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On a trip to Colchester Zoo i had this shot in mind, just had to wait until the two Elephants came close! the only shot i liked on the day.
a lone figure stands in silent reverence, facing the grandeur of the altar inside a palma church. her presence is humble, almost blending into the stillness of the moment, yet her stance carries a quiet strength. the light falls softly, illuminating the contours of the sacred space, pulling the viewer into a timeless connection between the human and the divine. this photograph was taken on a quiet afternoon in palma, with a leica monochrom m11, capturing the essence of solitude and introspection. the play of light and shadow, the textures of stone and fabric, all speak of a story that stretches beyond the frame.
A submissives devotion is not just to the one that owns her, but to herself and her submission... but she will always show her devotion to her Master above all.
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My beautiful model "Devotion" who is also a member in flickr.
PLEASE DON'T MENTION THE WORD 'NICE'
Explore 19 Aug 11. #208 Thanks Brenda for the details.
It's both our wedding anniversary and my sister's Golden wedding anniversary today so these photos are for all of us.
Many thanks for your friendship, comments, invites and good wishes. Also thank you to those who have made me their contact. Due to poor health, eye problems and low energy I regret I can't take on any new contacts but nearly always manage to reply to your comments.
One invite welcome-more, too many.
- In the light of the autumn sun -
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Once upon a time in Provence, at the very end of a deep, peaceful valley guarded by a towering rocky barrier, there was a powerful spring of such clear and delicious water that it could only have been created by a god, and be the expression of the god itself. And thus the ancient Gauls built there a sanctuary to the god Graselos, or Grauselos. And on the spring kept flowing abundantly.
When the Romans came, they didn’t seem to care much for the divine nature of the spring, even though they were on occasion prone to this sort of devotion. In this particular case, they appear to have solely valued its utilitarian worth, and so they used it to supply with excellent water the city they were building a few kilometers away on the banks of River Ouvèze: Vaison, dubbed “la Romaine” in 1924 only, as tourism was picking up and the locals didn’t intend to miss the opportunity to attract as many visitors as possible.
According to the written sources, it was in 683 that Petruinus, bishop of Vaison, set up a first religious Christian establishment of some kind in that locale. The foundation of that monastery was approved by King Clovis III in 692. At that time, the populace still largely put faith in the gods of old, and monotheist Christianity was all for stamping out any evidence of those by appropriating their sites and their monuments.
In 1059, the abbatiola (i.e., “little abbey” or priory) sanctæ Mariæ de Grausello, as it was named, was given over to the Saint Victor Abbey in Marseilles by the bishop of Vaison. Local lords threw in some land, revenue and a few other churches. The donation was confirmed 20 years later by Pope Gregory VII, and so the Benedictine brothers remained in charge of the priory until 1432.
The priory church that we can see today was mostly built, it seems, during the first years of the 1100s. However, there is strong evidence that the side walls were re-used from an earlier church, as their apparel points rather towards the 1050s. The nave was destroyed at some point, so that the only parts that remain today are the transept and the apse, together with an augmentation that was built as a kind of southern transept arm to increase the capacity of the church.
Inside, the appareling and the decoration are very remarkable. The church is indeed quite famous in the region and beyond, and prominently indicated on road maps. It is probably substantially visited by tourists in the Summer, but in October I was the only one there —and of course the construction site was fenced and off-limits to the public until the works are over.
The Notre-Dame du Groseau (remember the Gaulish god Grauselos I first mentioned above?) church, as it is known today, is being restored with the financial help of the Fondation du Patrimoine, one of the non-profit organizations I work for as a pro bono photographer. That is how I gained access to the work site to document photographically the current state of the restoration for the Foundation.
Because of the ongoing works, it was not possible in October 2024 to photograph all of the outside of the church.
Gangasagar Mela, West Bengal, India.
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Dulal Pal, a potter at Siliguri Chyan Para, is really proud of his work.
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This is a finely illuminated and iconographically rich Book of Hours, made in England at the end of the thirteenth century. The manuscript is incomplete and misbound. Its main artist can also be found at work in a Bible, Oxford, Bodleian Library Ms. Auct. D.3.2, and a Psalter, Cambridge, Trinity College Cambridge Ms. O.4.16. The manuscript contains a number of unusual texts including the Hours of Jesus Crucified, and the Office of St. Catherine. The patron of the manuscript is not clear: a woman is depicted as praying in many of the initials, but rubrics in the Office of the Dead mention "freres". The imagery is marvellously inventive, and the Hours of Christ Crucified are graced with images depicting the Funeral of Reynard the Fox in its margins. In the absence of a Calendar, it is not possible to locate the origin of the manuscript precisely.
To explore fully digitized manuscripts with a virtual page-turning application, please visit Walters Ex Libris.
Leica MP
Leica Elmarit 28mm f/2.8 III
Kodak Tri-X
Ars Imago FD (1+31)
6 min 20°C
Scan from negative film
Created for dA Users Gallery Challenge #63 – Man 19
Model with thanks to LadyxBoleyn
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