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For Christmas this year, a very dear friend of mine in America sent me a big package of fun and fabulous Christmas gifts, including four pairs of Christmas and holiday themed socks. The theme for “Smile on Saturday” for the 13th of January is “socks”, which at first did not particularly enamour me, until I remembered my newly gifted Christmas socks. Over the last two years, I have been exploring a new avenue in my photographic creativity, that of portraiture photography. I have used a somewhat illusive sitter for several “looking Close on Friday” and “Smile on Saturday” themes over that time. He has kindly returned, and this time he has removed his trousers (he’s such a good sport) to show us this fun side, by donning the Christmas socks I was given, which he has accessorised in a slightly cheeky and risqué way with his own French crushed red velvet couture jacket that he had made about two decades ago for a Christmas ball he attended. The socks and his jacket looked so lovely and bright that I had to make them the stars of the shown in a selective colour image.
For many people, socks are a rather utilitarian part of their wardrobe – a necessity rather than a thing of beauty, or as in this case fun, because you seldom see them, or much of them. Yet when my model put on my socks, he has shown that even if not seen often, they can still be a fun article of clothing, even if only to amuse yourself.
Although this is far from my usual subject for my photography, I hope that you like my choice of this week’s theme, and that it makes you smile!
I usually do not interfere with my photographic subjects, so the Knolling-topic was quite foreign to me. I kind of like the result, however a bit more in the other uploaded version with some more framing, which would not quite fit the MM-regulations anymore.
(photo taken for Macro Mondays)
A themed park containing replicas and preserved or restored originals of important cultural sites from Thai history as well as contemporary cultural installations. It is located in Samut Prakhan province just southeast of Bangkok. A place everyone coming to Thailand should visit.
Tumwater Canyon Bridge - Leavenworth, Washington.
The Great Northern Railroad Built a tunnel through Stevens Pass in Washington State. The Railroad discovered the exhaust from the steams engines caused problems in the tunnels. Because of this they used electric engines to pull the cars through. A dam was created in Tumwater Canyon on the Wenachee River. The water was sent through a pipeline down to a plant that generated electricity for the engines. In 1954 the railroad started using diesel engines and abandoned the pipeline and power plant. This bridge was used for the pipeline to cross the river. It is now been converted into a footbridge that follows a trail of the old pipeline.
"The world is wonderful and beautiful and good beyond one's wildest imagination" D. H. Lawrence
two tailed swallowtail on a chuparosa on our property
I wanted to use the photo I took of the moon last night but decided it looks better here.
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Roma, 19/07/2014
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Dedicata a tutti i miei amici Romani!!!
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''...Al centro di Fedora, metropoli di pietra grigia, sta un palazzo di metallo con una sfera di vetro in ogni stanza. Guardando dentro ogni sfera si vede una città azzurra che è il modello d'un'altra Fedora. Sono le forme che la città avrebbe potuto prendere se non fosse, per una ragione o per l'altra, diventata come oggi la vediamo. In ogni epoca qualcuno, guardando Fedora qual era, aveva immaginato il modo di farne la città ideale, ma mentre costruiva il suo modello in miniatura già Fedora non era più la stessa di prima, e quello che fino a ieri era stato un suo possibile futuro ormai era solo un giocattolo in una sfera di vetro.
Fedora ha adesso nel palazzo delle sfere il suo museo: ogni abitante lo visita, sceglie la città che corrisponde ai suoi desideri, la contempla immaginando di specchiarsi nella peschiera delle meduse che doveva raccogliere le acque del canale (se non fosse stato prosciugato), di percorrere dall'alto del baldacchino il viale riservato agli elefanti (ora banditi dalla città), di scivolare lungo la spirale del minareto a chiocciola (che non trovo più la base su cui sorgere). Nella mappa del tuo impero, o grande Kan, devono trovar posto sia la grande Fedora di pietra sia le piccole Fedore nelle sfere di vetro. Non perché tutte ugualmente reali, ma perché tutte solo presunte. L'una racchiude ciò che è accettato come necessario mentre non lo è ancora; le altre ciò che è immaginato come possibile e un minuto dopo non lo è più...''
(Italo Calvino)
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