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a depiction of our desire for material goods- there's always just one more item out of reach, and once we get it, we feel that we will be complete. But once we grab it, we forget its value as we just want another object. Our quest for happiness must be fulfilled in another way
One more with the Vivitar 35 EF.
This was also shot wide open at f2.8 and I'd say the lens is sharp enough. Could be much worse for a non-professional camera like this.
Vivitar 35 EF
Foma Fomapan 100 at ISO 200
Compard R09 One Shot 1+100
60 min semi-stand at 19°C
Agitation: 1 minute + 10s at 30 min
Tikkala, Sysmä, Finland 2024.
Another backyard… I had to capture this throught the holes in the metal gates, because it is closed from the trespassers' eyes. No, it is not an abandoned object, it is a back yard of an old, though still functioning, hospital. Right in the city center! I get sick when I see this...
This figure depicts a man on one side and a woman on the other, reflecting the importance of duality in the Andean world view.
Inka double-sided figurine. AD 1470–1532. Lima, Peru. Silver-copper alloy. 9.9 × 6.8 × 3.5 cm. 19/9105. Photo by Ernest Amoroso, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution
Images and captions from The Great Inka Road: Engineering an Empire, edited by Ramiro Matos Mendieta and José Barreiro. Published by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in association with Smithsonian Books. © 2015 Smithsonian Institution
This thing is visibly from the road between Berneck and Heerbrugg. Today I tried to disclose the secret. I always thought that it would be a tank, but it isn't. It's from polyester and has no affiliated components. I bet on a object of art that was disposed here. Berneck, Switzerland, Aug 27, 2007.
This aquilla is a special type of cup made specifically for a’qa (also known as chicha, or maize beer). The carved face and prominent beak are reminiscent of a condor.
Inka aquilla (cup), AD 1470–1532. Cusco region, Peru. Silver. 29.1 × 10.2 cm. 16/9875. Photo by Ernest Amoroso, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution
Images and captions from The Great Inka Road: Engineering an Empire, edited by Ramiro Matos Mendieta and José Barreiro. Published by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in association with Smithsonian Books. © 2015 Smithsonian Institution
These beads are made from the shell of Spondylus, a genus of mollusk found off the coast of
Ecuador. Called mullu in Quechua, the shell was a sacred material closely controlled by the Inka state.
Shell beads, AD 1000–1500. Tembladera, Cajamarca region, Peru. Spondylus shell. Largest: 6.2 × 2 × 0.9 cm; smallest: 4.8 × 1.8 × 0.9 cm. 24/1017. Photo by Ernest Amoroso, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution
Images and captions from The Great Inka Road: Engineering an Empire, edited by Ramiro Matos Mendieta and José Barreiro. Published by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in association with Smithsonian Books. © 2015 Smithsonian Institution