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50/52 The secret we share
I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,
And Mourners to and fro
Kept treading - treading - till it seemed
That Sense was breaking through -
And when they all were seated,
A Service, like a Drum -
Kept beating - beating - till I thought
My mind was going numb -
And then I heard them lift a Box
And creak across my Soul
With those same Boots of Lead, again,
Then Space - began to toll,
As all the Heavens were a Bell,
And Being, but an Ear,
And I, and Silence, some strange Race,
Wrecked, solitary, here -
And then a Plank in Reason, broke,
And I dropped down, and down -
And hit a World, at every plunge,
And Finished knowing - then -
by Emily Dickinson
I was watching Andrew Solomon's TED Talk about depression a few days ago and was very touched by his story and how he copes with this illness. He quoted this poem by Emily Dickinson and it felt fitting for this week's image.
I thought I laid down for a nap the other day with my head to the north, but when I woke up, my head was to the south. Do you ever have that confused half awake feeling? I was challanged to make a photo today based on the word "weird", and I thought... really?... me make something weird?
A recent self-portrait, taken on a very windy day in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh. I was almost blown off that hill, and thankfully I had a helping hand holding my tripod.
On top of the world you get nothing done
Talk is cold and burns like the sun
Can't you see these skies are breaking?
'Cause the top of the world is where I'm from
Week 9. Pride.
I love this song, and it seemed fitting to the topic, I think? (Pride isn't necessarily a positive notion...) So I put it on while taking the picture and when editing later.
“I've begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own.” ― Chaim Potok
Well, these don't fit into the "pride" theme, but i'm trying to catch up!
I shoot these @3 or 4 am when the moonlight shone into our bedroom.
On the right you can see a cactus. i used the reversed lens technique (without reverse ring). maybe i'll do a juxtaposition project.. it was so much fun to use this technique for this theme.
inspired by Stefan Lorant
Week 17/52 - Jungle
This photograph was taken in the Devil's Pulpit, also known as Finnich Glen, near Killearn, Scotland. It is not well accessible and requires some adventurous climbing, but it was worth the effort.
My birthday was on Tuesday and i got the chance to shoot self portrait with an old technique called ambrotype. It was one of the best birthday gift ever! This LGC week theme is called „growth”. I think the ambrotype and my birthday are quite fit in to this theme. :) hope u like it :)
ps.special thanks to Flora, who helped make this happen :)
I'm so excited (and nervous) about giving this 52 week project a go. I've always disliked being the subject of a photo, so what better way to try to improve both my portraiture skills and camera shyness than to tackle this project head on?