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A pale blue brick wall with two windows, a leaning ladder, and a scatter of pipes; a small, weathered arrangement that feels like a modern echo of Talbot’s early studies in light, surface, and ordinary structures. The graffiti, the dry grasses, and the patched‑on layers of paint all sit in quiet tension with the simplicity of the composition. It’s a corner that I hope seems unremarkable at first glance, yet holds the same slow, attentive stillness that defined those early experiments in looking.
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One of many ongoing approaches, where I move through the world as a harvester of images stumbling, strolling, lurching, equal parts accidental, and intentional. My concerns circumnavigate around questions that resist easy answers: time as texture, presence as performance, possibility as glitch. I trace the contours of decay and growth, hope and entropy, searching for the quiet collisions where meaning might emerge. Each image is less a document than a provocation an invitation to reconsider what we 'see', and what we ignore; and why.
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What woman wants, woman gets... Recent project of mine with customized black stickers. Work in progress (prints of the work in progress available HERE). Model: Zhuzhu. See another picture here and a similar project I made with the same model some time ago at this link.
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Gleiwitzer Radiosender, Ort der Naziprovokation am 31.August 1939;
Gliwice broadcasting station, place of nazi provocation on 31th August 1939;
Installation by Maurizio Cattelan at Bourse du Commerce - Pinault Collection | Paris
A polymorphic artist, sculptor, performer, editor and programmer, Maurizio Cattelan has made a name for himself, thanks to a production whose spectacular forms highlight the contradictions of contemporary society. Others (2011), the disturbing squadron of stuffed pigeons, posted on the interior balconies of the third floor of the Bourse de Commerce is a perfect example: “more real than real life”, these motionless creatures arouse a mixture of surprised bemusement and “strange anxiety”. They are stationed there like an alert, a sign of something potentially sinister to come. Yet, their presence is already slightly unnerving.
If he weren’t already a major player on the contemporary art scene, Maurizio Cattelan, adept at paradox, provocation and savage irony, could pass himself off as an artist on the fringes and with a good dose of humour to boot! Born in Padua in 1960, he lives and works between Milan and New York.
Source: www.pinaultcollection.com/en/boursedecommerce/situ-works
Extremadura, Spain
The main focus of this trip was the migration of the Common Cranes who fly into Spain at this time of year in their tens of thousands. I had images in my mind that I hoped to get but I hadn't reckoned on the weather and the fact that these birds are extremely flighty and take off at the slightest provocation. The best hope of photographing them is to find a small family group, pair or individual - as was the case here. Photographing them at all was extremely challenging - mostly because the light was either too harsh or it was pouring with rain, so I have struggled to find even a few images to post. At best they are record shots, but here they are for better or worse!
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Style Card
[Provocation] Bella Blouse
[Provocation] Bella Swimsuit
NaaNaa's Katie Necklace
SIGMA Sparkle earrings
[AlternatiVe] MegaPack Charm
“The beginning is a Presence that imposes itself. The beginning is a provocation, but not to the ‘brain,’ … to our life; whatever is not a provocation to our life wastes our time and energy, and blocks us from true joy,” and therefore, in time, no longer interests us. “The educative presence is the presence of the adult as a unified person,” and this concerns everything, from teaching methodology to the environment. Indeed, if we do not reach the point at which this newness of gaze, sparked by the encounter, opens us to discover more the way to go to deal with and communicate the subject matter in a new and more fulfilled way, if we don’t reach that point, if we don’t arrive at the level of teaching methodology, we succumb to dualism.
-Disarming Beauty ESSAYS ON FAITH, TRUTH, AND FREEDOM , JULIÁN CARRÓN Foreword by Javier Prades
The exhibition 'CUTE' at Kunsthal Rotterdam explores the global rise and evolution of the concept of "cuteness," from Japanese kawaii culture to modern internet memes and futuristic design. Created in collaboration with Somerset House in London, the exhibition demonstrates how cuteness can be a powerful tool for comfort, manipulation, or provocation. Visitors can experience interactive installations, such as a Hello Kitty disco and a game arcade with digital monsters, and immerse themselves in the multi-layered world of CUTE.
Kunsthal Rotterdam: CUTE exhibition from July 5 to November 23, 2025.
Dressing to Disobey
When the body becomes a battleground, fashion turns into armor, into discourse, into a symbolic weapon. This image is not just an aesthetic statement: it is an act of visual insurrection.
On the prow of a luxury yacht, framed by a postcard sunset, a figure emerges, subverting everything traditionally expected from power, gender, and glamour. This is not merely a person dressed to impress it is the embodiment of dissent. A body that dares to exist beyond the binary, one that takes the codes of power: jewelry, height, silhouette, opulence and twists them into a declaration.
The headpiece, almost liturgical, evokes a religious iconography now stripped of its moral authority. The beard, visible beneath the lace, is a deliberate act of provocation: not a disguise, not a transformation. Just presence. Just identity.
Model: Jovita Vogue (manito12
Photography: Melinda Bayn
Styling: Nef, Jovi, Mel
Today, rita vita finzi posted another lovely calla lilly shot: calla ephemerae, for me! I had to scramble, but this is my gift to her.
Sorry for the graininess - best viewed small, lol!
Rights purchased through Getty for an Italian textbook cover....
On 22nd Sep. 2013, heavy clashes took place across Hebron (clashes started on 20th Sep. and lasted seven days), leading to the injury and arrest of numerous Palestinians as well as the death of an Israeli soldier. As part of Sukkot celebrations, the street outside checkpoint 56 leading to Yatta was closed by Israeli military and border police. The army announced by military order that all shops on the street would have be closed and cars would have to be moved between 11am and 3pm, to ensure safe passage for settlers and Jewish visitors for a pilgrimage to the cave of Otniel ben Knaz, located on said road (what was clear provocation). Crowds of Palestinians, internationals and journalists gathered to witness and protest against this breaking of the Hebron agreement, signed in 1997 between the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli government and dividing the city into zones H1 and H2 under PA and Israeli military control respectively. The road to Yatta falls under Palestinian Authority control and is therefore illegal for Israelis to access. The clashes in Bab Al-Zawiyeh began around 11.30 am when Palestinian youths began to throw stones at the invading Israeli army and border police. The occupation forces responded with tear gas canisters, stunt grenades and plastic-coated steel bullets. Live ammunition was eventually used against resisting protestors and there are reports of several Palestinian men being treated for gunshot wounds.
Place: Bab al Zawiye, Hebron, Palestine.
Malgré l’exposition de cette ethnie à la «civilisation», les rites traditionnels continuent de structurer la vie des Hamer. Le plus connu est l’Ukuli : il symbolise l’entrée des jeunes hommes dans l’âge adulte. Le futur initié est désigné par son chef de clan, puis il se prépare longuement. L’ étape la plus spectaculaire de ce rite de passage qui s’étend sur plusieurs jours, prend la forme d’une cérémonie d’une demi-journée à laquelle nous avons eu la chance d’assister. Au programme : chants, danses, flagellations et « saut de vache ».
Les fouetteurs sont arrivés, tenant à la main de longues baguettes souples. Les femmes se livrent alors autour d'eux à une véritable danse de provocation et de séduction, pour attirer l'attention des jeunes gens, les exciter et les inciter à les choisir pour partenaire de la séquence qui va suivre.
Ukuli : Provoke the whippersnappers
Despite the exposure of this ethnic group to “civilization”, traditional rites continue to structure the lives of the Hamer. The best known is the Ukuli: it symbolizes the entry of young men into adulthood. The future initiate is designated by his clan leader, then he prepares at length. The most spectacular stage of this rite of passage which extends over several days, takes the form of a half-day ceremony which we were lucky enough to attend. On the program: songs, dances, flagellation and “cow jumping”.
The whippers arrived, holding long, flexible sticks in their hands. The women then engage in a veritable dance of provocation and seduction around them, to attract the attention of the young people, excite them and encourage them to choose them as partners in the sequence that follows.
How these little rabbits survive when their world is replete with predators (coyotes, bobcats, hawks) is a mystery and wonder to me. This one looks like he is poised to dash off at the least provocation.
Born out of a kinetic and destructive reaction to provocation and yielding the potential to give life... Birthed into the cold, dark night and creating a warm, illuminated evening in which we can dance and play...
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I've made this today with real Euro cents, it was lots of fun!
I might be doing more stuff around this concept in the near future...
Thanks for your constructive feedbacks.
The above photo has been shot with the Samsung NX10
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Coins in my Shoes
A poem by Katie Gabrielle
Today is my lucky day!
Fate hands me a chance
Music like change
Makes me dance
Rich I am in luck
I make my own way
In this world
With a song in my heart
coins in my shoes
How can I lose?
When today is my lucky day?
Going my way?
Follow my happy feet
Down lucky street!
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Dance to Me Till the Night Is Gone
A poem by Peter S. Quinn
Dance to me till the night is gone
Carry my heart to the long way
Love is like a song to go on and on
Till the morning meets a new day
Hope is dancing with its flowing
Always more in its future to come
Don’t let hopes to the night be going
Feel its softness and fragrance blossom
Dance till the hours are all here in
Feeling its softness in the shadows
Let every smile though emotions spin
Anything of love sometimes again goes
Yesterdays were breaking through waves
Catching the minutes on their leaving
Thoughts to reality longings craves
In their departure and dance conceiving
Dance me to love in tender beguile
Slowly in motions to give and wake
Every its content in beauty and style
That love together can always make
Threads of its kisses feelings in deep
All that has no limits to any end
Bringing together that love can only keep
All of its instants in gathering blend
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In September 1998, I captured this quiet, tender moment on the rooftop terrace — technically, the Cantor Roof Garden — of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. In front of me stands (or rather leans) a bronze by Auguste Rodin, one of his expressive human figures. The choice to place his turbulent, muscular form against the calm city reflections felt like a small provocation: art versus everyday life, or maybe the other way round.
And yes — that blond woman whose reflection you see in the glass is my beloved Michela. She wandered into the frame in the most poetic way, as if two worlds — the viewer and the sculpture — met. My aim was to freeze that intersection, where emotion, space, person and art blur into one image.
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Nel settembre del 1998 ho catturato questo momento raccolto sulla terrazza del museo — precisamente, il Cantor Roof Garden del Metropolitan Museum of Art a New York. Davanti a me si staglia una figura in bronzo di Auguste Rodin, una delle sue forme umane cariche di intensità. Mettere in dialogo quella scultura vibrante con i riflessi sereni della città mi è sembrato un atto quasi poetico: arte contro vita quotidiana, o forse il contrario.
E sì — quella donna bionda che si riflette nella vetrata è la mia adorata Michela. È entrata nel fotogramma con naturalezza, come se due mondi — lo spettatore e la scultura — si incontrassero in un istante. Ho voluto cristallizzare quell’intersezione, dove emozione, spazio, persona e arte si confondono in un’unica visione.
Without a doubt one of my favorite things to eat are tacos, especially on Día de los Muertos. I swear I probably eat tacos once a week and not just on Tuesdays. I ate these tacos for dinner last night. These have soft shredded roast beef in them, lettuce, tomatoes, jack/cheddar cheese, some sour cream, fresh lime and a little Tapatio hot sauce.
So you can only imagine, given my proclivity for tacos how much I was looking forward to Jordana Rothman's new taco book, "Tacos, Recipes and Provocations." It showed up from Amazon Friday. goo.gl/nBshTz It's a fantastic book full of everything you ever wanted to know about tacos, great recipes and beautiful photographs. The perfect gift for that taco lover in your life. Congrats Jordana on the book, it's wonderful.
Those heels are slutty enough on their own. But then wrap your feet in RHT's - that's pure provocation! Apparently she wants to get her feet covered in cum.
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Here are some shots of Hrefna finding her way to the city of Markarth after having hunted among the jagged peaks of the reach, fierce forsworn, ancient nords awakened and a Thalmor patrol foolish enough to attack her without provocation having fallen to her crimson feathered arrows. The hunger for battle of the shadow within her mind sated for the moment, chased away by her strong will.
Somber 3 ENB
I was out, but Sophie grabbed my camera to take some good shots of the Mistle thrush from indoors.
This bird is very nervous and will take flight at the slightest provocation.
Model: Kathi
Setup:
Striplight from left front, Softbox (reduced) from the right, yellow spot on the background.
He claims modesty with one hand, yet grants provocation with the other. My equipment quivers at the duplicity.
* Phantoms, bred of artificial intelligence.*
Mistaken identity is a defense in criminal law which claims the actual innocence of the criminal defendant, and attempts to undermine evidence of guilt by asserting that any eyewitness to the crime incorrectly thought that they saw the defendant, when in fact the person seen by the witness was someone else. The defendant may question both the memory of the witness (suggesting, for example, that the identification is the result of a false memory), and the perception of the witness (suggesting, for example, that the witness had poor eyesight, or that the crime occurred in a poorly lit place).
Because the prosecution in a criminal case must prove the guilt of the accused beyond a reasonable doubt, the defendant must convince the jury that there is reasonable doubt about whether the witness actually saw what the witness claims to have seen, or recalls having seen. Although scientific studies have shown that mistaken identity is a common phenomenon, jurors give very strong credence to eyewitness testimony, particularly where the eyewitness is resolute in believing that their identification of the defendant was correct.