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Cotopaxi is an active stratovolcano in the Andes Mountains. It is the second highest summit in Ecuador, reaching a height of 5,897 m. On a clear day, Cotopaxi is clearly visible on the skyline from Latacunga and Quito. It is part of the chain of volcanoes around the Pacific plate known as the Pacific Ring of Fire. It has an almost symmetrical cone. It has one of the few equatorial glaciers in the world.
Canon EOS REBEL T3i
Taken on September, 2012
Ecuador
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Tree peony. Peonies are among the most popular garden plants in temperate regions. Tree peonies have been in culture in China for millennia. It consists of shrubs that have perennial areal woody stems.
Brooklyn Botanical Garden, New York City.
Gator or common alligator, is a large crocodilian reptile endemic to the Southeastern United States. It is larger than the only other living alligator species, the Chinese alligator. Adult male American alligators measure to 4.6 m ( to 15.1 ft) in length, and can weigh up to 453 kg (999 lb). Females are smaller, measuring to 3 m (to 9.8 ft) in length.
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The crabs can be found from Massachusetts, U.S. to areas in Argentina. They are common in shallow water on sand in ocean beaches, but can be found in depths up to two hundred feet (60m) deep. The Speckled swimming crab eats primarily detritus, but have also been recorded eating fish, mollusks, and other crustaceans. Sea turtles are the primary predator to Arenaeus cribrarius.
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🇬🇧 Not quite free, not quite captive.
A gaze through the bars, from a kitchen lit with warmth — but heavy with solitude.
He sees the world, but can’t touch it.
Still, he stays.
→ Fourth image in the series Seen Through the Window
→ A quiet meditation on presence, loyalty, and invisible fences
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🇫🇷 Ni vraiment libre, ni vraiment prisonnier.
Un regard à travers les barreaux, depuis une cuisine baignée de chaleur — mais lourde de solitude.
Il voit le monde, sans pouvoir le toucher.
Et pourtant, il reste là.
→ Quatrième image de la série Vu par la fenêtre
→ Méditation silencieuse sur la présence, la fidélité, et les frontières invisibles
🇬🇧 In this Tuscan alley, silence walks ahead of the sun.
The slow step of an anonymous figure slips between warm walls and flowered names. “Il Girasole” — the sunflower — offers a subtle nod to light, just a word at eye level.
A simple, nearly forgotten scene, yet precious — like a sunbeam in shadow.
Part of the ongoing series: Città Viva – Fragments of Italian Urban Life
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🇫🇷 Dans cette ruelle toscane, le silence précède le soleil.
Le pas lent d’une silhouette anonyme glisse entre les murs chauds et les noms fleuris. Il Girasole, discret clin d’œil à la lumière, n’est plus qu’un mot à hauteur de regard.
Une scène simple, presque oubliée, mais précieuse — comme un rayon dans l’ombre.
🇬🇧 EN — A lone fisherman drifts across the calm Ligurian sea, his orange jacket the only spark in an otherwise hushed composition. The island watches in silence. Time slows. In this suspended hour, labour and solitude merge into a quiet ritual.
Part of the ongoing series: AT WORK – Fragments of Labor and Dignity
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🇫🇷 FR — Un pêcheur solitaire glisse sur la mer Ligure, son imperméable orange comme seule touche vive dans cette composition feutrée. L’île en face veille, muette. Le temps ralentit. Dans cette heure suspendue, le labeur et la solitude ne font plus qu’un.
🇮🇹 IT — Un pescatore solitario scivola sul mare ligure, il suo giubbotto arancione unica scintilla in una scena ovattata. L’isola osserva, immobile. Il tempo rallenta. In quest’ora sospesa, il lavoro e la solitudine si fondono in un rito silenzioso.
🇬🇧 In the solemn geometry of the Piazza del Campo, three officers hold a silent conversation. Their stance, uniforms, and the spatial rhythm between them echo power and protocol — while the patrol car and motorcycle in the background reinforce the symmetry of authority. A moment of visual discipline and quiet command, frozen in black and white.
Part of the ongoing series: AT WORK – Fragments of Labor and Dignity
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🇫🇷 Sur la place solennelle du Campo, trois officiers échangent dans un silence mesuré. Leurs postures, leurs uniformes et les lignes du pavé dessinent une chorégraphie d’ordre et de hiérarchie — pendant qu’en arrière-plan, moto et voiture complètent ce tableau symétrique de l’autorité. Une scène figée de discipline visuelle et de pouvoir tranquille.
🇮🇹 Nella geometria solenne di Piazza del Campo, tre ufficiali discutono in silenzio. Le loro posture, le uniformi e lo spazio tra loro creano un ritmo visivo di potere e protocollo — mentre l’auto e la moto della polizia sullo sfondo rafforzano la simmetria dell’autorità. Un momento sospeso di disciplina e comando.
🇬🇧 A marble bust behind dusty glass.
Its gaze locked in time, chained by stillness, watching a world it can never touch.
A quiet moment suspended between stone and sky.
→ Fifth image in the series Seen Through the Window
→ When statues speak more than people
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🇫🇷 Un buste de marbre derrière une vitre poussiéreuse.
Un regard figé dans le temps, enchaîné à l’immobilité, contemplant un monde qu’il ne touchera jamais.
Un instant suspendu entre la pierre et le ciel.
→ Cinquième image de la série Vu par la fenêtre
→ Quand les statues parlent plus que les vivants
🇬🇧 Bent over the nets, fingers dancing across the weft, a man restores invisible strength to his trade.
No announcement, no show — just patience, mastery, and repetition.
The unseen craft that holds lives together on distant waters.
Part of the ongoing series: AT WORK – Fragments of Labor and Dignity
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🇫🇷 Courbé sur ses filets, les doigts courant sur la trame, un homme rend au métier sa force invisible.
Pas d’annonce, pas de spectacle — seulement la patience, la maîtrise, la répétition.
L’art discret qui maintient la vie au loin, sur les eaux.
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🇬🇧 Hidden in the heart of Pistoia, this elevated walkway links two centuries of domestic life with grace. A quiet dialogue between stone, iron, and light — in a place where time feels suspended.
Part of the ongoing series: Città Viva – Fragments of Italian Urban Life
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🇫🇷 Nichée au cœur de Pistoia, cette passerelle suspendue relie avec grâce deux pans de vie urbaine. Dialogue silencieux entre pierre, fer forgé et lumière — dans un lieu où le temps semble s’arrêter.
🇬🇧 Between two columns, a man sits alone, selling his miniature wares in the soft shadows of the arcade. No crowd, no rush—just a posture of waiting, dignified and still. In the geometry of stone and silence, his presence becomes monumental.
Part of the ongoing series: AT WORK – Fragments of Labor and Dignity
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🇫🇷 Entre deux colonnes, un homme assis vend ses miniatures dans l’ombre douce de l’arcade. Pas de foule, pas d’agitation — juste l’attente, dans une posture digne et silencieuse. Dans la géométrie du granit et du silence, sa présence devient monument.
🇮🇹 Tra due colonne, un uomo siede in solitudine, vendendo piccole miniature all’ombra dell’arcata. Nessuna folla, nessuna fretta — solo l’attesa, silenziosa e fiera. Tra le pietre e la calma, la sua figura diventa quasi scultorea.
🇬🇧 A visual maze of architecture, reflections, and chromatic rhythms. In the heart of the Italian coast, mirrors dissect the city into fragments, revealing both symmetry and distortion. Between geometry and urban poetry, a game of perception begins.
Part of the ongoing series: Città Viva – Fragments of Italian Urban Life
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🇫🇷 Un labyrinthe visuel d’architecture, de reflets et de rythmes chromatiques. Au cœur du littoral italien, les miroirs fragmentent la ville, entre symétrie et déformation. Entre géométrie et poésie urbaine, le jeu des perceptions s’installe.
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🇬🇧 In a quiet courtyard of Bologna, a hanging lantern echoes the colors of an ancient ceiling fresco.
This upward glance frames a dialogue between light and time — from the lantern’s iron silhouette to the clock tower watching over the city.
📷 Shot with natural light, no flash — a tribute to the timeless spirit of Italian arcades.
Part of the ongoing series: Città Viva – Fragments of Italian Urban Life
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🇫🇷 Dans une cour discrète de Bologne, une lanterne suspendue répond aux couleurs d’une fresque ancienne.
Le regard levé encadre un dialogue entre lumière et temps — de la silhouette de fer forgé à la tour horloge veillant sur la ville.
📷 Prise à la lumière naturelle — un hommage à l’âme intemporelle des arcades italiennes.
🇬🇧 This image closes the “AT WORK” series — a journey across crafts, gestures, and quiet presences.
In the solitude of the tidal marshes, every gesture tells of years of knowledge and resilience. Bent over his sorting bench, this man isn’t just working — he’s conversing with the tides, harvesting time, memory, and patience.
A final silent craft, far from machines and markets.
Part of the ongoing series: AT WORK – Fragments of Labor and Dignity
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🇫🇷 Cette image vient clore la série “AT WORK” — un parcours à travers les gestes, les métiers et les présences silencieuses.
Dans la solitude des marais, chaque geste dit l’expérience et la patience. Penché sur sa table de tri, cet homme dialogue avec les marées et récolte bien plus que des huîtres : le temps, la mémoire, l’humilité.
Un dernier métier discret, loin des machines et du tumulte.
🇮🇹 Questa immagine conclude la serie “AT WORK” — un viaggio tra mestieri, silenzi e mani al lavoro.
Nella solitudine delle paludi, ogni gesto racconta pazienza e memoria. Quest’uomo, chinato sul banco di selezione, non lavora soltanto: ascolta le maree, raccoglie tempo e stagioni.
Un ultimo mestiere silenzioso, lontano dal rumore del mondo.
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Carole A. Feuerman is an American sculptor and artist working in Hyperrealism. Feuerman utilizes a variety of media including resin, marble, and bronze.
Canon EOS REBEL T3i
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🇬🇧 They once made someone smile. Now they gather dust, behind a foggy glass and cobwebs.
Are they forgotten? Waiting? Staging a silent rebellion of plaster and beer mugs?
Whatever the story, they hold the pose.
→ Third image in the series Seen Through the Window
→ Where stillness meets absurdity
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🇫🇷 Ils ont sans doute fait sourire, autrefois. Aujourd’hui, ils prennent la poussière, figés derrière la vitre trouble et les toiles d’araignée.
Sont-ils oubliés ? En attente ? Ou en révolte silencieuse, à coups de plâtre et de chopines ?
Quoi qu’il en soit, ils tiennent la pose.
→ Troisième image de la série Vu par la fenêtre
→ Quand l’immobilité flirte avec l’absurde
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🇬🇧 She doesn’t blink. She doesn’t speak.
Behind the glass, adorned in gold and stillness, she sees without being seen.
A portrait of grace, frozen in time — half relic, half queen.
→ Final image in the series Seen Through the Window
→ Between object and presence, memory and light
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🇫🇷 Elle ne cligne pas. Elle ne parle pas.
Derrière la vitre, parée d’or et de silence, elle regarde sans être vue.
Portrait figé entre grâce et distance — à moitié relique, à moitié reine.
→ Dernière image de la série Vu par la fenêtre
→ Entre objet et présence, mémoire et lumière
🇬🇧 A toyshop window bursting with color and innocence, next to a blunt cry scribbled on the wall: “Legalize Ganja.”
A strange urban collage — half advertisement, half subversion.
The clown grins. The toys smile. The wall speaks louder.
→ Second image in the series Seen Through the Window
→ A visual pause between irony, childhood and dissent
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🇫🇷 Une vitrine pleine d’innocence et de couleurs… collée à un mur qui gribouille sans détour : « Legalize Ganja ».
Un collage urbain étrange — moitié publicité, moitié subversion.
Le clown sourit. Les jouets aussi. Mais le mur parle plus fort.
→ Deuxième image de la série Vu par la fenêtre
→ Une respiration visuelle entre ironie, enfance et contestation
🇬🇧 Stone and fabric. Weight and softness. The rhythm of the arches and the hush of the curtains tell a story of summer light in the city.
Captured in Bologna, Italy.
Part of the ongoing series: Città Viva – Fragments of Italian Urban Life
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🇫🇷 La pierre et le tissu. Le poids et la douceur. Le rythme des arcs et le silence des rideaux racontent une histoire de lumière estivale en ville.
Photographié à Bologne, en Italie.
🇬🇧 A rough sunlit wall where every closed window seems to hold back a vanished breath.
The red shutters, like curtains dropped on a forgotten stage, evoke silent tension.
Everything is sealed, still — and yet the light keeps telling its own story.
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🇫🇷 Dernière image de cette série italienne.
Une façade rugueuse, frappée par la lumière, où chaque fenêtre close semble retenir un souffle ancien.
Les volets rouges, comme autant de rideaux tombés sur un décor oublié, ajoutent une tension silencieuse.
Tout est fermé, figé — et pourtant, la lumière raconte encore.
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The flowers are borne in racemes up to 80 cm (31 in) long. Some trees flower profusely until the entire trunk is covered with racemes. One tree can hold as many as 1000 flowers per day. The flowers are strongly scented, and are especially fragrant at night and in the early morning. Each flower is up to 6 cm (2.4 in) in diameter.
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Todi, 1986 – A quiet moment layered with time and geometry.
I captured my father as he captured the world through his beloved Yashica twin-lens reflex. The intersecting staircases beneath us felt like a metaphor—different paths, same destination: the love of photography.
Stone, shadow, and memory all converging in one frame.
Shot on film, just the way he taught me.
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🇬🇧 Under the archway, life pulses in scattered rhythms. The crowded corridor opens onto a lane veiled in shadows and sun, where intimacy and anonymity coexist. The architecture frames a silent procession — modern, timeless, Italian.
Part of the ongoing series: Città Viva – Fragments of Italian Urban Life
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🇫🇷 Sous la voûte, la vie bat à contre-temps. Ce corridor bondé s’ouvre sur une ruelle baignée d’ombre et de soleil, où l’intime et l’anonyme cohabitent. L’architecture encadre une procession silencieuse — moderne, intemporelle, italienne.
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In August while exploring the mountains in the Aspen area, I stumbled across this incredible place. Astonishingly the snow was still melting down the mountain sides at this point because of the great amount of snow we received last winter. This was also close to an area where the avalanches had caused much damage to the mountain sides of trees. Driving past the rows and rows of flattened trees was eerily fascinating. Finding this little place tucked away into the mountain side completely untouched was quite a thrill.The mist covered the entirety of the mountain peak and even as I stood there the mist slowly crept down the mountain side. You can't tell from the picture but there was quite a drizzle happening. I'm glad no one was there to see me huddling on my knees next to my tripod spreading my jacket in the air over my camera to prevent the rain from soaking it while getting this long exposure haha. Crazy things we do to get the shot we want. (If I knew it was going to rain I'd have brought an umbrella! Another thing to add to my list of things to keep in the car lol) I didn't stay here too long, maybe 20 minutes tops because of the steady rain and the promise of a frightful drive through the fog. But what an atmosphere, what a mood I felt here. It is one of those places where you could speak your deepest secrets out loud and only feel the comfort of the silence, the reassuring gurgle of the water in front of you. Dark watchers of the trees in the background making no move to comfort, to reprimand, only to listen.
I'd love to go back soon but unfortunately with all the snow happening recently I'm afraid it'll have to wait til next Spring. At least I know where its at though and I'm confident it will keep all my secrets ;)
Thanks for listening to my ramblings as always. And thank you for such kind comments, you have no idea how encouraging you all are to me to keep photographing even if for myself. thank you, thank you, thank you. xx
love always, Rachel
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Hello friends,
Happy New Year! Well here I am emerging from the "dark". It's been a long couple of months. Well if we're going to be honest, it was long year?! But the year seemed to have culminated the last three months and I'm not going to lie - it's been rough waters over here. I won't get too deep into my personal life but I believe this year is going to be better. Is it because I think it will be easier somehow? I honestly believe this year will rival last year in terms of difficulties BUT I believe I've grown. How could I not? I've been stretched a hundred different ways out of what my definition of normal was. (As I know so many of you have been as well...)
° My faith has been challenged...
°and renewed.
°My hope has faltered
° but been steadied.
So here I am for better or worse. I want to thank you you all for the congratulations many of you sent me for placing in Flickr's top 25 of 2020. I was absolutely positively blown away to have placed. Today I was logging in and I gasped when I saw my own picture on the login page. What a HUGE honor... I also realized today due to logging in and going through my inbox (thanks to my dear friend Nick (@nrg_crisis ) that I was nominated in Flickr's 100 Members to Follow: www.flickr.com/photos/flickr/galleries/72157716008787368/
This is by nomination only! Thank you Nick! And thank you so much to anyone who is currently following me and who nominated me. I am so truly humbled and grateful. Truly blown away as I still remember the first time I posted here in 2015. I was nervous... anxious. A little worried about diving in with so many talented photographers. This community has been the most kindest and helpful creative platform by far... Thank you with all of my heart for following & supporting me <3
Many of you have been here with me since the beginning - reading my ramblings and late night thoughts throughout the last several years. Thank you <3
Finally reaching the end of this long winded narrative - I hope you enjoy the picture of this beautiful fox I captured from last year. It was late evening and the grain is a little bit much for my liking. The black and white version really added some intrigue and mystery to this little fellow. There are so many pictures I don't end up sharing bc they aren't "perfect" to me. But I desperately need to get in touch with my inner creativity again, in whatever aspect even if in the imperfections. I will share the colored version later. I would love to know which you prefer.
Dear friends, I wish you the very very best of this year.
Much love always,
Rachel
Happy Tuesday friends,
I hope your summer has been going well! The summer is flying by but I am fully satisfied that I am squeezing every ounce of sunshine out of the days as they go by. ;) My favorite thing about Summer is how long the evenings are. In the late fall and winter days golden hour is around 4:30 pm and the night is completely black by 5:30. What an amazing difference in the summer where images like this one are taken around 9:00 pm!
This is at Vallecito lake near Durango. My session was over and I stuck around for this picture as the view of the mountains across the lake was too glorious to leave just yet.
This year has been different for me in terms of portraiture. At the end of last year I felt utterly and completely spent. Burned out. Doing portrait work for me has been one of incredibly mixed feelings. It culminated in the symptoms of carpel tunnel that I began to developing at the beginning of the year. Working with people is a mixed blessing, like any job you get the chance to meet incredible souls, beautiful people who appreciate me and admire, support and love the work that I do and put into your session. And then you meet people who will try to take advantage of you, talk you down and be cruel just to get a better "deal". I've worked with people for mutual brand exposure - I photograph them and give them complimentary (i.e. free!) images and they in turn agree and sign a contract stating they will give bountiful credit to my work. These same people have taken the images and then turned around completely disregarded our agreement, failing to even tag me in the pictures being posted or credit me in any way. I learned the hard way to no longer show people all their images in a gallery for them to choose from after I found images screenshot and cropped with my watermark no longer present on it. "Stolen images" from the gallery so they wouldn't have to pay for the extras they wanted. I've slaved over galleries, including extras for clients, putting heart and soul into their session only to send it off and never hear anything back. To say that it's discouraging would be an understatement. It's difficult for me not to take these types of situations personal. Everything about my work is personal. I don't think people fully realize or maybe even care, how many hours go into their session and what the broken contracts, or stolen images actually mean or translate. As a stay at home Mom, I went into this fully hoping and believing I could make it work as a part time job to contribute to our family finances. I was so naive in thinking it would ever be a part time job! all of the behind the scenes part of running a business made this an easily 60+ hours a week job. I believe that when the symptoms of carpel tunnel hit it had a lot more to do with stress levels than it did physically. I took a complete step back not only from social media but my business. Interestingly, the intense pains in my hands vanished after a few months.
I'm at the point now where my passions are ever bubbling, overflowing. I love photography, I love being outdoors, meeting new people, being inspired by the amazing community around me. But I've had to draw a stark line boundary wise in my portrait work. I take a much smaller number of clients, usually only by referral from clients I love and respect. This was a hit to our finances and honestly I'll have to be looking for another source of income to keep the contribution the same. But it's been worth it in many other ways, peace of mind and soul. Taking that break gave me the opportunity to really step back and examine why I do what I do. Why do I love photography? How can I eliminate anything that is souring this creative process for me? What can I do to create boundaries so that creativity isn't squelched? And how can I make this into something profitable enough that it justifies the time spent in doing it?
Still finding the answers to these questions but moving back into what I love which is more outdoors and family time has been crucial to healing both physically and spiritually.
Time and time again I'm drawn back to my Flickr community. The life that is shared here, the stories that come with it, you fellow photographers who are doing what you love for the sole purpose of creating. I love you all to pieces. And the kind comments I receive here are a healing balm on my soul. So thank you - a huge thank if you've made it to the end of this abnormally longer epistle, and thank you for just being one of the voices on this page who support me in doing what I love and continue to be a home here on Flickr.
Much love always, Rachel
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