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The world has too much problems; wars, rich-poor divide, global warming.... Hopefully, it can get better soon.
p.s. shall be away for several weeks. See you soon Flickr friends.
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The course of the sun is the epitome of time. This impressive beech tree, standing on the edge of a chasm, can observe that process since many many years now. How many sunrises she may have seen already ? 40.000 ? 100.000 ? more ? How was the world like when she was able to whitness that wonder the first time ?
Der Lauf der Sonne ist der Inbegriff von Zeit. Diese stattliche Buche, direkt an der Kante eines Abgrundes bebachtet diesen Vorgang bereits viele viele Jahre. Wie viele Sonnenaufgänge mag sie schon gesehen haben ? 40.000 ? 100.000 ? mehr ? Wie sah wohl die Welt aus, als sie dieses Wunder das erstmal bebobachten konnte ?
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One of a series of stained glass panels in St Paul Lutheran church, Sarasota Florida. Hasselblad X1D.
Modern art galleries and museums have always wanted to tell a story in the usual fashion of linear history. So as a rule rooms in galleries tended to be set out in historical periods or particular styles. The contemporary curator however eschews all that, throws everything into the mix and allows the viewer to piece together their own story.
Now this is all very well for the informed art lover, but can be very confusing to those who have never studied art history. It's a sink or swim model, and the jury is still out on whether this approach is going to be successful.
This section of the QVMAG was recently renovated to allow for more works to be shown from the very large collection that Launceston has built up over 200 years (the settlement itself was founded in 1806). One problem for photographers is that the light intensity has been reduced to 40 lumens per square metre (for example a 60 watt light bulb provides 800 lumens per square metre). This is so the works are not damaged by excess light. But it does make getting good photographs of the works very difficult indeed. This photograph, for instance, appears much brighter than the lighting actually was.
"The camera is an instrument that teaches people to see without a camera."
- Dorothea Lange.
If you're like me you go through the day observing the little things - light and shade, line and form, identifying subjects that intrigue and tease. Thinking all the while, "That would make a great photo." Unlike Henri Cartier-Bresson, most of us can't carry a camera with us wherever we go. But that doesn't stop us taking photos with our mind. With such a mindset the world is filled with photo ops.
There has never been a time when more snapshots have been taken, and almost all of those hundreds of millions of pictures every single day are taken with a smart phone and posted on social media. Taking pictures is ubiquitous, and yet the art of photography remains illusive.
If you look closely at this image you'll observe some interesting things. That seagull we saw in the previous photograph (taken a couple of hours earlier) is still there, but this time he's been joined by another. In the sky on the far right we observe a jet's contrail that looks surprisingly like a comet. And if you look really closely, the ubiquitous contemporary photographer is silhouetted against the fading light. And of course his instrument of choice appears to be an iPad.
Mostly like the American painter Thomas Hart Benton… But I wasn’t conscious of it when I took it. I love his sense of rolling motion as an image of America.
The Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, December 2020
Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
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Female figure consulting her smartphone as she goes up Abd el-Kader Street, in Baix Guinardó neighborhood of Barcelona.
La música, mejor con auriculares._ Music, best witlh earphon
Titulo............................. Mevagissey
Artista............................ John Surman
Genero......................... Jazz
Álbum........................... Road to saint ives ( 1990 )
If you think what / is the cause of the uncertainty / that surrounds us / then, a mirror wan't give a clue...