella); la "premiazione degli stendardi" chiude questa caratteristica festa, tra la grandissima gioia di tutti coloro che vi hanno partecipato.
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Festa dell'Alloro 2015 Forza d'Agrò
Forza D'Agrò (Me) - La tradizionale "Festa dell'Alloro"
La festa dell'alloro di Ferza d'Agrò
FORZA D'AGRO' - Festa dell'Alloro - 28 Marzo 2016
Festa dell'alloro e della cuddura a Forza D'Agrò
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All the photos I present were taken on the beaches of the Italian town “Sant’Andrea Apostolo dello Jonio” in Calabria (southern Italy); I made photos related to "beach photography" (a genre similar to "street photography");
... I photographed young and old people ... with a great desire for the sea and a great desire to dive into the sea to swim; I made some photo-portraits of people I didn't know, I thank them very much for their sympathy and their availability; I tried to capture the essence of minimal photographic stories, collected walking along the beaches ... in search of fleeting moments ...
I used a particular photographic technique for some photographs at the time of shooting, which in addition to capturing the surrounding space, also "inserted" a temporal dimension, with photos characterized by being moved because the exposure times were deliberately lengthened, they are confused -focused-imprecise-undecided ... the Anglo-Saxon term that encloses this photographic genre with a single word is "blur", these images were thus created during the shooting phase, and not as an effect created subsequently, in retrospect, in the post-production
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Tutte le foto che presento sono state realizzate sulle spiagge del paese di “Sant’Andrea Apostolo dello Jonio” in Calabria (Catanzaro); ho realizzato foto riconducibili alla “beach photography” (un genere affine alla “street photography”);
ho fotografato persone giovani e meno giovani…con tanta voglia di mare e tanta voglia di immergersi in acqua per fare qualche nuotata; ho realizzato alcuni foto-ritratti di persone che non conoscevo, le ringrazio veramente tanto per la loro simpatia e la loro disponibilità; ho cercato di cogliere al volo l’essenza di storie fotografiche minime, raccolte camminando sulle spiagge... alla ricerca di attimi fugaci s-fuggenti ...
Ho utilizzato per alcune fotografie una tecnica fotografica particolare al momento dello scatto, che oltre a catturare lo spazio circostante, ha "inserito" anche una dimensione temporale, con foto caratterizzate dall’essere mosse poiché volutamente sono stati allungati i tempi di esposizione, sono confuse-sfocate-imprecise-indecise...il termine anglosassone che racchiude con una sola parola questo genere fotografico è "blur", queste immagini sono state così realizzate in fase di scatto, e non come un effetto creato successivamente, a posteriori, in fase di post-produzione.---------------------------------------------------------
So - went on a hefty round trip to try and get a sunset and...... nothing..... but did some long exposure stuff and got a few nice enough shots! This was taken with Sony A7R and Nikon 16-35mm f4 with a manual adapter. Must do a test against the D4 and see what difference it makes.
Thanks for all the kind comments and faves - explored at number 110!
This photo came in as a commended in the seascape category of Scottish Landscape Photographer of the year 2015, so absolutely delighted with that!!
Shot with my new Inspire Pro :)
I was taking some shots at the back of Melbourne when I spotted this zig-zagged ditch in the distance. Had another trip out to see what I could make of it. Originally processed in Black and White I settled on this colour version.
Highly Commended in the RSPB International Nature Competition 2020.
Selected for inclusion in the House of Commons Environment Audit Committee Biodiversity Report 2021
Special stormy light on the desert and the Ajo mountains. Ajo, Arizona, USA. 11 February 2020
2024-25: Judge commended out of 2000 entries in Photocrowd 'Landscapes Untouched by Mankind' in November 2024. Judge merit award out of 995 entries in Photocrowd 'HIdden Gems Locations' in June 2025.
2020-21: May 2020: reviewed by Rick LePage of On1 software in Photo Critique:' I like the color in this quite a bit, and it is a nice, pleasing photo overall. I agree with some of Norry’s comments, although I’d love to see this with the camera (or the shooter) moved/pointed a bit more to the left, maybe to lose the two cacti on the right, and get more of the mountains.' Norry Cutler's comment: 'The sky and the cacti have strong visual weight, much less the mountains. A tighter crop to exclude a large part of the sky and so to bring into attention the cacti set against the distant Ajo mountains, now brought near by the crop: making the cacti and the mountains the visual objects that capture attention of the eyes, to create a pleasing interesting image for me.'. Placed crowd 1st and judge10th out of 141 entries in Photocrowd 'Saguaro Cactus' competition in July 2021
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Received a Commended in the Landscape Photographer of the Year 2013 competition so will be in the book and exhibition again this year :-)
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Happy to announce that my picture got Highly Commended (Sarjassa Jäsenistön Kunniamaininnan) in the ‘Other Animals’ (Muut Eläimet) category of the Finnish Nature Photographer of the Year 2017 competition.
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Two male Banded Demoiselles (Calopteryx splendens) warming up in the early sun light. No wind, lucky, so it was rather easy to take this shot. Taken against an almost cloudless sky and converted into a B&W, to create a bit of a fine art effect, using Silver Efex Pro. Simplicity. The way I like it.
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hot and cold, a few days ago in Sicily ....
caldo e freddo, qualche giorno fa in Sicilia ....
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---- some short stories, collected while walking down the street ... offering a last goodbye to the street artist video maker & photographer Gaetano: together we shared many beautiful moments in search of those fleeting moments .... that many times made us laugh because funny, damn because too fleeting, think because life is not always makes discounts .....
goodbye My friend.....
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---- alcune storie minime, raccolte camminando per la strada ... porgendo un ultimo saluto allo street artist video maker & photographer Gaetano: insieme abbiamo condiviso tanti bei momenti alla ricerca di quegli attimi fuggenti....che tante volte ci hanno fatto ridere perchè buffi, dannare perchè troppo fuggenti, pensare perchè la vita non sempre fa sconti.....
addio amico mio.....
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Highly Commended Mosman Festival Photographic Prize 2007
The beach today was covered in hundreds of thousands of Blue Bottles
In Australia this jellyfish is known as the blue bottle, due to its colour and shape when strewn on a beach. Elsewhere in the world it is known as the Portuguese Man o War as it is said to look like a Portuguese battleship with a sail.
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The Shadows of Doubt series.
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J'admire le travail d'Aladin Commend, c'est un art libéré de beaucoup des contraintes modernes, de l’esthétisme au format, capable d'inspirer autrui au quotidien. Aladin copie des peintures célèbres mais surtout s'en inspire. Il crée son propre style de composition, remettant ainsi au goût du jour des peintures et techniques anciennes. Il grave aussi du bois, ainsi que du cuivre/de l'aluminium qui sera imprimé par la suite sur du papier, et ce manuellement.
Highly Commended, Colour Print section of the Open Competition at Harpenden Photographic Society 15 March 2016
I was delighted to recieve the news that this image was commended and has made it into the LPOTY year book
"I am delighted to tell you that your images 257969-900663 and 257969-900669 have been commended in the Architecture category of the Open competition at the 2015 Sony World Photography Awards.
Your images were chosen as two of the best 50 pictures in this category. They were selected from over 78,694 images from 171 countries and this is an incredible achievement.
As a commended photographer your images will be shown globally via the World Photography Organisation website and digitally as part of the Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition at Somerset House from 24 April – 10 May." World Photo Organisation
A better than average day! :-)
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Beach holidays were born in the 1700s in Great Britain, this social phenomenon was born in which bathers for the first time go to the beaches, certainly not as sunny as those bathed by the Mediterranean Sea, they are fully dressed; this "new fashion" is also encouraged by the belief of English doctors since the beginning of the eighteenth century (starting around 1720), that breathing the brackish sea air and bathing in cold sea water is healthy, invigorates the body and cure lung diseases (conviction even more strengthened by the discovery of oxygen by Antoine Lavoisier in 1778, which led to the greater diffusion and conviction of the theories on the health benefits of sea air, which was thought to be more oxygenated and pure), these theories push many people from Northern Europe suffering from severe lung diseases to spend long periods in southern Europe, often in the south of Italy, this explains why characters with extraordinary qualities come to Taormina to cure their tuberculosis. The photographer baron Wilhelm von Gloeden and the English lady Florence Trevelyan Trevelyan had the seawater brought with their mules from Isola Bella, but while W. Von Gloeden heated the sea water, the English noblewoman Lady Trevelian did not heat it, mindful of the teachings of the English medical school, this will cause her death from bronchopneumonia on 4 October 1907 (see my previous "photographic stories" about Taormina). In fact, "thalassotherapy" was born in Great Britain, together with the social and cultural phenomenon of frequenting bathing beaches (before the beginning of the 18th century, the sea and its beaches were lived, except for reasons of trade and fishing, in a dark and negative way, from the sea often came very serious dangers such as the sudden landings of ferocious pirates, or foreigners carrying very serious diseases could land). Thus the fashion of spending holidays by the sea was born in the English aristocracy and high bourgeoisie of the time, subsequently the habit of going to the sea spread to all levels of society, the railways that were built throughout Great Britain to 'beginning of the nineteenth century, made travel to the ocean accessible even to the lower classes, they too will frequent the seaside resorts, Blackpool becomes the first seaside resort in Great Britain completely frequented by the working classes thanks to the presence of low-cost bathing establishments; the great and definitive boom in seaside tourism will then take place in the 1950s and 1960s. This being the case, it should not be surprising to know that in Great Britain the beaches are more frequented than one might instinctively think due to a climate very different from the Mediterranean one, and that this socio-cultural phenomenon has been investigated at the photographic by photographers of the same Great Britain, of these I mention four names. An important photographer, who probably inspired subsequent photographers, was Tony Ray-Jones, who died prematurely in 1972, at the young age of 30, who was trying to create a “photographic memory” of the stereotypes of the English people; the famous photojournalist Martin Parr, who, although inspired by the previous one, differs from it for his way of doing “social satire” with his goal; finally, I would like to mention David Hurn and Simon Roberts, the latter with wider-ranging photographs, with photographs more detached from the individual. In Italy there are numerous photographers (I will mention only a few) who have made in their long career images captured in seaside resorts (generally we speaking of "beach photography" similar to "street photography"), photographs that are often unique in their style, such as that adopted by Franco Fontana, I mention Mimmo Jodice, Ferdinando Scianna (of whom I am honored to have known him personally), and Massimo Vitali, famous photographer (understood by some as "the photographer of the beaches"), especially for his beautiful photographs taken on the beaches (but not only), thanks to the presence of elevated fixed structures as a kind of mezzanine, built specifically in the bathing beaches for the realization of his photographs. This is my incipit, to introduce the theme I tackled, that of "beach photography", with a series of photographs taken on the beaches of Eastern Sicily, most of which are located near Taormina.
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Le vacanze al mare nascono nel ‘700 in Gran Bretagna, nasce questo fenomeno sociale nel quale i bagnanti per la prima volta si recano sulle spiagge, non certo assolate come quelle bagnate dal mar Mediterraneo, sono completamente vestiti; questa “nuova moda” è anche incoraggiata dalla convinzione dei medici inglesi fin dall’inizio del ‘700 (a partire dal 1720 circa), che respirare l’aria salmastra del mare e fare il bagno nell’acqua marina fredda sia salutare, rinvigorisca il corpo e curi le malattie polmonari (convinzione ancor più rafforzata dalla scoperta dell’ossigeno da parte di Antoine Lavoisier nel 1778, che portò alla maggiore diffusione e convinzione delle teorie sui benefici per la salute dell’aria di mare, che si pensava essere più ossigenata e pura), queste teorie spingono molte persone del Nord Europa affette da gravi malattie polmonari a trascorrere dei lunghi periodi nel sud Europa, spesso nel meridione d’Italia, questo spiega perché a Taormina giungono personaggi dalle qualità straordinarie per curare il proprio “mal sottile”, il barone fotografo Wilhelm von Gloeden e la lady inglese Florence Trevelyan Trevelyan si facevano portare coi muli l’acqua di mare proveniente dall’Isola Bella, però mentre W. Von Gloeden riscaldava l’acqua marina, la nobildonna inglese lady Trevelian non la riscaldava, memore degli insegnamenti della scuola medica inglese, questo causerà la sua morte per broncopolmonite il 4 ottobre del 1907 (vedi i miei precedenti “racconti fotografici” su Taormina). Infatti la “talassoterapia” nasce in Gran Bretagna, insieme al fenomeno sociale e culturale della frequentazione dei lidi balneari (prima dell’inizio del ‘700, il mare e le sue spiagge erano vissuti, tranne che per motivi di commercio e di pesca, in maniera oscura e negativa, dal mare spesso provenivano gravissimi pericoli come gli sbarchi improvvisi di feroci pirati, oppure potevano sbarcare stranieri portatori di gravissime malattie). Nell’aristocrazia e nell’alta borghesia inglese di allora nasce così la moda di trascorrere le vacanze al mare, successivamente l’abitudine di andare al mare si diffonde a tutti i livelli della società, le ferrovie che furono costruite in tutta la Gran Bretagna all’inizio dell’Ottocento, resero i viaggi verso l’oceano accessibili anche per i ceti più bassi, quelli più popolari e meno agiati, anch’essi frequenteranno le località balneari, Blackpool diviene la prima località balneare della Gran Bretagna completamente frequentata dalle classi popolari grazie alla presenza di stabilimenti balneari a basso costo; il grande e definitivo boom del turismo balneare si avrà poi negli anni ’50 e ’60. Stando così le cose, non ci si deve meravigliare nel sapere che in Gran Bretagna le spiagge sono più frequentate di quanto istintivamente si possa pensare a causa di un clima ben diverso da quello Mediterraneo, e che questo fenomeno socio-culturale sia stato indagato a livello fotografico da parte di fotografi della stessa Gran Bretagna, di questi cito quattro nomi. Un importante fotografo, che probabilmente ispirò i successivi fotografi, fu Tony Ray-Jones, scomparso prematuramente nel 1972, alla giovane età di 30 anni, il quale cercava di realizzare una “memoria fotografica” degli stereotipi del popolo inglese; il famoso fotoreporter Martin Parr, il quale pur ispirandosi al precedente, se ne differenzia per il suo modo di fare “satira sociale” col suo obiettivo; infine desidero menzionare David Hurn e Simon Roberts, quest’ultimo con fotografie di più ampio respiro, con fotografie più distaccate dal singolo individuo. In Italia numerosi sono i fotografi (ne cito solo qualcuno) che hanno realizzato nella loro lunga carriera immagini colte in località balneari (genericamente si parla di “beach photography” affine alla “street photography”), fotografie spesso uniche nel loro stile, come quello adottato da Franco Fontana, menziono Mimmo Jodice, Ferdinando Scianna (del quale mi onoro di averlo conosciuto personalmente), e Massimo Vitali, famoso fotografo (da alcuni inteso come “il fotografo delle spiagge”), soprattutto per le sue bellissime fotografie realizzate sui lidi (ma non solo), grazie alla presenza di strutture fisse sopraelevate a mò di soppalco, costruite appositamente nei lidi balneari per la realizzazione delle sue fotografie. Questo mio incipit, per introdurre il tema da me affrontato, quello della “beach photography”, con una serie di fotografie realizzate nelle spiagge della Sicilia Orientale, la maggior parte delle quali si trovano nei pressi di Taormina.
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LIKE CRAZY (La Pazza Gioia) Australian Trailer
La Pazza Gioia meno male che ci sei.
LA PAZZA GIOIA: Clip dal film - Beatrice arriva all'Argentario
LA PAZZA GIOIA: Clip dal film - In fuga sul bus
LA PAZZA GIOIA: Clip dal film - Donatella arriva in stanza
Paolo Virzì racconta com'è nato il film La pazza gioia
MICAELA RAMAZZOTTI e PAOLO VIRZI' raccontano "La Pazza Gioia"
La Pazza Gioia Clip Fuga in auto
Senza Fine di Gino Paoli per il film La Pazza Gioia di Paolo Virzì
LA PAZZA GIOIA: Clip dal film - Abbiamo una macchina, ci diamo alla pazza gioia!
La pazza gioia: intervista a Micaela Ramazzotti e Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Ai 70esimi Nastri d'Argento trionfa "La pazza gioia" di Virzì
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I got to Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA, at 7 am and spent the day. The rock formations vary in color and emphasis at different times of day, depending on light and shadows. This is one of my favorites. 25 October 2015.
2025-26: Expert commended out of 8072 entries in Photocrowd 'The colour Orange ' in October 2025. Expert highly commended out of 5477 entries in Photocrowd ' Landscapes with Impact' in October 2025
2024-25: Expert highly commended out of 4979 entries in Photocrowd 'Travel Memories' in September 2024. Judge merit award out of 3498 entries in Photocrowd 'Anything Beautiful' in October 2024. 2024-25 Judge merit award out of 2434 entries in Photocrowd 'Edge-of-the-Earth Landscapes' in November 2024. Expert merit award out of 6733 entries in Photocrowd 'Travel Icons' in November 2024. 2024-25: Judge merit award out of 2000 entries in Photocrowd 'Landscapes Untouched by Mankind' in November 2024. 2024-25: Expert commended out of 1875 entries in Photocrowd 'Travel' competition in January 2025. Expert highly commended out of 1668 entries in Photocrowd 'Famous views' competition in May 2025 Crowd 32nd out of 1500 entries in Photocrowd 'National or Provincial Parks in Colour' in July 2025. :Expert commended out of 4686 entries in Photocrowd "Landscapes Without Sky' in August 2025
2023-24: Expert commended out of 4958 entries in Photocrowd 'Traveling the World' competition in December 2023. Crowd 24th out of 1285 entries in Photocrowd 'Red Rocks (in colour)' in August 2024.
2022-23: Expert commended of 4824 entries in Photocrowd 'Landscapes Without Skies' competition in October 2022 Expert highly commended out of 9606 entries in Photocrowd 'The Natural World' competition in November 2022. Expert commended out of 1435 entries in Photocrowd 'Travel Icons' competition in March viewpoints2023. Crowd 12th out of 1992 entries in Photocrowd 'Aerial Viewpoint' competition in March 2023. Judge highly commended and crowd 17th out of 1061 entries in Photocrowd 'Desert landscapes with vivid colours' in May 2023. Judge merit award and crowd 51st out of 1000 entries in Photocrowd 'Natural Tourist Attractions' in June 2023. Crowd 33rd out of 3193 entries in Photocrowd 'The Colour Orange' in July 2023. Judge merit award out of 2754 entries in Photocrowd 'Something in Abundance' in August 2023.
2021-22: Expert commended of 4517entries in Photocrowd ' Travel Icons' in July 2021. Placed crowd 3rd and judge 2nd out of 2312 entries in Photocrowd 'Landscapes with Rock Formations' in March 2022. 'Initially I wondered if the colours of this image were a little over-saturated, but on looking over the entire frame, it becomes apparent that these amazing colours are a result of some great lighting and stunning natural features. The image positively glows, and you have done especially well to capture the depth of the scene; we get a real sense of foreground, middle distance and background even with the same subject matter filling the frame. The balance of exposure really allows the form and texture of the spiky rocks to be revealed, perfectly describing the rocky subject. It is great that you have managed to include the trees, as these help give a sense of scale, and the green provides a contrast to the pinky orange. Congratulations on your second place finish.' by Ange. Judge merit award out of 2328 entries in Photocrowd 'Rocky Landscapes' competition in June 2022 Judge merit award out of 3510 entries in Photocrowd ‘The Colour Orange’ in August 2022. Judge commended out of 2000 entries in Photocrowd ‘Beautiful Composition and Aesthetics’ in August 2022
2020-21: Expert commended out of 4517 entries in Photocrowd 'Travel Icons' competition in July 2021.
2018-19: Judge commended out of 1375 entries in Photocrowd 'No Sky-Rural Landscapes' competition in July 2019.
For the second year in a row my work will appear in the Landscape Photography of the Year Awards book, it will also appear as a print at the National Theatre exhibition, London.
The exhibition is free and runs from 7th December 2013 until the 8th February 2014.
The image was taken from Rushup Edge in January 2013 with my old Nikon D300.
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I'm delighted to say that this image was 'Commended' in the Landscape Photographer of the Year 2011 (LPOTY 2011) competition and also featured in the Sunday Times magazine in the results section on 23rd October 2011. Blog article on LPOTY
Not what I was looking to capture when I got up at the [for me] utterly ludicrous hour of 0300 to be here for dawn. Rather, the composition is approximately what I was aiming for, but the forecast had said MIST. Obviously, there is no mist here, just 'murk' in the distance across the Lakeland fells. There was also a surprisingly hard frost up on the tops, which is what's causing the bright areas as it catches some reflected light from the just-risen Sun.
The Howgill Fells are beautifully smoothed, rolling hills to the east of the Lake District and partially within the Yorkshire Dales national park (despite being wholly in Cumbria). Importantly, they're really easy to walk up in the dark. I shall be heading up to this point - which is pretty much the centre of the small range - again, I hope; at some point when there really IS some mist!
Ha! I just noticed that in the original of this I can see a lorry on the M6 - amusing somehow. The motorway runs across the frame in the flat area between the Howgill Fells and the Lake District.
Explored - thanks to everyone!
This was commended in the RPS Travel Exhibition 2010. It was taken in North East China on the Huanan Narrow gauge system which is now closed.
contest: People and Emotions, Judge commended
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November 2019
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Published MVIBE magazine issue8 Fine-Art
February 2021
Published theme Smiling (to the) world
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September 2021
Portfolio
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March 2023
Artist of the week-Exploring the World Through the Lens of Stefanos Chronis: A Journey of Ethnography and Social Documentation
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August 2023
Flat Lick Falls
Flat Lick Creek
Grey Hawk
Jackson County
Kentucky
A stop to Flat Lick Falls caught me a bit off guard a few month ago as when we went to the overlook you could actually see the falls unimpeded! Apparently one small tree was cut from the overlook and it was all that was needed to open up a beautiful scene! Located in Jackson County, Kentucky, I can't commend the county enough on how wonderful of a job they've done making this a wonderful park, which I'll point out more on an upcoming post from here which will be from the base of the falls!
White-tailed Jackrabbit eating the bark of a fallen branch. I liked the cute expression and that I can see his teeth. Wascana, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. 12 January 2022
2024-25: Expert highly commended out of 5485 entries in Photocrowd 'Local Wildlife' in September 2024. Crowd 11th and judge merit award out of 3822 entries in Photocrowd 'The Colour White (in Colour) ' in September 2024. Judge highly commended out of 1495 entries in Photocrowd 'Wild Animals of North America' competition in April 2025. Judge commended and crowd 56th out of 3270 entries in Photocrowd 'People and Animals Outdoors' competition in May 2025. Judge commended out of 1000 entries in Photocrowd 'Wild Rabbits and Hares' competition in May 2025. Judge commended out of 1501 entries in Photocrowd 'Your Favorite Photos' in July 2025
2023-24: Crowd 25th out of 3109 entries in Photocrowd 'One Colour ' competition in February 2024. Crowd 1st and Judge highly commended out of 1000 entries in Photocrowd 'Rabbits and Hares Outdoors' in March 2024. Judge highly commended and crowd 28th out of 1244 entries in Photocrowd 'Rabbits and Hares' in May 2024. Crowd 29th out of 1000 entries in Photocrow 'Animals' in August 2024.
2022-23: Judge 3rd in SaskAm/ Animals category in March 2023. Judge commended out of 1000 entries in Photocrowd 'Wild Herbivores - Browsers and Grazers' competition in September 2022. Crowd 22nd (top 1%) of 3995 entries in Photocrowd 'Face of an Animal Looking Towards the Camera' competition in October 2022. 2022-23: Judge Merit award out of 500 entries in Photocrowd 'Teeth' competition in October 2022. Judge commended and crowd 12th out of 965 entries in Photocrowd 'Rabbits and Hares' competition in November 2022. One of two male Yellow Warblers just got a worm. A large puddle formed on the path near the storm drain after the more than 2 inch rain. It was alive with warblers, thrushes and sparrows. The warblers and thrushes were all being very successful at finding and eating small worms which look like baby earthworms that they found in the wet leaves in and around the water. Millar Park, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. 14 May 2022 A note: I started using On1 Raw 2022 for all processing and am very happy with the noise reduction and sharpening. So far so good. Judge highly commended out of 1539 entries in Photocrowd 'Animals in the Snow' competition in January 2023. Expert commended out of 5351 entries in Photocrowd 'Composition - Bang in the Middle' competition in April 2023.
2022-23: Judge merit award of 3752 entries in Photocrowd 'A Touch of Yellow' competition in October 2022 Judge commended and crowd 6th out of 3896 entries in Photocrowd 'The Colour Yellow' competition in November 2022. Scored 23 in CAPA nature competition in November 2022. Expert commended out of 1675 entries in Photocrowd 'Winter Wildlife' competition in March 2023.
2021-22: Expert commended out of 4483 entries in Photocrowd's 'Wildlife and nature' competition in March 2022. Crowd 7th out of 687 entries in Photocrowd ‘Wild Rabbits and Hares (in colour)’ competition in July 2022