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It seems the good folks over at the San Francisco Academy of Science understand that space exploration can be so uncomfortable. Why else would they have built such a convenient space habitat system? It features things you would need while sailing through deep space: a virtual rain forest, butterflies, a 360 degree view and … oxygen. They just haven’t figured out how to launch this puppy, but as soon as they do, I am sure this space habitat will be a hot item.
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San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts is another one of those places that seems to be inside of its own time bubble. Each step you take towards the entrance sends you back 100 years and by the time you reach the center, you are firmly in another era. The more you look around this colossal house of the old Greek Gods, the more likely it starts to become that you will turn a corner and see Zeus lounging on a throne or Ares studying a map in preparation for major warfare.
I felt like an ant as I walked around trying to capture its essence with my camera. Lucky for me the sun had just come up and the light was hitting it from a low angle that illuminated the inside of the dome with a warm glow. I hope you enjoy the final product as much as I enjoyed being there!
818 Mil Mi-35P Hind-F/ Panther (023369) Cyprus Air Force -
Andreas Papandreou Airbase , Pathos International Airport Cyprus 08-11-2019
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Sometimes I find myself standing at some fantastic vantage point with a great photo opportunity in front of me and I have no idea how to capture it in a way that would do it justice. This was the case a few weeks ago when I went up to San Francisco at the crack of dawn and stood in freezing temperatures at the top of Twin Peaks as the sun was rising. The warm glow covered the city and I had a nearly unobstructed 360 degree view. As you can tell from the picture above, this is not that photo. This is the picture I got instead of the one I just described because I was too cold and dumbfounded to figure out a way to capture what I saw. Oh well, I will just have to go up again and keep trying until I get it. =)
In the mean time, I hope you enjoy this little consolation prize shot.
Japan Photo Charity Update
There is one week left for the Japan charity! We have raised just over $100 so far, so thank you for everyone who has contributed. I am donating 100% of the profits from the sales of any of my photos through the end of March to Doctors Without Borders to aid Japan
Quello che vedo non è mio. Mentre quello che sento in ciò che vedo è mio: la sensazione, il sentimento, l'emozione, l'armonia, il pathos, la ragione, il racconto, l'attimo. Dunque, ciò che fotografo non è mio, mentre è mio ciò che sento in quello che fotografo. È questo "sentire" che voglio comunicare agli altri, condividere, e sarebbe assurdo rinchiuderlo in qualche stupida rivendicazione di proprietà, materiale, commerciale o intellettuale che sia. Con le mie foto non sto vendendo, lucrando, guadagnando; sto parlando, per essere ascoltato e non per essere comprato. E il mio parlare non ha copyright. Buona visione. E buon ascolto
Questi sono alcuni degli scatti realizzati al mercato nei pressi del Castello medievale di Bran, comune della storia regione della Transilvania, dimora dimora, secondo la leggenda, del sanguinario conte Dracula, personaggio ispirato alla figura del principe Vlad III che nel XV secolo fece parlare di sè per la ferocia e la crudeltà del suo animo .
La fortezza tuttavia, non è il vero maniero appartenuto all'imperatore Vlad ma era utilizzato dal sovrano come residenza di caccia. Curioso è l'aver appreso che i rumeni sono venuti a conoscenza di Dracula e di tutta la leggenda ad esso annessa ai primi anni '90, dopo che l'ex dittatore comunista Ceacescu è stato destituito dei suoi poteri.
Sapere questo ha suscitato curiosità prima e riflessione poi: mi trovavo li, in mezzo alla popolazione locale portatrice di tradizioni in parte costruite e piegate al consumismo frenetico, recitando la mia parte da turista occidentale, inconsciamente privo del reale contatto con quel mondo di genti diverse . Ero in Transilvania per vedere il castello di un vampiro? Ero in Transilvania per poi raccontare di esserci stato?
Come il pezzo di una carovana di passanti ciechi e sordi che si autocompiace perchè viaggia e conosce, che prende tutto per oro colato, che non si pone un perchè, un percome. Ecco come mi son sentito. Volutamente cieco.
La Romania non è una leggenda. Non è un vampiro.
Sono persone.
Che non conoscevo e non conosco.
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… I sometimes run out of creative titles for these pictures.
Have you heard of the famous “Monk Debates”? They are held in Sera Monastery and are both a form of verbal sparing as well as a method for teaching Monks about Buddhism. The basic premise is that one monk asks a questions and the other has a limited amount of time to answer. But it is more lively that than. The monk asking the questions makes martial art-like gestures while the monk sitting on the floor tries to retort before he gets a figurative karate chop to the head. The questions are all relating to the teachings of Buddha and I am sure they are really tough to answer, because this little monk kept making a can-you-repeat-the-question face. It was fun to watch these otherwise, peaceful dudes, let out some steam with all their crazy gestures and yelling.
… I feel your pain little monk, I wouldn’t know the answer to half those questions …
110 Bell B206L-3 Long Ranger III (51148) Cyprus Air Force - Andreas Papandreou Airbase , Pathos International Airport Cyprus 08-11-2019
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I found my friend, Confucius, pondering the imponderable in the middle of the Cheonggyecheon (청 계천) stream that runs down the middle of Seoul in South Korea. I asked him if he would join me for a pint at the local pub and we proceeded to have a deep philosophical conversation ...
Confucius: Christian, respect yourself and others will respect you.
Christian: What is that supposed to mean, C? Who have you been talking to?
Confucius: What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.
Christian: Who are you calling small? Look in the mirror, my friend, you are about an inch taller than a Care Bear.
Confucius: Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.
Christian: That sounds like a dare. See that angry-looking linebacker by the bar? I am going to challenge him to a thumb war.
Confucius: Christian, he who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.
Christian: C, the only thing that is lost are my car keys and the only thing that is in great danger are those buffalo wings if you don't eat them.
Confucius: And remember, no matter where you go, there you are.
Christian: Dude, are you sure you are OK to drive?
Confucius: Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
Christian: The only crime you should be ashamed of is not talking to that lady over at the next table who keeps giving you the "come-hither" look.
Confucius: Never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself.
Christian: I choose life!
Confucius: It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.
Christian: ... in bed.
Confucius: You're an idiot. I am going back to the stream to continue pondering.
Christian: Naw baby, don't go to sleep angry. Come back.
Confucius is a little feisty, but we are totally BFFs.
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I felt a little bad posting this today because I deliberately isolated this little fella from his family for the sake of my selfish artistic vision. He was happily swimming in his circle of safety when all of the sudden he started noticing his wolf pack disappear one by one. At first he thought he must be imagining their absence, but then he actually witnessed his cousin being erased from existence by my Adobe Photoshop eraser. He looked up at me with these big googly-jellyfish-eyes and asked “Why?” I told him that they were still around in another layer but I wanted to focus on him because I thought he had the stuff to be one of the aquarium’s top models. He took some time to consider this and finally said, “You know, ever since Aunt Margaret told me I was the cutest jellyfish she had ever seen, I knew I was destined to be a jelly-model.” We quickly worked out a contract and he happily posed for this picture. He may only be a jelly, but he had some mad negotiating skills. Somehow I owe him an annual stipend of two tons of tuna and 90% of all profits from the sales of his photo …
La chiesa di Santa Maria degli Angeli di Lugano fu eretta nel 1499. Faceva parte di un complesso conventuale che venne espropriato e parzialmente demolito per ordine del Governo del Canton Ticino. Al suo interno son conservati affreschi rinascimentali di Bernardino Luini di Dumenza, tra i più ammirati della Svizzera.
All’interno dell’edificio vi è uno dei capolavori del pittore rinascimentale Bernardino Luini: il grandioso affresco della Passione e Crocifissione di Cristo, i Santi Rocco e Sebastiano, datati 1529 sono raffigurati sulle spalle dell'arco centrale, e sopra le arcate i profeti. La grande parete del tramezzo offre uno spettacolo avvincente: un affresco ricco di figure della Passione; in primo piano sono poste le tre croci, quella di Cristo e dei due ladroni; la croce di Cristo è circondata in alto da un gruppo di angeli; una folla di personaggi anima la scena: ai lati dei soldati a cavallo: a destra, ai piedi della croce, Santa Maria Maddalena afflitta e inginocchiata; a sinistra si vede San Giovanni Evangelista piangente e, di lato, il gruppo delle Pie donne sostengono la Vergine addolorata; sul lato opposto alcuni soldati romani si giocano ai dadi il mantello di Gesù. Entro un colonnato, si possono ammirare le scene dell'Incontro con San Tommaso apostolo e della Derisione; fra queste: il Cristo Portacroce e il Compianto sul Cristo morto. La preghiera nell'Orto degli ulivi, appare a sinistra del fondale paesaggistico, mentre, a destra si può distinguere l'Ascensione.
Crocifissione di Bernardino Luini
La composizione della scena, severamente simmetrica, e la disposizione delle figure in piani regolari sovrapposti, conferiscono all'opera l'aspetto di un maestoso arazzo. La ricchezza di particolari e di pathos corrisponde con la migliore tradizione tardogotica tuttavia illuminata da una nuova cultura pittorica leonardesca.
Sulla parete meridionale della navata sono pure frutto dell'arte del Luini, con palesi influssi leonardeschi, l'affresco dell'Ultima Cena, traslato qui dal vecchio refettorio e, sulla parete est nella prima cappella (qui ricollocata dalla lunetta del portale che immetteva nel cimitero), la delicata Madonna col Bambino e San Giovannino. Le pitture murali nei tre archi della parete divisoria, che vennero scoperte nel 1929, rivelano la mano di un altro artista. Sulla fronte dell'arco di destra: i Santi Lorenzo e Stefano (?) e medaglioni con profeti; sulla parete interna meridionale: dipinto ricco di figure, forse ritratti di personaggi realmente vissuti, che attorniano un bambino addormentato ed una fanciulla: interpretato come quadro votivo per la guarigione dalla peste e da altre malattie, compreso il mal d'amore.
Nell'arco mediano: due visioni paesaggistiche di Gerusalemme e del Calvario, che si rifanno ad antichi modelli. Nella prima cappella laterale dedicata all'Immacolata e fondata in onore del medico luganese Lodovico Camuzio: sull'arco, fregio d'ornamenti rinascimentali; nell'intradosso, medaglioni con profeti; sulle pareti laterali, quattro Scene della Vita della Vergine dipinte dal Maestro della cappella Camuzio, identificato da Alessandra Brambilla con il pittore Bartolomeo da Ponte Tresa delle quali si son salvate solo quelle della Fuga in Egitto e dell'Adorazione dei Magi, (sul modello di una silografia di Albrecht Dürer). Interessante la Madonna col Bambino che ricorda il gruppo analogo nella chiesa dell'Annunziata ai piedi del Santuario della Madonna del Sasso ad Orselina, dello stesso pittore. Nelle lunette, angeli musicanti; sulla volta, quattro grandi figure di angeli attorno ad un'illusionistica cupola, e medaglioni con putti nelle unghie delle vele.
Romantic Snow, as a white chocolate gift from romantic nature to Tokyo's romantic people.
This gift is so ephemera: 物の哀れ。
702 Agusta AW139 (31332) Cyprus Air Force - Andreas Papandreou Airbase , Pathos International Airport Cyprus 08-11-2019
Aluna: Daniela Arcari
Foto: Denise Wichmann
Modelo: Janaina (JOY)
Cabelo/maquiagem: Johnny Left
Tratamento de imagem: Luly Salle
Trabalho desenvolvido para o editorial do livro Pathos Projeta-me (disciplina Desenvolvimento de Coleções II, a qual ministro), onde o aluno desfilará a sua coleção no dia 11 de dezembro na Feevale.
354 Aerospatiale SA342-L1 Gazelle (2197) Cyprus Air Force - Andreas Papandreou Airbase , Pathos International Airport Cyprus 08-11-2019
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My trip to the Longsheng region of China was very short, but it left an impression on me. The small mountain town was covered in rain and fog more often than not and it made for some treacherous hiking. There is something about the struggle to achieve that makes it all the more worth it. I spent two full days hiking up and down the various mountains and catching fleeting glimpses of the beautiful rice terraces as the wind swept the fog aside for moments at a time.
One morning, I was making my way up one of the steep, narrow paths when I looked up and saw a donkey blocking the way. He was only a foot from my face and he was just staring at me. I made to pass on the right and he swung his head over and fixed one huge eye on me. Ok, he is definitely staring me down. I tried to explain that is was common courtesy for the person coming down the hill to back up and let the other pass, but he did not understand English. Fine, you stubborn donkey, I will move out of your way. When I turned around to make my way back down, I saw this rice farmer plowing the field. I liked the way he was looking out into the distance and how the the rain drops falling off his jacket were catching the light. If it hadn’t been for that stubborn donkey, I would have missed this cool moment.
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I recently posted a similar portrait of Yosemite Valley, so I thought I would also post the landscape shot. This was taken as the sun was rising and the sky began to light up with warm colors. I am still in awe of this incredible national park. I wish I could move my family into a little log cabin and spend the year fishing, taking pictures and enjoying the scenery, but I think my wife and daughter would not appreciate that very much.
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This is one of the most interesting Cathedrals I have found in the Bay Area. It sits on top of a hill in San Francisco and overlooks the city. One of my favorite things about this Cathedral is it's ceiling. It is intricate and geometric and it seems to take on a fluid property as you move about the church. There are so many interesting things to see in here that I ended up spending almost an hour photographing unimpeded. It felt like a little safe-haven.
1921. Aquarel·la i tinta d’impressió transferida sobre paper, emmarcat amb tinta, muntat al revers d’una litografia de Paul Rohrbach. 37,8 x 30,5 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nova York. 1984.315.28. Obra no exposada.
Imatge d’accés obert (Open Access, CC0), cortesia de The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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The Shanghai skyline as seen from the top of the Pearl Tower. The resulting photographs were an interesting mistake of camera shake while zooming in on sections of the heavily smog filled city. They gave me a sense of a long forsaken metropolis so I named this series – Vestige.
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It was my second day in the mountain village of Dazhai and I had very quickly gotten used to randomly walking into houses with none of the usual pesky repercussions (such as being thrown in jail or chased away with a cleaver). This particular house was owned by the Tofu Man. When my guide, Bart, and I walked in we just made our way through the massive three-story wooden house into one of the smaller rooms where Tofu Man was already hard at work cooking the tofu.
He had been expecting us, and when we entered the steam-filled room, he beckoned us to sit down on the tiny wooden stools next to the little fire pit. I sat down and he looked at me with all seriousness and suddenly burst out a mad cackle before going back to work. The light from the fire danced on his face as he intently stirred the pot, looking like a mad scientist working on his Franken-fu. When he was done cooking, he took the pot into another room and poured the content into a large white mesh and hand-strained the water out of the tofu until it was a solid white mass. When it was all done, he produced a bowl out of one of his pockets, looked at it inquisitively and decided it was clean enough for this interloper and served me up some yummy tofu. Mmmm.