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I sit here contemplating the need for a haircut. It’s actually long overdue. Somehow, life and all its complexities seem to get in the way of the seemingly simple things. There are just too many things I want and need to accomplish today, as there are every other day. And so, I sit here ogling the plumage of this tricolored heron with a bit of admiration, tainted with a pinch of jealousy. No need for the expertise of the talented coiffeur, here.
What does it mean to take the complexity of what it means to be human, to truly be alive, and represent it for each person in one singular moment? When i shot more concerts, I became obsessed about the gesture or facial expression that defined that person. As I age, I am more interested in moments of non performance when someone just absorbs life and lets it in.
I am actually a fairly shy person with people I don't know, especially musicians I admire. So, I have seen John Dwyer perform many times in different states even (Texas, California, Illinois) but I've never had an actual conversation with him. Yet, I love how he always stands on the side of the stage for the openers and really listens actively. Here he is during the Adult set watching. Usually, I see him taking photographs of the other bands from the sides but I think he didn't pull out his camera because it was snowing this day.
Sometimes, you want to believe the dream that the musicians you care about are kind and filled with wonder in real life and you can't risk meeting them in case that just turns out not to be true. I think in Dwyer's case, it's probably true.
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Differences are subtle, at least to this non-expert. I'm saying Blue Dasher because of the 'glow' coloring. Could easily be a Blue Darter.
When your eyes get accustomed to shapes there is a central tree carrying another tree damaged by the weather. Taken in Little Wittenham Wood, South Oxfordshire.
Titre inspiré d'une remarque humoristique, écrite dans le livre "Photographies de paysage" de Charlie Waite.
After Gyula Holics. He photographed on film common objects in simple and complex lighting to explore the interplay of shape and light.
Whilst in Brittany, after the dish washing, I explored the same by lowering the kitchen blind progressively to control the outdoor evening light by intensity and direction.
Holy Week in Sicily:
"… There is no country in Sicily, in which
the passion of Christ does not revive
through a real
representation, in which people
lives or statuary groups do not
of the streets and squares the theater
of that great drama ... "
(Leonardo Sciascia).
“…Jesus said, “I love you as you are. And I love you too much to leave you as you are…”
(Chris Lyons).
The rites of Holy Week are present in Sicily with complexity of content and symbologies due to numerous influences, very present those due to the Spanish culture, dominating the island between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; in the mystery of the death and resurrection of Christ, it is attended by a popular culture, referring to ancient pre-Byzantine rites that originated long before those of Mediterranean Christian culture.
These ancient rituals represent the most significant moments of the Passion of Jesus Christ, described in the Gospels, from his arrest by the Romans to the Resurrection and are part of the Holy Week celebrations, together with the normal religious functions.
The rites of Holy Week unite Sicily in a single collective rite, an appointment highly anticipated by many Sicilian and non-Sicilian photographers, due to the covid-19 pandemic, now also for this year 2021, as for last year, these celebrations- collective rites will not be able to take place, so I created a "photographic showcase" to be presented on Flickr, composed of images belonging to events that belong to the Sicilian Easter rites, posted in past years; of each reportage presented, I only took "a few cards" more or less significant, some photos were originally posted in black and white, and as such I left them, other photos were posted in color, the latter I re-edited in black and white to conform them to a single photographic language; some photos differ within this black and white language, for having been subjected to a very marked vignetting, I have left them anyway, belonging to reportage characterized by that type of post-production.
Trapani: The Mysteries of Trapani, Good Friday, 2018
Marsala: procession of Good Friday, 2019
Enna: the Good Friday procession (la processione del Venerdì Santo), 2012
Militello Rosmarino: the Good Friday procession (la processione del Venerdì Santo), 2016
Bronte: the Good Friday procession (la processione del Venerdì Santo), 2017
Randazzo: the Good Friday procession (la processione del Venerdì Santo), 2014
Piana degli Albanesi: Easter Sunday (Domenica di Pasqua), 2014
Scicli: Easter Sunday, the Living Man - U' Gioia (Domenica di Pasqua, l’Uomo Vivo – U’ Gioia), 2017
la Settimana Santa in Sicilia:
"…non c'è paese in Sicilia, in cui
la passione di Cristo non riviva
attraverso una vera e propria
rappresentazione, in cui persone
vive o gruppi statuari non facciano
delle strade e delle piazze il teatro
di quel grande dramma..."
(Leonardo Sciascia).
“…Gesù disse: “Ti amo per come sei. E ti amo troppo per lasciarti come sei…”
(Chris Lyons).
I riti della Settimana Santa presentano in Sicilia una complessità di contenuti e di simbologie dovute a numerosi influssi, molto presenti quelli dovuti alla cultura spagnola, dominante nell’isola tra il XVI ed il XVII secolo; nel mistero della morte e della resurrezione di Cristo, si assiste nella cultura popolare, a riferimenti risalenti da antichi riti pre-bizantini che originano da molto prima di quelli della cultura cristiana mediterranea.
Questi antichi riti rappresentano i momenti più significativi della Passione di Gesù Cristo, descritti nei Vangeli, dal suo arresto da parte dei romani alla Resurrezione e fanno parte, insieme alle normali funzioni religiose, delle celebrazioni della Settimana Santa.
I riti della Settimana Santa uniscono la Sicilia in un unico rito collettivo, appuntamento attesissimo da molti fotografi siciliani e non, a causa della pandemia da covid-19, oramai anche per quest'anno 2021, come per l'anno scorso, queste celebrazioni-riti collettivi, non potranno attuarsi, ho così realizzato una "vetrina fotografica" da presentare su Flickr, composta da immagini appartenenti ad eventi che appartengono ai riti Pasquali Siciliani, postati negli anni passati; di ogni reportage presentato, ho preso solo "qualche tessera fotografica" più o meno significativa, alcune foto furono postate originariamente in bianco e nero, e come tali le ho lasciate, altre foto furono postate a colori, queste ultime le ho rieditate in bianco e nero per uniformarle ad un linguaggio fotografico unico; alcune foto differiscono all'interno di questo linguaggio in bianco-nero, per essere state sottoposte ad una vignettatura molto marcata, le ho lasciate ugualmente, appartenenti a reportage caratterizzati da quel tipo di post-produzione.
Got a new camera and a wide angle lens too so went off to the woods to play. It was a bit dull mostly but gave me the chance to get used to the lens.
I'm amazed by the detail (press 'L' and see why) and can't wait for a better opportunity to test it out more thoroughly.
Also I discovered the D610 RAW files aren't compatible with Lightroom 4 so had to download something to convert them to DNG files. (That makes me sound like I know all about it but spent a lot of time googling to get the answers).
Bartok, Arnhem, The Netherlands.
Design (2013): Barcode Architects.
The importance of organised complexity - order, but not too much order. Chaos, but not too much chaos.
I have no idea what this is, but this one plant with several sensational blooms were all that I saw of it in a ramble of a couple hours. I was struck by its complexity and it was an almost perfect sphere. More than an inch in diameter and the plant's feet were in water.
White Pocket is a place of infinite complexity and depth. The semi-periodic "brain rock" is the signature texture of this place. Upon closer inspection, the rocks wear intricate undulating patterns reminiscent of Egyptian hieroglyphs or perhaps letters from an extraterrestrial alphabet. This image combines a macroscopic hero that sits in between two rock bulges, the iconic and healthy pine Tree, with a mysterious message written in stone. To get this perspective, I had to lay down on the ground holding the camera a few centimeters above the rock, holding also my breath as I tried to remain as still as possible while focus stacking.
For a while, I contemplated whether this should be a grayscale image but decided that the color adds a touch of Earth with the browns introduced by a recent rain shower, a sprinkle of greens on the Tree, and some shy blues in the still-too-bright-to-shoot sky.
Nikon Z7, 14-35mm f4, 1/200 sec., f10, ISO 125, 16.5mm, hand-held focus stack of five images.
An diesem tristen und regnerischen Morgen an der Aare, sind mir dieser dichte und ausladende Haselstrauch aufgefallen. Ich war fasziniert von seiner Grösse, Farben und Komplexität. Ich fand es interessant und versuchte dies in einem Foto wiederzugeben. Was mir glaub auch gelungen ist...
On this dreary and rainy morning by the Aare, I noticed this dense and sprawling hazel bush. I was fascinated by its size, colors, and complexity. I found it interesting and tried to capture this in a photo, which I believe I managed to do successfully...
Looking down on the Piazza della Signoria from above, I can't help but think of the spectrum here from a single individual on through humankind's greatest creations. At one end you have a simple man. Next to him is a statue, which is a larger-than-life representation of a man who was himself considered somewhat larger-than-life during his time. Then you have various buildings, in increasing order of size and complexity. Finally, you have the greatest edifice of them all: the Duomo. They go in order from simplicity to complexity, which might lead one to believe that that wonderful cathedral is the highest form of truth, the most timeless and real thing in the image. And yet, as Plato would point out, the very "reality" or respective "truth" of these various forms might better be seen as traveling in the opposite direction, as that great church with its remarkable dome is merely the most elaborate (and thus arguably the most unreal) extension of an idea, a representation or creation of a particular individual, conceived originally in the mind of a simple man.
Of course, it's also just a really pretty view. :)
I hope you have a wonderful weekend, wherever in the world you might be, and whatever it is you think about the nature of truth.
Holy Week in Sicily:
"… There is no country in Sicily, in which
the passion of Christ does not revive
through a real
representation, in which people
lives or statuary groups do not
of the streets and squares the theater
of that great drama ... "
(Leonardo Sciascia).
“…Jesus said, “I love you as you are. And I love you too much to leave you as you are…”
(Chris Lyons).
The rites of Holy Week are present in Sicily with complexity of content and symbologies due to numerous influences, very present those due to the Spanish culture, dominating the island between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; in the mystery of the death and resurrection of Christ, it is attended by a popular culture, referring to ancient pre-Byzantine rites that originated long before those of Mediterranean Christian culture.
These ancient rituals represent the most significant moments of the Passion of Jesus Christ, described in the Gospels, from his arrest by the Romans to the Resurrection and are part of the Holy Week celebrations, together with the normal religious functions.
The rites of Holy Week unite Sicily in a single collective rite, an appointment highly anticipated by many Sicilian and non-Sicilian photographers, due to the covid-19 pandemic, now also for this year 2021, as for last year, these celebrations- collective rites will not be able to take place, so I created a "photographic showcase" to be presented on Flickr, composed of images belonging to events that belong to the Sicilian Easter rites, posted in past years; of each reportage presented, I only took "a few cards" more or less significant, some photos were originally posted in black and white, and as such I left them, other photos were posted in color, the latter I re-edited in black and white to conform them to a single photographic language; some photos differ within this black and white language, for having been subjected to a very marked vignetting, I have left them anyway, belonging to reportage characterized by that type of post-production.
Trapani: The Mysteries of Trapani, Good Friday, 2018
Marsala: procession of Good Friday, 2019
Enna: the Good Friday procession (la processione del Venerdì Santo), 2012
Militello Rosmarino: the Good Friday procession (la processione del Venerdì Santo), 2016
Bronte: the Good Friday procession (la processione del Venerdì Santo), 2017
Randazzo: the Good Friday procession (la processione del Venerdì Santo), 2014
Piana degli Albanesi: Easter Sunday (Domenica di Pasqua), 2014
Scicli: Easter Sunday, the Living Man - U' Gioia (Domenica di Pasqua, l’Uomo Vivo – U’ Gioia), 2017
la Settimana Santa in Sicilia:
"…non c'è paese in Sicilia, in cui
la passione di Cristo non riviva
attraverso una vera e propria
rappresentazione, in cui persone
vive o gruppi statuari non facciano
delle strade e delle piazze il teatro
di quel grande dramma..."
(Leonardo Sciascia).
“…Gesù disse: “Ti amo per come sei. E ti amo troppo per lasciarti come sei…”
(Chris Lyons).
I riti della Settimana Santa presentano in Sicilia una complessità di contenuti e di simbologie dovute a numerosi influssi, molto presenti quelli dovuti alla cultura spagnola, dominante nell’isola tra il XVI ed il XVII secolo; nel mistero della morte e della resurrezione di Cristo, si assiste nella cultura popolare, a riferimenti risalenti da antichi riti pre-bizantini che originano da molto prima di quelli della cultura cristiana mediterranea.
Questi antichi riti rappresentano i momenti più significativi della Passione di Gesù Cristo, descritti nei Vangeli, dal suo arresto da parte dei romani alla Resurrezione e fanno parte, insieme alle normali funzioni religiose, delle celebrazioni della Settimana Santa.
I riti della Settimana Santa uniscono la Sicilia in un unico rito collettivo, appuntamento attesissimo da molti fotografi siciliani e non, a causa della pandemia da covid-19, oramai anche per quest'anno 2021, come per l'anno scorso, queste celebrazioni-riti collettivi, non potranno attuarsi, ho così realizzato una "vetrina fotografica" da presentare su Flickr, composta da immagini appartenenti ad eventi che appartengono ai riti Pasquali Siciliani, postati negli anni passati; di ogni reportage presentato, ho preso solo "qualche tessera fotografica" più o meno significativa, alcune foto furono postate originariamente in bianco e nero, e come tali le ho lasciate, altre foto furono postate a colori, queste ultime le ho rieditate in bianco e nero per uniformarle ad un linguaggio fotografico unico; alcune foto differiscono all'interno di questo linguaggio in bianco-nero, per essere state sottoposte ad una vignettatura molto marcata, le ho lasciate ugualmente, appartenenti a reportage caratterizzati da quel tipo di post-produzione.