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I titled this photo "Evening walk", but actually it's only afternoon. During winter in Sweden, the sun sets pretty early in the day. This day I was actually a bit nervous that it would go down too fast, so that I wouldn't find my way back. The snow was pretty deep and I wasn't really in the mood for wandering around in the snow in the dark.
Titled after a song by Gong. "Master Builder", on their album "YOU" is a power-house piece of music like no other. Starting off with deep Tibetan style chanting and repeated mystic syllables, the song gradually and gradually builds up to a muscular, repeated figure leading to furious and dazzling displays of synth, guitar and saxophone.
"Master Builder" takes no prisoners. It makes no compromises and relays a spiritual power that is hair-raising and breathtaking. It's shocking, rocketing finish is like being propelled out of cannon into the vast, light filled sky of another universe. In this case, on the album, "Master Builder" leads to the complex wonder of "A Sprinkling of Clouds", one of the greatest pieces Gong ever created. The two songs are inextricably linked.
It is this moment, from the Zen-shock finish of "Master Builder" and the propulsion into "A Sprinkling of Clouds" that came to mind when this image was created.
"Master Builder
Tell me how you make a Temple.
Jewels and Moonstones
You don't really need them.
You know.
Master Builder,
Tell me what the Temple's
Made of.
Deep inside you,
You can make
An Invisible Temple
In your own Imagination
If you Will."
- Allen, Smyth, Blake, Malherbe, Moerlen, Howlett, Hillage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKfTKNp_yUI
ToR Oct 19, 2013
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Print competition entry
Subject: Open
Award: First place
PSA Open
Look at my album titled "Casey's Places" for more.
In the back woods somewhere near Rising Sun, Indiana (I'd need to obtain a map in order to find my way back there). Pretty much by chance I met the young guy (28 at the time) who owns this very remote property with his family. It turns out that a few weeks later, he was going to have a big fried chicken dinner at the place to show off the barn he and two Amish guys had reconstructed on the property (in the background). He had rebuilt a hay press (one of only 3 in Indiana that still worked) in the barn and wanted to show everyone how it worked. Such hay presses were used to make "bails" of hay prior to the invention of more complicated mechanical bailers. This one involves a horse in the basement of the barn that walks in circles raising a large weight to the top of the barn. Hay is put into the shaft under the weight and then the weight is released, crashes down on the hay and compresses it. The process is repeated several times until the desired size "bail" is reached. .
He invited the Snakedoctor and me to attend the dinner along with about 40 antique cars from a Model A Ford group in our area and gave us maps to the place. As we followed the map, the roads got smaller and smaller and worse and worse until we turned on to a gravel road. I think we drove on that road for about 2 miles before we got to the barn and we didn't see much of anything along the way. He had fixed the place up to look nicer than most any State park I've ever been to with a long rock wall along the creek and rusty antique farm implements scattered around the expansive property to establish the proper atmosphere.
Soon after we arrived, the old cars started to parade in and we had a field day shooting each as it passed us by, did a big circle and came by again before parking. The food and company were great as was the hay press demonstration. It was an experience I'd love to repeat. It isn't that often that I've been able to shoot old cars in a place that provided such an appropriate background. One thing I really like about the guys in the Model A club is that they are willing to drive their cars under less than ideal conditions. A few had issues which required on site repairs before the return trip. Some even considered driving their cars up the creek bed to the family's other property on the ridge above.
Probably my favorite car at the event was a 1935 Dodge convertible roadster that I've seen at local parades and the Concours D'Elegance. You know it has to be primo in order to get into the Concours. It and this Chevrolet were probably the only non Fords there.
This HYBYCOZO sculpture is titled Floating Forest and is along the Discovery Trail.
Floating Forest
Stainless Steel, Powder Coat Pigment, LED
2024
dbg.org/events/light-bloom/2024-10-12/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFelgzzzQqg
LIGHT BLOOM by HYBYCOZO is a limited-time exhibit where nature and light converge. This mesmerizing display invites you to explore the Garden transformed by stunning geometric light installations that illuminate the beauty of the desert landscape in a new way. As the sun sets, LIGHT BLOOM comes to life, casting intricate shadows and vibrant hues across the Garden. Wander the trails and let the enchanting installations transport you to a magical realm where the natural world meets the abstract.
HYBYCOZO is the collaborative studio of artists Serge Beaulieu and Yelena Filipchuk. Based in Los Angeles, their work consists of larger than life geometric sculptures, often with pattern and texture that draw on inspirations from mathematics, science, and natural phenomena. Typically illuminated, the work celebrates the inherent beauty of form and pattern and represents their ongoing journey in exploring the myriad dimensions of geometry. HYBYCOZO is short for the Hyperspace Bypass Construction Zone, a nod to their favorite novel (The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy) and was the title of their first installation in 2014. They continue to create under this name. In the novel earth was being destroyed to make way for a bypass. It lead Serge and Yelena to ask what it means to make art at a time where the earth’s hospitable time in the universe may be limited.
dbg.org/meet-the-artists-behind-light-bloom/
Q: Walk us through your creative process?
A: The focus of our creative process is to explore the intricate interplay between geometry, light, space and to inspire contemplation, wonder and a sense of place among our audiences. Geometry and pattern-making serve as the backbone of our creative expression. It is the framework through which we navigate the complexities of form, proportion and spatial relationships. Patterns, both simple and complex, have a profound impact on our perception and understanding of the world. They possess the ability to evoke a sense of order, balance and aesthetic pleasure. Pattern making and geometry offer us a means of storytelling and communication. These patterns serve as conduits for deeper exploration, provoking introspection and contemplation to uncover the underlying symbols embedded within the human psyche.
Q: What inspired the concept of LIGHT BLOOM?
A: Just as many cactus and desert plants have evolved to produce night-blooming flowers, adapting to their environment and thriving in darkness, our sculptures come alive after sunset, blossoming with light and transforming the night into a glowing landscape of art and geometry.
Desert Botanical Garden has an incredible collection of plants and cacti arranged in a beautiful park setting.
"Think the desert is all dirt and tumbleweeds? Think again. Desert Botanical Garden is home to thousands of species of cactus, trees and flowers from all around the world spread across 55 acres in Phoenix, Arizona."
Desert Botanical Garden
DBG HYBYCOZO Light Bloom
Subscribe to my new youtube channel and see how I used the divine section and golden rectangle, spiral, and ratio to get the cover of N-Photo Magazine with my fine-art landscape photo Sunrise at Toroweap in the Grand Canyon! And see how Ansel Adams and the great painters, photographers, and fine art masters all used the golden mean to exalt their compositions:
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The golden section shows up in a lot of my surf and model photos too!
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Been hard at work on my books--my physics books on Dynamic Dimensions Theory (dx4/dt=ic) celebrating the hitherto unsung reality of the fourth expanding dimension which all the photons surf across the universe en route to making a photograph! Also working on an art, mythology, and photography book titled The Golden Hero's Odyssey! All the best on your Epic Hero's Odyssey! Always love hearing from y'all! :)
Titled Autorretrato, this Manrique self-portrait can be seen at the Cesar Manrique Foundation in Taro de Tahiche, Lanzarote
Took this photo for a contest titled, "Emotions" 😊
Initially planned for little kids playing around but couldn't find a cheerful bunch.
I was roaming around with absolutely no idea what to take for that topic.
And then, I saw this lady, comfortably lying, probably during a psychotic episode, hallucinating someone or something, and having an joyful conversation and laughing out loud.
So went ahead and clicked a pic, then roamed around for a little bit more and came back.
Never expected that, it would turn out good 😊
Thanks to this happy heart, I got second place ❤️
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Titled after a musical piece by UK electronica duo, System 7, "Varkala". From their album "Seventh Wave".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kZkvXwL8AQ
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I missed my nature shots so much so I guess I'm officially ending my "no-nature pics break." No worries, I'll keep posting other shots in between my nature pics.
All I think of with this image is the word "Irish." I guess I titled it wishful thinking because I always wished I was Irish. I have red hair, fair skin and freckles and everyone always assumed I was so when I told them I wasn't, they were pretty surprised. Even though I'm not through blood, I consider myself Irish because my Grandfather was (my grandma's second husband who I always considered my real grandfather.) AND, my husband is Irish. So why not pretend?!?
Hope you're all having a nice weekend. :)
Thank you for all your comments and favs for this pic! You guys are the best. If I had known this picture would be a hit, I would've posted it a couple months ago when I first shot it! :)
This is close up of the detail from the sculpture titled Polyhedras.
Geometry is universal across cultures and religions, across the globe, and even across the planets.
dbg.org/events/light-bloom/2024-10-12/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFelgzzzQqg
LIGHT BLOOM by HYBYCOZO is a limited-time exhibit where nature and light converge. This mesmerizing display invites you to explore the Garden transformed by stunning geometric light installations that illuminate the beauty of the desert landscape in a new way. As the sun sets, LIGHT BLOOM comes to life, casting intricate shadows and vibrant hues across the Garden. Wander the trails and let the enchanting installations transport you to a magical realm where the natural world meets the abstract.
HYBYCOZO is the collaborative studio of artists Serge Beaulieu and Yelena Filipchuk. Based in Los Angeles, their work consists of larger than life geometric sculptures, often with pattern and texture that draw on inspirations from mathematics, science, and natural phenomena. Typically illuminated, the work celebrates the inherent beauty of form and pattern and represents their ongoing journey in exploring the myriad dimensions of geometry. HYBYCOZO is short for the Hyperspace Bypass Construction Zone, a nod to their favorite novel (The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy) and was the title of their first installation in 2014. They continue to create under this name. In the novel earth was being destroyed to make way for a bypass. It lead Serge and Yelena to ask what it means to make art at a time where the earth’s hospitable time in the universe may be limited.
dbg.org/meet-the-artists-behind-light-bloom/
Q: Walk us through your creative process?
A: The focus of our creative process is to explore the intricate interplay between geometry, light, space and to inspire contemplation, wonder and a sense of place among our audiences. Geometry and pattern-making serve as the backbone of our creative expression. It is the framework through which we navigate the complexities of form, proportion and spatial relationships. Patterns, both simple and complex, have a profound impact on our perception and understanding of the world. They possess the ability to evoke a sense of order, balance and aesthetic pleasure. Pattern making and geometry offer us a means of storytelling and communication. These patterns serve as conduits for deeper exploration, provoking introspection and contemplation to uncover the underlying symbols embedded within the human psyche.
A: Just as many cactus and desert plants have evolved to produce night-blooming flowers, adapting to their environment and thriving in darkness, our sculptures come alive after sunset, blossoming with light and transforming the night into a glowing landscape of art and geometry.
Q: What inspired the concept of LIGHT BLOOM?
A: Just as many cactus and desert plants have evolved to produce night-blooming flowers, adapting to their environment and thriving in darkness, our sculptures come alive after sunset, blossoming with light and transforming the night into a glowing landscape of art and geometry.
Desert Botanical Garden has an incredible collection of plants and cacti arranged in a beautiful park setting.
"Think the desert is all dirt and tumbleweeds? Think again. Desert Botanical Garden is home to thousands of species of cactus, trees and flowers from all around the world spread across 55 acres in Phoenix, Arizona."
Desert Botanical Garden
DBG HYBYCOZO Light Bloom
Note: this photo was published in a June 2015 blog titled "Tango, June 2015 – 11 – Great Sun Tattoo."
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Another year has elapsed since I last photographed the tango dancers gathering on Pier 45 (where Christopher Street runs into the Hudson River in New York City's West Village), on the weekend before Labor Day, late-August 2014. But the sun was shining one weekend in early June of 2015, and I decided to venture down to Greenwich Village once again...
As I've mentioned in other Flickr sets, I have now met a few of the dancers at previous tango event over the past several; years, and I used to make a point of introducing myself to some of them, handing out business cards with my Flickr address so that people would be able to find these pictures without too much difficulty. But the dancers have good reason to be more interested in the music, and the movement of their partners, than a guy on the sideline with a camera -- so most of them have simply ignored me…
Altogether, I've now taken a dozen sets of tango-related photos, and you can see a thumbnail overview of them in this Flickr collection. And if you'd like to watch some other examples NYC tango dancing, check out Richard Lipkin's Guide to Argentine Tango in New York City.
Even though the dancers seem fresh and enthusiastic each time I come down here to Pier 45, I have a definite sense of deja vu: arguably, I’ve seen it all, I’ve photographed it all, I’ve heard all the tango music several times before. So I decided to do something different this time: I took all of the photos with my iPhone6+ camera. I used the “burst mode” feature on the camera-phone, so even though I took some 4,000 separate images, there were only about 400 “bursts,” and the iPhone hardware was kind enough to tell me which one or two images were reasonably sharp in each burst. From that smaller subset, I was eventually able to whittle things down to 50 images that I thought were okay for uploading to Flickr; that’s what you’ll see here.
Actually, the reason I was motivated to do all of this was not Flickr, but Instagram: for reasons that I can only assume are a stubborn testament to the “culture” of its community, Instagram insists on a “square” format, rather than the 3:2 or 4:3 aspect ratio favored by most DSLR and point-and-shoot cameras. Even worse, it insists that the photos be uploaded one-at-a-time from a mobile device. Ironically, this last restriction may prove to be too much; I’m uploading the photos to Flickr from my desktop Mac, but I don’t know if I’ll have the patience to upload them individually to Instagram…
Aside from that, I’ve concluded that the iPhone6+ is a handy little device for casual, ad hoc photos and videos; but it really doesn’t have the features I’ve come to depend on for the photos I want to publish. I won’t go into all of the technical details; chances are that you either don’t know, or don’t care, about those details. And if you do, chances are that you’ve made up your mind one way or another. As for me, I will definitely keep using the iPhone for some of my photos — especially the ones that really are casual, unplanned, ad hoc photos when I’ve got no other equipment that I can use. But with sophisticated little “pocket cameras” like the Sony RX-100 and Canon G7X, those moments are pretty rare for me … still, it was an interesting experiment.
As I've also pointed out in some previous Flickr albums, you can see a video version of the tango dancers from 2011, complete with music (which isn’t really tango music, but that’s okay), on my YouTube page; it’s here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqmnTQuwn54&list=UUUXim5Er2O4...
It is complete - all 80 - only they will be on display at a public exhibition titled 'The Greatest Dog Show on Earth' at the Royal West of England Academy (RWA) in Clifton, Bristol.
So who knows - maybe another few shots...
I will be donating 50p for every fave or comment upto a maximum of £100. The money will go to the fund below... To date I have raised over £20 to date..
The Gromits are part of Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal "Gromit Unleashed". It is a public art exhibition in which giant sculptures of Gromit, decorated by invited artists, have been unleashed on the streets of Bristol and the surrounding area.
At the end of the art trail, the sculptures will be auctioned to raise funds for Wallace & Gromit's Grand Appeal, the Bristol Children's Hospital Charity.
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Robert Frank’s favorite image from his most famous work, the photobook The Americans, is a photograph titled San Francisco from 1956. It’s like a punch in the nose. He was shooting in a park above San Francisco and was sneaking up on an African American couple enjoying the view, and their privacy, when a stranger approaches from behind.
The thing is that Frank wasn’t surprised they turned around; you can much pretty assume he was hoping - even counting - on them turning around. Confrontations got his juices flowing. So maybe he made some noise, maybe not, but when they turned around, the African American man crouched down in a protective stance, eyes flashing hostility, the woman’s face warily asking “What are you doing??”, Frank was prepared to pounce. This white guy has entered their space and is taking something they were no offering. A moment of submerged feeling dragged into the daylight.
As the contact sheet shows, Frank very quickly made a gesture of photographing whatever was next to them, pretending he wasn’t really taking their picture. Then he walked away, and nobody got punched.
Frank has always said that he liked this photograph because of the candor on the couple’s faces and the intensity of their unguarded reaction to a stranger’s approach. He liked it because it is honest, and it is honest because reveals human feeling...
(From the book “The art and life of Robert Frank. American Witness” by RJ Smith, p. 1)
NOTE: I should point out that upon further Flickr input (Michael Tipton), this is quite possiblly not a harrow but, indeed a horse-drawn hayrake.
Thank you 'whisperlite for the clarification!
My musical suggestion is: 'Wichita Lineman' - Glenn Campbell
This HYBYCOZO sculpture is titled Floura and is along the Discovery Trail.
Floura
Stainless Steel, Powder Coat Pigment, LED
2022
dbg.org/events/light-bloom/2024-10-12/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFelgzzzQqg
LIGHT BLOOM by HYBYCOZO is a limited-time exhibit where nature and light converge. This mesmerizing display invites you to explore the Garden transformed by stunning geometric light installations that illuminate the beauty of the desert landscape in a new way. As the sun sets, LIGHT BLOOM comes to life, casting intricate shadows and vibrant hues across the Garden. Wander the trails and let the enchanting installations transport you to a magical realm where the natural world meets the abstract.
HYBYCOZO is the collaborative studio of artists Serge Beaulieu and Yelena Filipchuk. Based in Los Angeles, their work consists of larger than life geometric sculptures, often with pattern and texture that draw on inspirations from mathematics, science, and natural phenomena. Typically illuminated, the work celebrates the inherent beauty of form and pattern and represents their ongoing journey in exploring the myriad dimensions of geometry. HYBYCOZO is short for the Hyperspace Bypass Construction Zone, a nod to their favorite novel (The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy) and was the title of their first installation in 2014. They continue to create under this name. In the novel earth was being destroyed to make way for a bypass. It lead Serge and Yelena to ask what it means to make art at a time where the earth’s hospitable time in the universe may be limited.
dbg.org/meet-the-artists-behind-light-bloom/
Q: Walk us through your creative process?
A: The focus of our creative process is to explore the intricate interplay between geometry, light, space and to inspire contemplation, wonder and a sense of place among our audiences. Geometry and pattern-making serve as the backbone of our creative expression. It is the framework through which we navigate the complexities of form, proportion and spatial relationships. Patterns, both simple and complex, have a profound impact on our perception and understanding of the world. They possess the ability to evoke a sense of order, balance and aesthetic pleasure. Pattern making and geometry offer us a means of storytelling and communication. These patterns serve as conduits for deeper exploration, provoking introspection and contemplation to uncover the underlying symbols embedded within the human psyche.
Q: What inspired the concept of LIGHT BLOOM?
A: Just as many cactus and desert plants have evolved to produce night-blooming flowers, adapting to their environment and thriving in darkness, our sculptures come alive after sunset, blossoming with light and transforming the night into a glowing landscape of art and geometry.
Desert Botanical Garden has an incredible collection of plants and cacti arranged in a beautiful park setting.
"Think the desert is all dirt and tumbleweeds? Think again. Desert Botanical Garden is home to thousands of species of cactus, trees and flowers from all around the world spread across 55 acres in Phoenix, Arizona."
Desert Botanical Garden
DBG HYBYCOZO Light Bloom
Margolies, John,, photographer.
Largest cowboy boots, Access Road, I-410 [The sculpture, formally titled the "Biggest Cowboy Boots in the World" was copyrighted in 1979 by artist Bob Wade.], San Antonio, Texas
1982.
1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format).
Notes:
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.
Purchase; John Margolies 2010 (DLC/PP-2010:191).
Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Please use digital image: original slide is kept in cold storage for preservation.
Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008).
Subjects:
United States--Texas--San Antonio.
Format: Slides--1980-1990.--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see "John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive - Rights and Restrictions Information" www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/723_marg.html
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Margolies, John John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (DLC) 2010650110
General information about the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.mrg
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.03784
Call Number: LC-MA05- 3784
I am thrilled to announce that two of my submitted works titled "On The Edge Of Passing", 2015 and "You Have Small Braids Like Spider Threads", 2016 have been curated into the ART214, a City-wide juried exhibition organized by the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs (OCA) that will be presented during Dallas Arts Month in 2018.
The first piece will be exhibited at the Bath House Cultural Center from March 24th through April 21st, and the second one in Oak Cliff Cultural Center from April 28th through June 1st, 2018 in Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Four OCA facilities, the Bath House Cultural Center, the Latino Cultural Center, the Oak Cliff Cultural Center and the South Dallas Cultural Center, are joining forces to organize a multi-venue juried exhibition that will showcase the works of artists who live in Dallas and in the Greater North Texas region.
ART214 is a four-section collaborative exhibition that gives the citizens of Dallas an opportunity to discover and enjoy the work of talented local and regional visual artists. Each of the partnering cultural center brings its own audiences, artists, communities and history. By scheduling connected dates to display a different section of the show at each center, as if presenting “four chapters of the same book,” the ART214 exhibition creates a unique opportunity for the public to visit all the centers during Dallas Arts Month, while also promoting collaboration and cross-pollination of artists and audiences.
JURORS
ELIZABETH MELLOTT
Professor of photography at Collin College and visual artist
TORI PHILLIPS
Arts Administrator, Artist
JIM BURTON
Senior Lecturer of Drawing and Painting at the University of North Texas
ARTHUR PEÑA
Visiting Assistant Professor of Drawing and Painting, University of North Texas
Visit www.bathhousemedia.com/art214 to learn more about the ART214 juried exhibition.
An artwork titled The Image Has Cracked by Brentford based artist Sam Dodson, on display at an exhibition at the Espacio Gallery in Bethnal Green.
The title is a nod to the track of the same name by Alternative TV. Before turning to art, Sam was a guitarist with the group The Transmitters who regularly played gigs with ATV.
More recently, another of Sam's paintings was chosen for the cover artwork for the Alternative TV LP 'Opposing Forces.'
I'm pleased to announce that my series of self-portraits titled "The Trembling Living World Will Congeal Into A Perfect Shape Nearly Geometrical" has been curated into the Thin Line X Photography Festival, and will be on exhibit from April 19th through 23rd at the 2017 Thin Line Festival in Denton, Texas, U.S.A.
About the THIN LINE Photography
The 2017 Thin Line Photography Experience is a competitive, curated showcase of the best and most promising talent in photography. As our name suggests, we are always pushing that thin line a little further so this year we’ve narrowed our photography submission categories down to just one: “Show Us Your Best Work”. We asked our submitters to send us that one image (or series of images) that clearly defines their style, scope, and passion.
The Photography Exhibit will display over 125 printed submission images at the Patterson-Appleton Arts Center (PAAC), an outdoor gallery on the Square in downtown Denton and a special display at the Golden Triangle Mall. The Patterson-Appleton Arts Center will also host scheduled musical entertainment, Happy Hour events and photography workshops including drone photography, storm chasing photography and image copyright laws.
Check out the 2017 PHOTOGRAPHY program:
thinline.us/2017-photography-program/
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About the THIN LINE FESTIVAL
Thin Line is a 5-day film, music, and competitive photo festival held in the heart of Denton, Texas. Each year, international documentaries of many interests are shown, national multi-genre live music acts and regional photographers come to Denton to exhibit their talents.
Thin Line Film
is a documentary film festival. We love documentaries because real life is indeed more interesting (and more powerful) than fiction; and because the documentary genre has much more depth than our festival could ever hope to capture in a single year, but we try. We screen all types of documentaries including hybrid forms such as mockumentaries, docudramas, animated docs, docu-comedies, and if you look closely you may even find a docufiction.
Thin Line Music
is the soundtrack of the festival. It’s the perfect mix of styles giving all our guests an ideal way to wrap up the evening. It’s quintessential Denton: national and regional acts on small, intimate stages. A diverse mix of genres awaits festival attendees ensuring the party doesn’t stop until the early morning.
Thin Line Photo
is a competitive, international photography event. Explore scores of curated print and digitally-exhibited photographs at the Patterson-Appleton Arts Center as well as a smaller gallery in Golden Triangle Mall. Other photo events include free online-only contests and immersive photography workshops.
Thin Line is a one-of-a-kind festival. We’ve combined the best of modern media to create an engaging, multi-layered experience that appeals to all. Come experience it for yourself.
The Meaning of ‘THIN LINE’
‘Thin Line’ refers to the space between two opposites such as genius and crazy, fact and fiction, beauty and sadness, knowledge and apathy, right and wrong. There are two sides to every issue and the thin line represents the conflict between the two. Therein lies the drama. It can be seen in every documentary film. It can be heard in every musical performance. It can be studied in every photograph. Life is full of thin lines, and we celebrate them.
Trying another thing. I'd like to do this with medium format film because I think one of my Bronica lenses will be up for it, or maybe extension tubes on the mamiya 645. But that'll be difficult (for the sitter) because there would need to be 7 or so film changes. Work in progress ...
In this Independence Day series, this could alternatively be titled a host of heavenly ghosts, or great Caesar's ghost. Take your pick. In any case, this, a second ethereal shot and a "firecracker" choice to cap the series. I am delving into this year's Fourth of July celebration from to find what I actually captured of fireworks displays turned into action on the medium telephoto-zoom. This involves two golden burst shots over tracery veils that had deployed earlier more fully and coupled with two blast burns. I really liked the series of traces that form the shadowy veil when I looked into them closely.
It's always interesting finding what can happen when the camera back is rotated AND zoomed at the same time. I did run into some problems with tracking the action when triggering the exposure: the display and eyepiece go blank and alternate tracking strategy is needed even though I got lucky too often. I think that I have come up with an apparatus that could overcome that problem, I had trouble with accurately tracking the action while using the monopod so I ditched the monopod; it was too hard tracking the fireworks shots being constrained by the monopod. Jettisoned. I decided that this would be a great shot to include in this fourth of the Fourth series. And as always, when The Fourth falls on Monday and is a holiday, you have to buy your fifth for the Fourth on the third! Sometimes it is hard to choose among and title all the possibilities I have. I think I like this title. This capture also shows a very delicate nature in the tracery of the etched veils caused by the zoom and shakes over the exposure time. That shows the technique often results in ephemeral images.
These are like a box of chonklits; you never knows what you gits. After slipping this into Photoshop, I adjusted the exact perspective slightly for better presentation but the EXIF reported 82mm so it was mid-zoom when I got the exposure started. Of course digital experimentation is cheap. I had fun shooting and they are a breeze to edit! I get mostly muted colors in the ag settings I shoot, so I revel in JUST COLORS. I spent hours giving this stuff titles.
We're Here looking at ourselves on a Sunday.
I would have titled this something like "Masked Portrait," but every portrait I take involves a mask.
Yokohama Museum of Art
Tobias Rehberger (Born in 1966 in Esslingen, Germany; lives in Frankfurt)
The mechanism uesd in the work at the triennale, titled Anderer, was connected via the Internet to a child's room located in Yokohama. When the lights in the child's room goes on, the lamps goes off, and vice versa.
(from exhibition guide book)
美術館とは別の場所にいる他者によって点灯、消灯するというところにおもしろさがあります。タイトルのAndererは他者という意味。
One of the keys to shooting Epic Landscape Photgraphy is exalting the photograph's soul via golden ratio compositions, thusly wedding the art to the divine proportion by which life itself was designed and exalted.
Dr. Elliot McGucken's Golden Number Ratio Fine Art Landscape & Nature Photography Composition Studies!
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Greetings flickr friends! I am working on several books on "epic photography," and I recently finished a related one titled: The Golden Number Ratio Principle: Why the Fibonacci Numbers Exalt Beauty and How to Create PHI Compositions in Art, Design, & Photography: An Artistic and Scientific Introduction to the Golden Mean . Message me on facebook for a free review copy!
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The Golden Ratio also informs the design of the golden revolver on all the swimsuits and lingerie, as well as the 45surf logo!
The Golden Number Ratio Principle: Dr. E’s Golden Ratio Principle: The golden ratio exalts beauty because the number is a characteristic of the mathematically and physically most efficient manners of growth and distribution, on both evolutionary and purely physical levels. The golden ratio ensures that the proportions and structure of that which came before provide the proportions and structure of that which comes after. Robust, ordered growth is naturally associated with health and beauty, and thus we evolved to perceive the golden ratio harmonies as inherently beautiful, as we saw and felt their presence in all vital growth and life—in the salient features and proportions of humans and nature alike, from the distribution of our facial features and bones to the arrangements of petals, leaves, and sunflowers seeds. As ratios between Fibonacci Numbers offer the closest whole-number approximations to the golden ratio, and as seeds, cells, leaves, bones, and other physical entities appear in whole numbers, the Fibonacci Numbers oft appear in nature’s elements as “growth’s numbers.” From the dawn of time, humanity sought to salute their gods in art and temples exalting the same proportion by which all their vital sustenance and they themselves had been created—the golden ratio.
Ansel Adams is not only my favorite photographer, but he is one of the greatest photographers and artists of all time. And just like great artists including Michelangelo, Monet, Degas, Renoir, Leonardo da Vinci, Vermeer, Rembrandt, Botticelli, and Picasso, Ansel used the golden ratio and divine proportions in his epic art.
Not so long ago I discovered golden regions in many of his famous public domain his 8x10 aspect ratio photographs. I call these golden harmony regions "regions of golden action" or "ROGA"S, as seen here:
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And too, I created some videos highlighting Ansel's use of the golden harmonies. Enjoy!
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More golden ratio and epic photography composition books soon! Best wishes for the Holiday Season! Dr. Elliot McGucken :)
I have titled this series Romanesque England, and so far it does correspond fairly well to what we have seen. Today however, and for the last church in the series, we visit a truly pre-Romanesque wonder, which also claims to be the oldest wooden church in the world: Saint Andrew in the hamlet of Greensted-juxta-Ongar (isn’t that a delicious name in and of itself?) in Essex.
There have been various attempts at dendrochronology dating on the timbers, bringing back results ranging from 845 to 1055 (the latter with a margin of error of 10 to 55 years). The differing results are not surprising: even though the best oak wood was certainly selected for the walls, it is to be expected that a lesser specimen went undetected and had to be replaced a couple hundred years down the road. The oldest parts (the walls of the nave) indeed appear to be what we in Continental Europe would call Carolingian, and even though that church was subjected to a lot of later alterations (the chancel is 16th century and the wooden tower 17th), it retains a unique and enormously attractive atmosphere as an ancient place of worship. The southern porch and three dormer windows were also added during the 17th century, and unfortunately further remodeled during the extensive Victorian “restoration” this church had to undergo —or should I say withstand?
Archæologists even tell us that a previous, very basic church, probably existed here as early as the late 500s, as traces of it have been found under the present chancel, which replaced an earlier, timber-made one. It may even have succeeded a more ancient, and Pagan, place of worship: early Christianity is known for having so “appropriated” (or should I say “expropriated”?) temples and oratories of cults it sought to replace. Building a church over them was a convenient way to obliterate previous constructions, effectively wiping them from the sight of the next generation —and generational succession happened quickly in those times when life was terribly short. Memory often remained through spoken tradition, though, and sometimes still remains to this day, albeit deformed by the many retellings...
Most of the generations that came before, say, the second half of the 20th century, either didn’t care about maintaining old buildings they inherited from their forefathers, or didn’t know how to do the job properly. They razed and replaced, or they maimed and rent, however well-intentioned they may have been. Considering, it is kind of miraculous that this extremely old church, even more so as it is made of a material not as durable as stone, has managed to reach our times relatively unscathed, at least as far as the nave is concerned.
This is a must-see for anyone interested in the Middle Ages, a truly unique survivor of Carolingian times... even if finding it isn’t the easiest thing, even with a good satnav!
This narrow doorway is on the southern side of the chancel. I therefore assume it is from the 1500s as well, although I’m no great connoisseur of that period.