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Religious devotion, at times, in Sicily seems to take on the face of women, like that of the two Sicilian saints Agata and Lucia along the Ionian coast of Sicily, or the face of Rosalia, on the opposite side, in Palermo. The lives of Agata and Lucia are closely linked, even though they never met. Agata was martyred in 251, Lucia was not yet born, she was born 32 years later. On February 5, 301, she went to Catania to pray at Agata's tomb to invoke her intercession, hoping to obtain the healing of her mother, who was seriously ill. Agata appeared to her in a dream, confirmed her mother's healing (her mother was healed), but also confided in her that she would be martyred because of her faith in Christ: Lucia was martyred on December 13, 304, during the persecutions of Diocletian. What has been said as an incipit of the photographic story that I present here, created on the occasion of the celebration that Catania dedicates to its Patron Saint Agatha, described as the most important religious celebration in Catania, also considered the third Catholic religious celebration in the world (first are the “Semana Santa” in Seville, and the “Corpus Domini” in Cuzco in Peru), a ranking that takes into account the huge number of people who participate every year. The celebration of Saint Agatha takes place on several dates, from 3 to 6 February, on 12 February and on 17 August: the February celebration is linked to her martyrdom, the August celebration commemorates the return to Catania of her mortal remains, initially taken to Constantinople as spoils of war by the Byzantine general Maniaces, and remained there for 86 years. The young Agata lived in the 3rd century, she belonged to a rich patrician family of Catania, since she was young she had embraced the cult of the Christian religion, the governor Quinziano (or Quintiliano) fell in love with her, Agata to escape him hid in his house in Palermo, Quinziano managed to find out where she was hiding, so he had her taken to Catania, here his attempts to bend Agata's will and make her give in to his flattery were in vain, after her umpteenth refusal he changed his intentions, accused her of being of the Christian religion, condemned her to death, not without first having led her to martyrdom, he amputated her by tearing off both her breasts, in this way in addition to the torment of physical pain, the psychological one was added, humiliating the girl in her femininity, then he gave her death by dragging her on burning coals, Agata was 20 years old. After her death, the cult of her began to spread, even the pagans began to venerate her figure, there is news about her origins starting from 252, the year after her death: the inhabitants of Catania were proud of this young woman who rebelled against the will of the dictator. The feast of Saint Agatha begins on February 3, there is the procession "for the offering of wax", the two eighteenth-century carriages of the senate pulled by horses come out along the streets of the city, "the candelore" make their appearance; on February 4th the celebration begins with the “Mass of Dawn” which is celebrated in the cathedral, after the reliquary bust of the Saint and the silver casket, they are placed on the “vara” (or “fercolo”), to be carried in procession in its “external tour”, the procession begins by crossing the “Porta Uzeda” and thus reaching the arches of the marina, the procession then circumscribes the historic center of the city, going to the places where Agatha’s martyrdom took place; : On February 5th the “Pontifical Mass” is celebrated, on this occasion by lining up in the cathedral, you can go and see the reliquary bust of the Saint, as evening comes, the bust and the casket are placed back on the heavy float for the last procession, which goes along the “internal tour” (or “noble tour”), which crosses the historic center of Catania, a procession preceded by the passage of lit candles carried on the shoulders of devotees (of various weights and sizes, some reach exceptional dimensions and weight, historically these candles illuminated, when electricity did not exist, the passage of the Saint), then the “candelore” pass, they are gigantic and heavy wooden “candelabra”, in baroque style, painted in gold, each one represents an ancient corporation (butchers, fishmongers, bakers, pork butchers, greengrocers, etc.), finally the float with Saint Agatha passes, the long-awaited moment, with the reliquary bust that it contains inside some parts of her body, the other parts of her body are inside the casket, so, with both on the float, Agata's entire body can travel the streets of the city of Catania. The float is pulled by hand, by the many devotees who wish to participate spontaneously in this very particular rite, using two large cords more than 200 meters long, to the end of which are connected four handles. The photographs were taken on February 4 and 5, 2024 and 2025, they are not organized in series taking into account either the year or the days; I obtained a "bilocation effect" by using different shooting points in the two years, visible especially when the float passes through the Porta Uzeda; I made portraits of the devotees, posed and not, in particular the portrait of a devotee who seemed almost enraptured in ecstasy at the passage of Sant'Agata (and perhaps she really was), it represented for me the absolute, profound and concrete synthesis of the attachment of the "citizens" (synonym of "devotees") of Catania towards this young martyr, who has become a symbol of those who oppose violence against women, and protector of women suffering from breast cancer. I photographed two beautiful and sweet models who embodied the "two ages of Agata", with the aim of raising awareness among women in the prevention of breast cancer (the ceramic decorations corresponding to the breasts are the work of "Nenè sculptures of art by Nancy Coco); I captured in some images, the custom of some devotees, to carry with them images of loved ones who passed away too soon (photos placed on candles or printed on the characteristic white habit, called "sacco", which is part of the characteristic way of dressing of the devotees); finally I thank the owner of the Beniamin Art Gallery, in via Umberto, an artist himself, for giving me the opportunity to photograph the Pop icon exhibited in his gallery entitled "Aga Pop".
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La devozione religiosa, a volte, in Sicilia sembra assumere il volto delle donne, come quello delle due sante siciliane Agata e Lucia lungo la fascia Ionica della costa sicula, od il volto di Rosalia, sul versante opposto, in quel di Palermo. Le vite di Agata e Lucia sono tra loro legate in maniera strettamente indissolubile, pur non essendosi mai conosciute, Agata morì martirizzata nel 251, Lucia non era ancora nata, nascerà 32 anni dopo, il 5 febbraio del 301 si recherà a Catania a pregare sul sepolcro di Agata per invocare la sua intercessione sperando così di ottenere la guarigione di sua madre, gravemente malata, Agata le appare in sogno, le conferma la guarigione di sua madre (sua madre ebbe la guarigione), ma anche, le confida, che per lei ci sarà il martirio a causa della sua fede in Cristo: Lucia fu martirizzata il 13 dicembre del 304, durante le persecuzioni di Diocleziano. Quanto detto come incipit del racconto fotografico che qui presento, realizzato in occasione della festa che Catania dedica alla sua Santa Patrona Agata, descritta come la più importante festa religiosa di Catania, considerata anche la terza festa religiosa cattolica al mondo (prime la “Semana Santa” di Siviglia, ed il “Corpus Domini” di Cuzco in Perù), graduatoria che tiene conto del grandissimo numero di persone ogni anno vi partecipano. La festa di Santa’Agata si svolge in più date, dal 3 al 6 febbraio, il 12 febbraio ed il 17 agosto: la ricorrenza di febbraio è legata al suo martirio, quella di Agosto rievoca il ritorno a Catania delle sue spoglie mortali, portate inizialmente a Costantinopoli come bottino di guerra dal generale bizantino Maniace, e li rimaste per 86 anni. La giovane Agata visse nel 3° secolo, apparteneva ad una ricca famiglia patrizia di Catania, sin dalla giovane età aveva abbracciato il culto per la religione cristiana, di lei si invaghì il governatore Quinziano (o Quintiliano), Agata per sfuggirgli si nascose in una sua casa a Palermo, Quinziano riuscì a sapere dove si nascondeva, quindi la fece condurre a Catania, qui i suoi tentativi di piegare la volontà di Agata e farla cedere alle sue lusinghe furono vani, all’ennesimo suo rifiuto egli mutò i suoi propositi, la accusò di essere di religione cristiana, la condannò a morte, non senza averla prima condotta al martirio, le amputò strappandole entrambi i seni, in tal modo oltre allo strazio del dolore fisico, si aggiungeva quello psicologico, umiliando la ragazza nella sua femminilità, poi le diede la morte trascinandola sui carboni ardenti, Agata aveva 20 anni. Dopo la sua morte si iniziò a diffondere il culto verso di lei, anche i pagani iniziarono a venerare la sua figura, si hanno notizie sulle sue origini già a partire dal 252, anno successivo alla sua morte: gli abitanti di Catania erano orgogliosi di questa giovane donna che si ribellò al volere del dittatore. La festa per Sant’Agata inizia il 3 febbraio, si ha la processione “per l’offerta della cera”, escono lungo le vie della città le due settecentesche carrozze del senato trainate da cavalli, fanno la loro comparsa “le candelore”; il 4 febbraio la festa inizia con la “Messa dell’Aurora” che si celebra nella cattedrale, dopo il busto reliquiario della Santa e lo scrigno d’argento, vengono messi sulla “vara” (o “fercolo”), per essere portati in processione nel suo “giro esterno”, la processione inizia attraversando la "Porta Uzeda" e giungendo così agli archi della marina, la processione quindi circoscrive il centro storico della città, recandosi nei luoghi ove avvenne il martirio di Agata; il 5 febbraio si celebra la “Messa Pontificale”, in questa occasione mettendosi in fila nella cattedrale, si può andare a vedere il busto reliquiario della Santa, col sopraggiungere della sera, busto e scrigno, vengono nuovamente messi sulla pesante vara per l’ultima processione, che percorre il “giro interno” (o “giro nobile”), che attraversa il centro storico di Catania, processione preceduta dal passaggio dei ceri accesi portati in spalla dai devoti (di vario peso e dimensioni, alcuni raggiungono dimensioni e peso eccezionali, storicamente questi ceri illuminavano, quando non esisteva l’energia elettrica, il passaggio della Santa), poi passano le “candelore”, sono dei giganteschi e pesanti "candelabri" in legno, in stile barocco, dipinti in oro, ognuna rappresenta una antica corporazione (macellai, pescivendoli, panettieri, pizzicagnoli, fruttivendoli, ecc.), infine passa la vara con Sant’Agata, il momento tanto atteso, col busto reliquiario che racchiude al suo interno alcune parti del suo corpo, le altre parti del corpo si trovano all’interno dello scrigno, in tal modo, con entrambi sulla vara, tutto il corpo di Agata può percorrere le strade della città di Catania. La vara è trainata a mano, dai tantissimi devoti che desiderano partecipare spontaneamente a questo rito così particolare, tramite due grossi cordoni lunghi più di 200 metri, al cui capo sono collegate quattro maniglie. Le fotografie sono state realizzate il 4 ed il 5 febbraio del 2024 e del 2025, esse non sono organizzate in serie tenendo conto né dell’anno, nè delle giornate; ho ottenuto un “effetto di bilocazione” sfruttando differenti punti di ripresa nei due anni, visibile soprattutto quando la vara passa attraverso la Porta Uzeda; ho realizzato ritratti dei devoti, posati e non, in particolare il ritratto di una devota che sembrava quasi rapita in estasi al passaggio di Sant’Agata (e forse lo era veramente), ha rappresentato per me la sintesi assoluta, profonda e concreta dell’attaccamento dei “cittadini” (sinonimo di “devoti”) catanesi nei confronti di questa giovane martire, diventata simbolo di chi si oppone alla violenza sulle donne, e protettrice delle donne ammalate di cancro al seno. Ho fotografato due belle e dolci modelle che impersonavano le “due età di Agata”, con lo scopo di sensibilizzare le donne nella prevenzione delle neoplasie alla mammella (i decori in ceramica in corrispondenza dei seni, sono opera di “Nenè sculture d’arte di Nancy Coco); ho colto in alcune immagini, l’usanza di alcuni devoti, di recare con se immagini di persone care scomparse troppo presto (foto messe sui ceri o stampate sul caratteristico saio bianco, chiamato “sacco”, che fa parte del modo caratteristico di vestire dei devoti); infine ringrazio il proprietario della Beniamin Art Gallery, in via Umberto, artista egli stesso, per avermi dato la possibilità di fotografare l’icona Pop esposta nella sua galleria dal titolo “Aga Pop”.
My kiddos love Target. Almost as much as they love Costco. Only thing keeping Costco at the top of their list are the free samples. :)
My 140 year old antique Smith and Wesson Number 1, the first practical weapon to use a self-contained metallic cartridge. It fired .22 caliber short cartridges, but since it was designed for black powder, I don't want to risk putting a more powerful modern bullet in it. So instead I just fire little acorn blanks.
I decided to make a TENSO version of this picture.
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Lots of people here!
Carolyn, Clint, Dad, James, Justin, Mom, Nicole's cousin, Patrick, Stacy, brother.
drinking, sitting, waiting.
TENSO.
outside, The Fairfax, Ft. Belvoir, Virginia.
July 22, 2006.
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BACKSTORY: Although I am pretty thorough with pictures, I didn't want to have all 500+ pictures from Greg & Nicole's wedding. It would have been 1 out of every 20 pics that I have or so, and it would have been no fewer than 27 pages of photos on flickr, and a lot of them would be of people I'd never met. That's a bit too much. I went through and tried to take the best of everything relevant to me, combining some pictures as diptychs, and doing whatever possible to get the total image count down while still capturing an acceptable amount. I was amazed to finally get it down to 77 images, almost all of which were cropped and photoshop enhanced. It took no less than 3 days!
To view every photo from the wedding -- including the several hundred I did not post -- go to: garyphoto.smugmug.com/gallery/1696039_ijdYH#83376933_GFrWS
I did not mean to take this shot...
.... I just wanted to see if there was enough light in the late afternoon January sun to get a picture. Pointed at the ground in a flower bed, the shutter fired. When I checked the pictures I meant to take, I found the photo on the card as well. In it's simplicity, I liked it better than the shots I planned to take.
Purchased in 2013, these six French percussion target pistols combine mechanical perfection with extraordinary artistic ingenuity and execution. Specifically designed for display at the great fairs of the second half of the nineteenth century, and yet absolutely functional, these firearms were not intended to be fired but shown and admired for their technological sophistication and their beauty. The acquisition of this group enables the Met to highlight a pivotal moment in the history of European and American gunmaking, when industrial and world fairs that attracted millions of visitors provided unprecedented opportunities for nations, firms, and individuals to showcase their achievements. In the eyes of British and other international commentators, these very pistols spectacularly confirmed that the French were then unsurpassed in their mastery of the gunmaker's art.
The group includes two pairs of pistols stocked in ebony, designed by the versatile ornamentalist and sculptor Michel Liénard (1810–1870), and made by the celebrated Parisian gunmaker Alfred Gauvain (1801–1889). Respectively created for the Exposition des Produits de l'Industrie in Paris in 1844, and for the Great Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations (also known as the "Crystal Palace exhibition") in London in 1851, these pistols, one pair in the Gothic Revival and the other in the Renaissance Revival style, were praised as works of modern art of impeccable taste and execution. The harmonious integration of the ambitious sculptural decoration of the metal parts and carving of the ebony stocks is unrivaled.
The third set of pistols, which are unique for their all-steel construction, and not an exact pair, were embossed in low relief and chiseled by the virtuoso sculptor and silversmith Antoine Vechte (1799–1868) for the renowned Parisian gunmaker Gilles Michel Louis Moutier-Le Page (1810–1887). Vechte, who immigrated to Great Britain around 1850, may have completed the chiseling of the last pistol in London. One, if not both, was exhibited at the Crystal Palace exhibition in 1851, and repeatedly illustrated in contemporary accounts of the fair, which drew six million visitors.
My 1st good target pistol.one of the very best .record holder of ISU shooting discipline.at one time.( the score was 584 out of 600 )
The Northwestern University 'Wildcat' Marching Band gathers for its post-game ritual at Ryan Field after Wildcat Football hosted California on August 30, 2014.
Photo by Daniel M. Reck '08 MSEd.
I grabbed an errant shopping cart and drug it out onto one of the grass islands in the parking lot.
Shot with a Kodak Instamatic camera, modified to use 35mm film. This was a test roll to see if this worked.
Camera: Kodak Instamatic X-15
Film: Kodak Ektar 100
Shutter: 1/90th
Aperture: f/11
Scanner: Epson Expression 10000XL
126 film case was modified so the full height of the film was exposed.
Film shield was removed inside the camera so that light would expose the full height of the film. This also exaggerated the light leaks and bounced light around inside the camera housing.
My local target finally got the rest of the $1 items. I had the bags and buckets, but just got the stickers and notepads!
♫ CANFRANC ATRAPADOS EN EL TIEMPO - Somewhere over the Rainbow ♫
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Target Travel 59 ex citybus service, it runs the same times as the Citybus service did and same route as Citybus
Target #2175 (126,842 square feet)
25 S Gateway Drive, Carter's Crossing, Fredericksburg, VA
Opened October 14th, 2007
Target Tanks at Cape Pyla. Military graveyard in Kato Pyla , near Xylofagou village.Xylofagou is a sprawling Greek-Cypriot village situated close to the A3 Motorway between Dhekelia and Paralimni. It lies on the northern flank of a hill, on the edge of an area of a group of several similar villages known as the "Kokkinochoria", known for growing vegetables, especially potatoes, in red soil.
Food Network's Bizarre Andrew Zimmerman dressed as the Target Spot Dog for Bette Midler's annual Hulaween Gala.
Minnesota Lynx vs Las Vegas Aces at Target Center in Minneapolis, MN on June 1, 2019; the Aces won the game 80-75.
Please attribute to Lorie Shaull if used elsewhere.
Sign installation at the new Target Express location in Highland Village, St. Paul, MN I'm not sure when they'll be opening, but it should be fairly soon I imagine.
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We just got back from the Rangers vs Twins game tonight in Minneapolis. Unfortunately, the Rangers lost because of some pretty special calls, but we still had a lot of fun. For some reason the Twins fans weren't very receptive to our "Let's Go Rangers" chants...I can't for the life of me figure out why...
Target Field is only in its second season of play, and it is a beautiful facility. We ran into some interesting folks, but for the most part we were nicely welcomed, even in our Texas gear.
We're off to South Dakota tomorrow for the next leg of our journey, so I hope everyone has a great weekend!
The Target Shooter is our lightest DSLR kit. It has three points of contact by having both hands on the camera and the gunstock pressed The Target Shooter is our lightest DSLR kit. It has three points of contact by having both hands on the camera and the gunstock pressed into your chest. You can add a recommended fourth point of contact with one of ourZ-Finders or with an EVF via an EVF Gorilla Plate Bracket.
The included Gorilla Plate V2 attaches to the bottom of your camera using the standard tripod screw hole. The Gorilla Plate V2 has a 15mm rod port on the underside which allows you to attach the main rod for the Target Shooter. The rig can be freed from the Gorilla Plate V2 by flipping the red ratcheting lever. A tripod plate can be installed under the Gorilla Plate V2 for quickly moving from handheld to tripod.
The Target Shooter cannot accommodate a follow focus or matte box as it does not have a full baseplate with rails. If you’re looking for a kit with these accessories, we recommend checking out our Cinema DSLR Kits that have a shoulder pad and counterbalance weight to properly balance the rig.
The Target Shooter is compatible with the Blackmagic Camera!