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You can not turn this cap too much since the side of the bracket mount comes over this thing. However, if you don't mind cutting (either with a saw or cutting tool) the side of the bracket mount (the screw hole is away from the side), you can completely eliminate this problem.

Since I only have one flash, it gets problematic taking these "product photos" as you want a even lit object.

 

Now this photo was made on a white table against a white wall with only one flash.

 

How can I then achieve the same lightning as people do with several, maybe three, flashes?

 

Answer: Long shutter speed and manually flashing.

 

My SB-700 and most of all other flash types have a button that you can press which fires off the flash. By using this function you can then, if you're fast enough, flash onto the subject from several different angles. I also made 1-2 flashes on the wall behind so it got more white. I used 4s exposure at f13 and just fired the flash a couple of times.

 

I think the result from this test shoots looks good, and to improve this I will make a small studio where I can have a even background and produce more soft light.

I am the last advocate for reducing texts, scriptures and languages to mere graphic forms. The whole dimension of the text's meaning, histories, combinations, connotations, sound and craft is disregarded. What is more problematic is that I am ignoring the power of words to move and persuade people.

 

After first year and my first internship, I felt slightly disillusioned and confused by what Architecture meant to me. I took a trip to Myanmar and the trip recalibrated a lot things. I found it particularly grounding and inspiring for some of the things that I want to achieve in the future.

 

The spatial and formal organisation of the Burmese language in signage was something I found very compelling. At least with the handwritten texts, so much thought and effort was put into crafting every character. You see pencil marks, underlays, brush strokes and outlines. There is a combination of type faces and textures to create visual impact in different programmatic contexts that I find fascinating.

 

The Burmese name for the round script is "ca-lonh", literally translating to "round text". There are 33 main characters in the Myanmar language. Instead of words that are formed by a combination of alphabets (like in English), this language makes use of additional vowel shift symbols, tonal change symbols and consonant modification symbols. The rounded form of the characters is a result of the use of palm laves a the traditional writing material. Straight lines and forms would tear the leaves.

 

By compiling this, I am exposing my status as alien and an outsider. However, the focus on the visuals may have the inverse effect of celebrating the text, for text's sake, specifically, it is celebrated as visual form and not just a sign that says "eggs", or something.

 

Regardless, I tried to interpret the scope of "text" in a broad but focused way - text, in its literal form, text in prayer, text in recitation, text in architectural program (the stupas of Kuthodaw Pagoda). Photos are arranged in chronological order. The journey started in Yangon, then upstream along the Ayarwaddy river, to Mandalay and Bagan, then back again to Yangon.

 

These photos aren't really anything special in terms of photography, and I am not going to attempt to make sweeping claims about directing a new visual order, but as a composite they attempt to represent my yearning to celebrate a culture of appreciation for the process driven intensity in text making and in the creation of form.

I am the last advocate for reducing texts, scriptures and languages to mere graphic forms. The whole dimension of the text's meaning, histories, combinations, connotations, sound and craft is disregarded. What is more problematic is that I am ignoring the power of words to move and persuade people.

 

After first year and my first internship, I felt slightly disillusioned and confused by what Architecture meant to me. I took a trip to Myanmar and the trip recalibrated a lot things. I found it particularly grounding and inspiring for some of the things that I want to achieve in the future.

 

The spatial and formal organisation of the Burmese language in signage was something I found very compelling. At least with the handwritten texts, so much thought and effort was put into crafting every character. You see pencil marks, underlays, brush strokes and outlines. There is a combination of type faces and textures to create visual impact in different programmatic contexts that I find fascinating.

 

The Burmese name for the round script is "ca-lonh", literally translating to "round text". There are 33 main characters in the Myanmar language. Instead of words that are formed by a combination of alphabets (like in English), this language makes use of additional vowel shift symbols, tonal change symbols and consonant modification symbols. The rounded form of the characters is a result of the use of palm laves a the traditional writing material. Straight lines and forms would tear the leaves.

 

By compiling this, I am exposing my status as alien and an outsider. However, the focus on the visuals may have the inverse effect of celebrating the text, for text's sake, specifically, it is celebrated as visual form and not just a sign that says "eggs", or something.

 

Regardless, I tried to interpret the scope of "text" in a broad but focused way - text, in its literal form, text in prayer, text in recitation, text in architectural program (the stupas of Kuthodaw Pagoda). Photos are arranged in chronological order. The journey started in Yangon, then upstream along the Ayarwaddy river, to Mandalay and Bagan, then back again to Yangon.

 

These photos aren't really anything special in terms of photography, and I am not going to attempt to make sweeping claims about directing a new visual order, but as a composite they attempt to represent my yearning to celebrate a culture of appreciation for the process driven intensity in text making and in the creation of form.

I am the last advocate for reducing texts, scriptures and languages to mere graphic forms. The whole dimension of the text's meaning, histories, combinations, connotations, sound and craft is disregarded. What is more problematic is that I am ignoring the power of words to move and persuade people.

 

After first year and my first internship, I felt slightly disillusioned and confused by what Architecture meant to me. I took a trip to Myanmar and the trip recalibrated a lot things. I found it particularly grounding and inspiring for some of the things that I want to achieve in the future.

 

The spatial and formal organisation of the Burmese language in signage was something I found very compelling. At least with the handwritten texts, so much thought and effort was put into crafting every character. You see pencil marks, underlays, brush strokes and outlines. There is a combination of type faces and textures to create visual impact in different programmatic contexts that I find fascinating.

 

The Burmese name for the round script is "ca-lonh", literally translating to "round text". There are 33 main characters in the Myanmar language. Instead of words that are formed by a combination of alphabets (like in English), this language makes use of additional vowel shift symbols, tonal change symbols and consonant modification symbols. The rounded form of the characters is a result of the use of palm laves a the traditional writing material. Straight lines and forms would tear the leaves.

 

By compiling this, I am exposing my status as alien and an outsider. However, the focus on the visuals may have the inverse effect of celebrating the text, for text's sake, specifically, it is celebrated as visual form and not just a sign that says "eggs", or something.

 

Regardless, I tried to interpret the scope of "text" in a broad but focused way - text, in its literal form, text in prayer, text in recitation, text in architectural program (the stupas of Kuthodaw Pagoda). Photos are arranged in chronological order. The journey started in Yangon, then upstream along the Ayarwaddy river, to Mandalay and Bagan, then back again to Yangon.

 

These photos aren't really anything special in terms of photography, and I am not going to attempt to make sweeping claims about directing a new visual order, but as a composite they attempt to represent my yearning to celebrate a culture of appreciation for the process driven intensity in text making and in the creation of form.

Yea, apart from Error 404 and 503, we can see error 500 here as well!

The hoist motor is fitted with a squib for 'worst case scenarios'. To save the helicopter the pilot may decide to jettison the cable. A tiny explosive cartridge will drive a blade through the steel cable faster than the speed of sound. What happens after that is anyone's guess.

In terms of classification, it is one of the most problematic genera in the Cactus family - and it is extremely variable even in single localities. Validated in 1935, all the species were re-assigned to the genus Stenocactus. But many cactus growers still use the former name of Echinofossulocactus.

 

This was part of the private collection of cacti and succulents at Manor Nursery, Angmering, West Sussex. The collection was started in 1948. The nursery is now gone. The collection has been dispersed to various new locations.

RANT! I think I have something problematic with focusing with "plastic fantastic". I tried to adjust focusing, but it seems it misses anyway. At 0 (zero) seems too close and +10 doesn´t seem to adjust focusing at all. Not to mention a huge difference between close-ups and a distant focusing... duh.

It was interesting to see how the production worked. When anything significant or problematic happened, that's when the camera and boom mic came swooping in. I thought it different, because I can appreciate how it could catch the heat of the moment, it also delayed any real life response to the situation. i.e. maybe a fight breaks out, and then everyone pauses so that a mini-interview can be conducted, and then the interviewee is released to get back into action. I wondered how it would all play out in the final product, but I must say (as seen below) it worked out quite smoothly, you'd hardly recognize the pauses that occurred when the scene unfolded in person. Makes one wonder about the other reality series. I always thought they filmed personal testimonies before or after the event, not during (although I have no confirmation of this)

  

"Before they choose their final 12, Marc and Biana give the group their toughest challenge yet. And, while the bosses step out for the night, the ex-cons are left in charge. Will the experiment be a catastrophe?"

 

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This was definitely my most problematic dive to date - found regulator leak immediately before rolling into water, and new reg slapped in could not connect to BC so I had to manually inflate at 40 ft down. And with all the distractions I rolled in without my fins...

Perspective Mule Deer Buck

Images from Game Trail Cameras are all problematic in one way or another. This one is better than most and I love the position of the camera here. Most daylight images it takes are pretty darned good. I don’t think you can do much better with the technology that is out there than this image.

Big Male Mule Deer go to 330 pounds and the females go to 200 pounds. The are actually indigenous to North America and are known by those distinctive “Mule” shaped ears. The hear extremely well with those big ears. I suspect they use their sense of smell way more though to detect danger. These guys are herbivores. They are survivors of what ever killed all the MegaFauna during the Pleistocene 11000 years ago.

Biologists say that a Bucks neck will swell up as showing the Mule Deer Buck Near Rut capture. They will swell up to 50 percent larger of a circumference adding more muscle mass. This is all related of course to the Rut which is the annual fight to breed. They live in a world of scents and hormones floating in the air from the does in the group.

Scientific data indicates that this growth is caused by a big surge in testosterone to the deer. That dose of steroids makes the neck muscles get big and also causes the deer to become more aggressive. I had a close encounter with a deer in my back yard a few Novembers ago.

Location: Bliss Dinosaur Ranch, Wyoming/Montana borderlands.

Title: Perspective Mule Deer Buck

  

blissphotographics.com/perspective-mule-deer-buck/

Boyes' pulsing wand. The pulsing makes focussing problematic so some PP work.

Very typical and very problematic.

Visit of a Rehabilitation Centre and problematic drug users in a ghetto of Accra. | Dug abuse must be seen as a public health issue. Problematic drug users are human beings and their rights must be respected. #SupportDontPunish #smile #humanrights #CKLE

Problematic long hair on a windy day.

Cutting the grass quite problematic before 1832, so gravel was a key feature in gardens up to then.

This one is re-created from plans dating from c.1770.

Open to the public off the Gravel Walk.

Calcutta is a problematic subject for me as a photographer. Last time I came, I didn't even bring a camera. This time I have, but haven't made much use of it.

 

On the one hand, the city is visually spectacular: almost everything is interesting (if not always pleasant) to look at. As with India in general, there's a technicolour riot wherever you go, and marvels everywhere you look; but in Calcutta in particular, there's also the fading glory of the crumbling Raj-era infrastructure.

 

But while I might find urban decay aesthetically pleasing, I can't really forget how it translates into poor quality of life for those who live here. And I can't really claim to myself that I'm fulfilling any kind of serious documentary objective by taking pictures of it.

 

Add to that the fact that I spend most of my time either at family members' houses, or shuttling between them in a car; and that my more-than-a-tourist connection to the place makes me self-conscious about taking pictures of sights that a local would consider utterly mundane. Altogether, it's a somewhat confusing and frustrating experience.

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This could be problematic.

 

Or, color blind, literate and speak Tagalog or Klingon.

  

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Wheel bender bicycle rack that is extremely poorly placed. This type of rack is already problematic because it encourages wheel locking over locking the frame, but placed in this manner it is useless because wheels cannot fit due to curbs, not to mention if a car parked in either of this spaces that would further block use. One of the more useless rack installations I've seen.

 

Photos geotagged for location.

 

Documenting bicycle parking conditions in Santa Monica. There are some places that address bike parking demand with racks in the city, but many places were demand is much higher than supply or in the majority of cases, not existent. Lack of bike parking discourages making bicycle trips, and encourages haphazard methods to attach bicycles with less than ideal locks.

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Engineers looking down the track, investigating the problematic spots and labeling them so the work crews can come though and fix them. Small 1/16 to 1/8" sags in the rail cause bumpy rides in the train at 55mph. We need to get them removed before revenue service starts or we'll never have another chance w/o shutting down the system for a longer period of time than 1am to 5am.

Back in the height of summer, I was suffering computer problems, and editing shots was proving to be problematic. And so I have revisited the shots of this wonderfully rare orchid, in the hope these shots will be better than the three I posted back in June.

 

We visited this site on our way up to Kielder, and not one spike was open. I hoped for warm and sunny weather and vowed to return on the trip back.

 

Of the thousands of spikes, just one had opened, but that was enough to make my day, if not the trip. The sun was not shining when I took those, but I can imagine how they must look so illuminated.

 

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The plant is hardy and has a short rootstalk, often with multiple, fleshy roots. It blooms from June to August with erect, mostly purple inflorescences with dense hair on the tops, standing between 20 and 80 cm in height. The blossoms emit a strong vanilla scent, especially in warm weather. The flowers sometimes vary in color, but are in general reddish-brown, and they are often pollinated by insects, particularly bees. The fruit is a capsule, out of which the light, dustlike seeds are spread by the wind. A number of natural hybrids with other Epipactis species are known.

 

The Dark Red Helleborine is widespread across Europe,[3] and is found in the north to the subarctic, in the south to the Mediterranean, and in the east to Western Siberia and the Caucasus.[1] (Codes) [4] The orchid grows at altitudes from sea level to 2400 m, and so can be found in mountainous regions such as the southern Alps. In Central Europe it has been in decline in recent decades. It is not, however, one of the most severely threatened species of orchid. The species is also reportedly naturalized in one location in the US State of Vermont.[5][6]

 

The Dark Red Helleborine favours warm and dry locations, with soil basic to neutral in pH, nutrient-poor, and permeable. It grows in loose rock, scree, or sandy soils above a limestone substrate, including dunes, lawns, or open forest. It is also a pioneer species, which settles in fallow areas, road embankments, and waste dumps, in the early to middle stages of ecological succession, among communities of grass and bush and light birch stands.

 

As with many other species of orchids, the species is legally protected in some countries.

  

Dark Red Helleborine in sandy soil

Plantlife designated the Dark Red Helleborine as the county flower for Banffshire, Scotland.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epipactis_atrorubens

Emergency spillway at right. Fish passage problematic

I’m not the biggest fan of the word “problematic.” I feel it’s overused and sort of passive aggressive. But I think it’s a fine word to use when describing the history of the American West.

 

All American history is problematic – what with the passionate claims for liberty and freedom living next to centuries of enshrine slavery and genocide against the native population. There were certainly triumphs, even things which anyone could be “proud” of (another word I generally avoid).

 

But every triumph has a backstory that usually revolves around greed, oppression, intolerance and/or stupidity.

 

The case of the first two white women to cross the Rocky Mountains is a fine example of that. For anyone to cross the Rockies in 1836 was a feat in and of itself. And for the time period, for two women to do so was astonishing to many people.

 

The history of this event was apparently recorded by the husband of Eliza Spaulding, and then passed down or told to another author who recorded it in the early 1900s. It’s not clear how factual it is (another problem with the history of the American West). Anyway, here it is:

 

July 4th they entered the South Pass of the Rocky Mountains, the dividing line between the Atlantic and Pacific Slopes. There, on Independence Day, they alighted from their horses, and, kneeling down, with the Bible and the American Flag in their hands, they took possession of the Pacific Coast as the home of American mothers and for the Church of Christ.

 

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‘Where Yet The Foot’

 

Camera: Argus C3 (c1957)

Film: Tasma Mikrat 300 (x-1975); 6iso

Process: Xtol; 1+2; 8min; 21C

 

South Pass, Wyoming

Rear and front racks are problematic with the design of Bike Friday's. Here you see my resolution to that problem. I fit my Tubus Cosmo to the bike with the rack extensions at bottom of photo and 350mm stays from downtube to rack. The SKS rear fender is mounted to the bottom rack extensions in lieu of the spacers provided. Alignment was a problem but I got it to about 95% straight.

A few years ago an intersection in Victoria was targeted for expensive repairs to address aging and problematic infrastructure, most of it unseen and underground. The sagging road in the middle of the image, where you can see the vehicle moving deeper into the photo (westbound towards the background), tilting to the right. The road was in danger of collapse as sewer and water pipes underground sagged into the swampy subsurface that was the original landscape of this location near downtown Victoria. While the decison making process to move forward was slow and frustrating, the final project was well worth the expense (in excess of $4 million). The road base is aerated concrete that floats on the swamp and keeps water and sewer pipes from sagging in the middle (the older infrastructure was in danger of snapping in half and causing huge dmage and bigger headaches for all sorts of reasons). The new road is levelled up, and the adjacent businesses, who were nosily impatient with the construction work, have mostly recovered. Of note, however, was the failure of a computer business a block away for whom the roadworks may have been the straw that broke the camel's back. The business disappeared and the location only belatedly has a new and likely successful tenant business.

The introduced European starling is arguably and problematically the most successful bird on the continent.

Back in the height of summer, I was suffering computer problems, and editing shots was proving to be problematic. And so I have revisited the shots of this wonderfully rare orchid, in the hope these shots will be better than the three I posted back in June.

 

We visited this site on our way up to Kielder, and not one spike was open. I hoped for warm and sunny weather and vowed to return on the trip back.

 

Of the thousands of spikes, just one had opened, but that was enough to make my day, if not the trip. The sun was not shining when I took those, but I can imagine how they must look so illuminated.

 

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The plant is hardy and has a short rootstalk, often with multiple, fleshy roots. It blooms from June to August with erect, mostly purple inflorescences with dense hair on the tops, standing between 20 and 80 cm in height. The blossoms emit a strong vanilla scent, especially in warm weather. The flowers sometimes vary in color, but are in general reddish-brown, and they are often pollinated by insects, particularly bees. The fruit is a capsule, out of which the light, dustlike seeds are spread by the wind. A number of natural hybrids with other Epipactis species are known.

 

The Dark Red Helleborine is widespread across Europe,[3] and is found in the north to the subarctic, in the south to the Mediterranean, and in the east to Western Siberia and the Caucasus.[1] (Codes) [4] The orchid grows at altitudes from sea level to 2400 m, and so can be found in mountainous regions such as the southern Alps. In Central Europe it has been in decline in recent decades. It is not, however, one of the most severely threatened species of orchid. The species is also reportedly naturalized in one location in the US State of Vermont.[5][6]

 

The Dark Red Helleborine favours warm and dry locations, with soil basic to neutral in pH, nutrient-poor, and permeable. It grows in loose rock, scree, or sandy soils above a limestone substrate, including dunes, lawns, or open forest. It is also a pioneer species, which settles in fallow areas, road embankments, and waste dumps, in the early to middle stages of ecological succession, among communities of grass and bush and light birch stands.

 

As with many other species of orchids, the species is legally protected in some countries.

  

Dark Red Helleborine in sandy soil

Plantlife designated the Dark Red Helleborine as the county flower for Banffshire, Scotland.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epipactis_atrorubens

Freshman guard Anthony Beane Jr. drives past Indiana State junior guard Dawon Cummings for a layup Saturday at SIU Arena. Beane Jr. posted 11 points and 6 rebounds for the Salukis as they defeated the Sycamores 76-71. SIU will face Bradley University 7 p.m. tonight in Peoria. —Tiffany Blanchette | Daily Egyptian

Back in the height of summer, I was suffering computer problems, and editing shots was proving to be problematic. And so I have revisited the shots of this wonderfully rare orchid, in the hope these shots will be better than the three I posted back in June.

 

We visited this site on our way up to Kielder, and not one spike was open. I hoped for warm and sunny weather and vowed to return on the trip back.

 

Of the thousands of spikes, just one had opened, but that was enough to make my day, if not the trip. The sun was not shining when I took those, but I can imagine how they must look so illuminated.

 

----------------------------------------------------------

 

The plant is hardy and has a short rootstalk, often with multiple, fleshy roots. It blooms from June to August with erect, mostly purple inflorescences with dense hair on the tops, standing between 20 and 80 cm in height. The blossoms emit a strong vanilla scent, especially in warm weather. The flowers sometimes vary in color, but are in general reddish-brown, and they are often pollinated by insects, particularly bees. The fruit is a capsule, out of which the light, dustlike seeds are spread by the wind. A number of natural hybrids with other Epipactis species are known.

 

The Dark Red Helleborine is widespread across Europe,[3] and is found in the north to the subarctic, in the south to the Mediterranean, and in the east to Western Siberia and the Caucasus.[1] (Codes) [4] The orchid grows at altitudes from sea level to 2400 m, and so can be found in mountainous regions such as the southern Alps. In Central Europe it has been in decline in recent decades. It is not, however, one of the most severely threatened species of orchid. The species is also reportedly naturalized in one location in the US State of Vermont.[5][6]

 

The Dark Red Helleborine favours warm and dry locations, with soil basic to neutral in pH, nutrient-poor, and permeable. It grows in loose rock, scree, or sandy soils above a limestone substrate, including dunes, lawns, or open forest. It is also a pioneer species, which settles in fallow areas, road embankments, and waste dumps, in the early to middle stages of ecological succession, among communities of grass and bush and light birch stands.

 

As with many other species of orchids, the species is legally protected in some countries.

  

Dark Red Helleborine in sandy soil

Plantlife designated the Dark Red Helleborine as the county flower for Banffshire, Scotland.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epipactis_atrorubens

I'm very disappointed at home this turned out. I'm tempted to blame the one-hour lab, which is no longer used to getting film to process.

Trouble with Language Project, Steel, Beginning Sculpture, University of Idaho, Spr 2018, student work

OOOOh i was my teenage time!! even it's so problematic.....

I am the last advocate for reducing texts, scriptures and languages to mere graphic forms. The whole dimension of the text's meaning, histories, combinations, connotations, sound and craft is disregarded. What is more problematic is that I am ignoring the power of words to move and persuade people.

 

After first year and my first internship, I felt slightly disillusioned and confused by what Architecture meant to me. I took a trip to Myanmar and the trip recalibrated a lot things. I found it particularly grounding and inspiring for some of the things that I want to achieve in the future.

 

The spatial and formal organisation of the Burmese language in signage was something I found very compelling. At least with the handwritten texts, so much thought and effort was put into crafting every character. You see pencil marks, underlays, brush strokes and outlines. There is a combination of type faces and textures to create visual impact in different programmatic contexts that I find fascinating.

 

The Burmese name for the round script is "ca-lonh", literally translating to "round text". There are 33 main characters in the Myanmar language. Instead of words that are formed by a combination of alphabets (like in English), this language makes use of additional vowel shift symbols, tonal change symbols and consonant modification symbols. The rounded form of the characters is a result of the use of palm laves a the traditional writing material. Straight lines and forms would tear the leaves.

 

By compiling this, I am exposing my status as alien and an outsider. However, the focus on the visuals may have the inverse effect of celebrating the text, for text's sake, specifically, it is celebrated as visual form and not just a sign that says "eggs", or something.

 

Regardless, I tried to interpret the scope of "text" in a broad but focused way - text, in its literal form, text in prayer, text in recitation, text in architectural program (the stupas of Kuthodaw Pagoda). Photos are arranged in chronological order. The journey started in Yangon, then upstream along the Ayarwaddy river, to Mandalay and Bagan, then back again to Yangon.

 

These photos aren't really anything special in terms of photography, and I am not going to attempt to make sweeping claims about directing a new visual order, but as a composite they attempt to represent my yearning to celebrate a culture of appreciation for the process driven intensity in text making and in the creation of form.

Th Jinka to Turmi road was a little problematic at times, Ethiopia

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Problematic drinking

I am the last advocate for reducing texts, scriptures and languages to mere graphic forms. The whole dimension of the text's meaning, histories, combinations, connotations, sound and craft is disregarded. What is more problematic is that I am ignoring the power of words to move and persuade people.

 

After first year and my first internship, I felt slightly disillusioned and confused by what Architecture meant to me. I took a trip to Myanmar and the trip recalibrated a lot things. I found it particularly grounding and inspiring for some of the things that I want to achieve in the future.

 

The spatial and formal organisation of the Burmese language in signage was something I found very compelling. At least with the handwritten texts, so much thought and effort was put into crafting every character. You see pencil marks, underlays, brush strokes and outlines. There is a combination of type faces and textures to create visual impact in different programmatic contexts that I find fascinating.

 

The Burmese name for the round script is "ca-lonh", literally translating to "round text". There are 33 main characters in the Myanmar language. Instead of words that are formed by a combination of alphabets (like in English), this language makes use of additional vowel shift symbols, tonal change symbols and consonant modification symbols. The rounded form of the characters is a result of the use of palm laves a the traditional writing material. Straight lines and forms would tear the leaves.

 

By compiling this, I am exposing my status as alien and an outsider. However, the focus on the visuals may have the inverse effect of celebrating the text, for text's sake, specifically, it is celebrated as visual form and not just a sign that says "eggs", or something.

 

Regardless, I tried to interpret the scope of "text" in a broad but focused way - text, in its literal form, text in prayer, text in recitation, text in architectural program (the stupas of Kuthodaw Pagoda). Photos are arranged in chronological order. The journey started in Yangon, then upstream along the Ayarwaddy river, to Mandalay and Bagan, then back again to Yangon.

 

These photos aren't really anything special in terms of photography, and I am not going to attempt to make sweeping claims about directing a new visual order, but as a composite they attempt to represent my yearning to celebrate a culture of appreciation for the process driven intensity in text making and in the creation of form.

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