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A spectacular dance performance at the Le Corbusier designed Capitol Complex , Chandigarh, India organized by the Embassy of Switzerland. Please zoom in for a better view!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk1t44rGbbI
See also the text and photos at:
www.kagyumonlam.org/english/news/Report/Report_20101223_T... from the Kagyu's Monlam - butter tormas rise to new hights.
Don't miss His Holiness the Karmapa's film about the high rise butter tormas he imagined which are being made and filmed in detail!
Sophie Ryder, 2007
Bundesgartenschau 2019, Heilbronn
www.buga2019.de/de/bundesgartenschau/kunst.php
SKAIO > KADEN+LAGER > The tallest wooden house in Germany
OPEN HAND, CHANDIGARH | A symbol of the birth of a new city and a new architecture. A bird which flew into the frame at the moment of capture. After countless pressings of a camera shutter over the years, this photograph of Le Corbusier's timeless creation still remains very close to my heart.
A camera allows you to dream. It allows you to focus on the things you like about the time and space you inhabit. In my recent work on Chandigarh, I have sought to capture the essence of the city for future generations who will live or pass through it. When I migrated here in the late seventies, Chandigarh was a relaxed, laid back town. Time moved languidly and slowly during those days. It is now a bustling, energetic city, which has fortunately retained the charm and beauty of its early years. There are very few cities in India, which can be compared with Chandigarh, because there are very few cities, which were entirely built according to a master plan by an architect of the stature of Le Corbusier. The complex interplay of shadows and light in Le Corbusier's architecture is particularly enthralling to me as a photographer. I view a camera as a receptacle of light. But imagining a great architect conceiving and building a city as a receptacle of light is an exhilarating vision for me. Presently I am working on documenting this light as it falls on the stirring straight lines and open spaces of Chandigarh.
Chandigarh has retained the rigid design and beauty of Corbusier's art. Human habitation and nature exists in harmony in the city. In the future this city, like every other city, will change in ways we cannot fathom at the moment. In my work I have sought to follow Leo Tolstoy's dictum: "In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you". I have stopped for a moment. I have ceased my work. I am looking around. I would like to share what I see through the viewfinder of my camera. The human eye has a 50mm angle of view. But photography offers multiple angles of view stretching from ultra wide to ultra telephoto. I view these photographs as my homage to the beautiful city, which has given me shelter for over three decades.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
A spectacular dance performance at the Le Corbusier designed Capitol Complex , Chandigarh, India organized by the Embassy of Switzerland. Please zoom in for a better view!
A spectacular dance performance at the Le Corbusier designed Capitol Complex , Chandigarh, India organized by the Embassy of Switzerland. Please zoom in for a better view!
"These are the days of the open hand
They will not be the last
Look around now
These are the days of the beggars and the choosers"
Amusing Muse week 1
The Open Hand and Pit of Contemplation designed by Le Corbusier as the symbol of a new city and a new architecture.
A camera allows you to dream. It allows you to focus on the things you like about the time and space you inhabit. In my recent work on Chandigarh, I have sought to capture the essence of the city for future generations who will live or pass through it. When I migrated here in the late seventies, Chandigarh was a relaxed, laid back town. Time moved languidly and slowly during those days. It is now a bustling, energetic city, which has fortunately retained the charm and beauty of its early years. There are very few cities in India, which can be compared with Chandigarh, because there are very few cities, which were entirely built according to a master plan by an architect of the stature of Le Corbusier. The complex interplay of shadows and light in Le Corbusier's architecture is particularly enthralling to me as a photographer. I view a camera as a receptacle of light. But imagining a great architect conceiving and building a city as a receptacle of light is an exhilarating vision for me. Presently I am working on documenting this light as it falls on the stirring straight lines and open spaces of Chandigarh.
Chandigarh has retained the rigid design and beauty of Corbusier's art. Human habitation and nature exists in harmony in the city. In the future this city, like every other city, will change in ways we cannot fathom at the moment. In my work I have sought to follow Leo Tolstoy's dictum: "In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you". I have stopped for a moment. I have ceased my work. I am looking around. I would like to share what I see through the viewfinder of my camera. The human eye has a 50mm angle of view. But photography offers multiple angles of view stretching from ultra wide to ultra telephoto. I view these photographs as my homage to the beautiful city, which has given me shelter for over three decades.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
The howling, screaming and scratching at the door
The Devil's darkness whispers to me, to unlock the door now!
Let the evil shadows get out and leave
To haunt all the living, with the eyes of the evil darkness
Casting shadows over the living for their sins
A spectacular dance performance at the Le Corbusier designed Capitol Complex , Chandigarh, India organized by the Embassy of Switzerland. Please zoom in for a better view!
Our second day in the city and we are walking to Colonia Roma Norte Metro station Sevilla (Line #1).
I love this corner building at Av. Veracruz & Tampico. 5 streets converge at this intersection.
I can't pass here without going click, click.
The building houses men's clothing store Scotch & Soda (yup too expensive for my budget).
Scotch & Soda originated in Amsterdam in 1985.
2022 the store and sign are there but is not a Scotch & Soda outlet. The new occupant still sells way over priced clothing.
"In a world that lives like a fist, mercy is no more than waking with your hands open."
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Mark Nepo
SUPER STARS----ADDA's FAVORITE PHOTOS from BIG GAY 'MADONNA' MOVIE NIGHT!
with PEACHES CHRIST of MIDNIGHT MASS and FERNADO & GREG of 92.7 fm
benefitting PROJECT OPEN HAND! ( WWW.OPENHAND.ORG )
It's hard to pick the SUPER STAR photos out of 120 photos! These are ADDA's favorite of the fun event! (only about 5 photos did not turn out!)
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR LETTING ME TAKE YOUR FANTASTIC PHOTO!
HELLA FUN NIGHT with PEACHES CHRIST & HER CREW and FERNANDO & GREG of 92.7 FM!
The BRIDGE THEATRE showed two MADONNA films DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN & BODY OF EVIDENCE to benefit PROJECT OPEN HAND (which provides meals to the homebound)!
Folks who dressed up as MADONNA received FREE admission, so you can imagine there were MADONNAs everywhere ! Surprizingly, there were no 'DUPLICATE' MADONNAs! Especially, considering that there were so many different MADONNA phases!
The new MADONNA cd HARD CANDY is being released next week & ENERGY 92.7fm gave away 20 copies!
It was fun, fun, fun, and surprisingly DESPARATELY SEEKING SUSAN still holds up though the styles of clothing on the supporting cast caused everyone to HOWL laughing.
EVERYONE cheered MADONNA who was excellent in this role made JUST FOR HER!
PEACHES CHRIST was so fun as the MISTRESS MC and GREG & FERNANDO were absoultely hilarious with PEACHES ...
EVERYONE CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT ENERGY 92.7 FM 'BIG GAY MOVIE NIGHT'...and for PEACHES CHRIST's MIDNIGHT MASS which starts up in JULY!
BIG GAY 'MADONNA' MOVIE NIGHT!
with PEACHES CHRIST of MIDNIGHT MASS and FERNADO & GREG of 92.7 fm
benefitting PROJECT OPEN HAND! ( WWW.OPENHAND.ORG )
HELLA FUN NIGHT with PEACHES CHRIST & HER CREW and FERNANDO & GREG of 92.7 FM!
The BRIDGE THEATRE showed two MADONNA films DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN & BODY OF EVIDENCE to benefit PROJECT OPEN HAND (which provides meals to the homebound)!
Folks who dressed up as MADONNA received FREE admission, so you can imagine there were MADONNAs everywhere ! Surprizingly, there were no 'DUPLICATE' MADONNAs! Especially, considering that there were so many different MADONNA phases!
The new MADONNA cd HARD CANDY is being released next week & ENERGY 92.7fm gave away 20 copies!
It was fun, fun, fun, and surprisingly DESPARATELY SEEKING SUSAN still holds up though the styles of clothing on the supporting cast caused everyone to HOWL laughing.
EVERYONE cheered MADONNA who was excellent in this role made JUST FOR HER!
PEACHES CHRIST was so fun as the MISTRESS MC and GREG & FERNANDO were absoultely hilarious with PEACHES ...
EVERYONE CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT ENERGY 92.7 FM 'BIG GAY MOVIE NIGHT'...and for PEACHES CHRIST's MIDNIGHT MASS which starts up in JULY!
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Parliament Building
Punjab governmental complex, Chandigarh 1951-65
Architects:
Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret)
Pierre Jeanneret
Jacqueline Jeanneret
Maxwell Fry
Jane Drew
et. al.
Found this snail in the middle of the road after the rains. Thought she would be better off in my garden!
Photo taken for the weekly challenge: "Hands".
I was reading this morning (12/30/16) and came across a beautiful definition of communal worship (liturgy):
"Rabbi Lawrence Hoffman, a contemporary expert in liturgy, has said that communal worship represents mankind’s attempt to impose meaning on a chaotic, arbitrary, and indecipherable universe. Certainly there is great comfort in being surrounded by like-minded worshippers during times of crisis."
-Essential Judaism, George Robinson
"La cathédrale, bâtie sur Saint James Mount au cœur de la ville, est la plus vaste cathédrale du Royaume-Uni et la cinquième plus grande du monde, elle mesure en effet 9 687 m2.
Le bâtiment est construit en GRES (extrait à Woolton, en banlieue de Liverpool), ce qui explique sa COULEUR ROUGE." (Wikipédia)
"In 1993 "The Welcoming Christ", a large bronze sculpture by Dame Elisabeth Frink, was installed over the outside of the west door of the cathedral. This was one of her last completed works, installed within days of her death." (Wikipedia)
Vue globale: www.flickr.com/photos/regisa/53695953709/in/photolist-jVx...
Shadow hall
Punjab governmental complex, Chandigarh 1951-65
Architects:
Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret)
Pierre Jeanneret
Jacqueline Jeanneret
Maxwell Fry
Jane Drew
et. al.
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