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When I look at this scene, with that glorious cross of golden light projected by the rising sun, I cannot avoid a sense of awe, and the adventure of post-processing could only confirm and deepen that feeling. One could think that I could express some pride for such a work, but it would be inappropriate. Nature is the author of this wonder, and I am only an humble means to tidy it up a bit and offer its beauty to everyone would take the time to have a look. And it makes me wonder about how God sometimes reveals Himself in special moments - and we are sometimes lucky enough to be able to capture them with a camera.
At last I realized that I had this lesson by a great mentor, and I decided to tell it to those who, intrigued by the Latin title of the photo, will decide to continue reading.
"Soli Deo Gloria" is a Lutheran Latin motto meaning "Glory to God alone". Johann Sebastian Bach was a very proud man when dealing with wordly powers, but he used to put this motto at the end of his works, humbing himself in front of God. One day someone asked him how could he produce such an awful lot of great music - a provocative question, since Bach's work was on the old-fashioned side of the music of the time, to which Bach provocatively answered: "By working a lot". So he was stubborn and proud, but he was also aware that all his genius and hard work was not for his own glorification, but rather a way to induce people to perceive God, to sincerely glorifying Him. Bach made it all crystal clear in the Musical Offering BWV 1079 (1747), one of his last works and one of his very few published ones. The Musical Offering is definitely not a sacred music work, nonetheless it is a treatise about the real status of the supposed worldly glory of Man. It is formally dedicated to Frederick II the Great and is, basically, the devastating response to a humiliation that Bach had suffered at the hands of Frederick some months before. It was not simply a challenge between two quite different musical worlds, but a clash of two mutually incompatible worldviews. The Musical Offering is full of provocations and ironic remarks to the king - who, at our knowledge, was fully unresponsive to the challenge. The typical procedure is as this: while apparently celebrating the glory and greatness of the king through Latin mottoes like "Ascendenteque Modulatione ascendat Gloria Regis" (as the modulation rises, so may the King's glory), the actual music tells a vastly different story (the rising modulation, through subtle artifices, is actually perceived as descending). So, even if Frederick did not care a bit of Bach's powerful response (maybe he did not even open the luxury dedicatory copy Bach sent to him), we are left with a deep reflection about the glory and power of this world. A lesson still to be learned by the posterity.
I have obtained this picture by blending an exposure bracketing [-1.3/0/+1.3 EV] by luminosity masks in the Gimp (EXIF data, as usual, refer to the "normal" exposure shot), then I added some final touches with Nik Color Efex Pro 4. RAW files processed with Darktable 3
The Paths of Light
I know you're not really interested in this, or at least not in detail. Nevertheless, I'd like to explain the image and my photography in general.
My camera is often the same as the sketchbooks of painters from back when they couldn't take tubes of paint outside. They captured what they saw in their sketchbooks, primed their canvases, transferred their preliminary drawings (usually altered in scale and dimensions/proportions), and then, if necessary, further differentiated them with color in many layers.
Every part of the image you see is truly newly conceived, and much of it isn't even the origin of Gehry's "original."
He provided basic elements and inspiration in three-dimensionality, which I used as abstract two-dimensional elements to make them appear three-dimensional.
So, the basic image of my photo here was initially vertical and rectangular, with a section in the original that I couldn't logically or spatially comprehend at all. Then, I altered it, first making it square, then adding another rectangle... and only when I turned it horizontal did it become graphically understandable again.
Every edge, every surface you see was drawn, painted, by me with the Photoshop brush. The lighting was recreated.
If you now look at my account, it appears very heterogeneous at first glance. Here, too, despite the strong similarities in composition, I haven't adapted to the contrasts and gray tones of the previous image.
Art, for outsiders and laypeople alike, can often only be understood as such if it is based on a certain long-term program, a concept, an idea, and doesn't appear arbitrary and random. Therefore, it is also completely independent of any aesthetic (on the contrary, it is always suspect).
It often thrives on disruption, not harmony. Sometimes, even ugliness, provocation, disturbance, banality, or "lack of talent" can make something artful.
For me, each image is important only as an individual. Each image gets its own frame, its own stamp. Everything has to do it justice.
Curiosity about diversity is in my nature, and I can afford to be completely indifferent to everything else. ;-) ...
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Ich weiß ja, dass euch das gar nicht interessiert oder zumindest nicht so genau. Dennoch möchte ich das Bild und meine Fotografie im Allgemeinen erläutern.
Meine Kamera ist oft das Gleiche, wie früher Skizzenhefte von Malern, die noch keine Tubenfarben mit nach draußen nehmen konnten und das gesehene in ihren Skizzenheften zurück in ihr Atelier brachten, ihre Leinwände grundierten, das vorgezeichnete, meist im Maßstab und Dimension/Proportion verändert, übertrugen, es gegebenenfalls in vielen Schichten dann noch farblich differenzierten.
Jedes Bildteil, das ihr seht, ist wirklich neu konzipiert und vieles ist gar nicht der Ursprung von Gehrys "Origina".
Er lieferte Grundelemente und Anregungen in der Dreidimensionalität, die ich als Abstrakt zweidimensional ausnutzte, um sie dreidimensional erscheinen zu lassen.
So war das Grundbild, meines Foto, hier, erst senkrecht, rechteckig, mit einer Stelle im Original, die ich logisch, räumlich, gar nicht nachvollziehen konnte, dann, von mir verändert, erst quadratisch, dann wieder rechteckig ergänzt ... und erst als ich es in die Waagerechte brachte, wieder grafisch zu verstehen.
Jede Kante, jede Fläche, die ihr seht, ist von mir mit dem Photoshop-Pinsel gezeichnet, gemalt. Die Lichtsetzung wurde neu geschaffen.
Wenn man nun auf meinen Account schaut, so ist er sehr inhomogen, auf den ersten Blick. Auch hier habe ich mich nicht, obwohl viel Ähnlichkeit in der Komposition vorliegt, an die Kontraste und Grautönungen des Vorgängerbildes angepasst.
Kunst ist oft, für Außenstehende und Laien wie Profis, nur als solche zu begreifen, wenn ihr eine gewisse langfristige Programmatik, ein Konzept, eine Idee zugrunde liegt und sie nicht willkürlich und zufällig erscheint, eben darum auch vollkommen unabhängig von irgendeiner Ästhetik (im Gegenteil, sie ist immer verdächtig).
Sie lebt oft vom Bruch und nicht von der Harmonie. Manchmal machen sogar Hässlichkeit, Provokation, Verstörung, Banalität, "Unbegabtheit" eine Sache erst kunstverdächtig.
Mir ist jedes Bild nur einzeln wichtig. Jedes Bild bekommt seinen eigenen Rahmen, seine eigenen Stempel. Alles muss nur ihm gerecht werden.
Neugier auf Vielfalt ist meine Natur und ich kann es mir leisten, dass mir der Rest vollkommen egal ist. ;-) ...
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🌑 Fiona Mini — by small
The music swells as I step into the nightclub, its air thick with smoke and desire. Dim lights cast shadows across velvet walls, and every head turns my way as I enter—not because of who I am, but because of what I wear.
Tonight, I am wrapped in Fiona—a daring whisper of fabric that clings, teases, and tempts with every movement of my hips. This is not just a dress; it is a provocation, a challenge, a promise.
The silhouette drapes across me like liquid fire, its cut scandalously short—hem daringly grazing my thighs, baring more than it conceals. The intimate ties cinch at my waist and bust, framing my curves with reckless abandon, the bodice plunging low, barely tethered by slender straps that seem to beg for release. The neckline is a dangerous deep-V, a lover’s invitation that leaves nothing but the thrill of anticipation.
At the edge of the dance floor, neon lights kiss the fabric—each flicker igniting the dress’s secrets. Every pattern, every shimmer from the HUD, becomes a new story:
✨ From sweet florals to daring plaids.
✨ From playful candy pastels to bold, comic-book bursts that shout BOOM and POW across my skin.
✨ Ten textures—ten moods—each one an alter ego waiting to emerge.
But it doesn’t end there. With transparency controls, I can shift from a coy tease of sheer seduction to a wickedly bold reveal, my skin glowing beneath soft PBR shine. The fabric catches the light, refracting every glance like champagne over ice—smooth, radiant, irresistible.
And for my body—oh, Fiona knows me well. It molds itself to perfection across these frames:
* LaraX
* Petitex
* Legacy
* Perky
* Bombshell
* Reborn (with *Squish*)
* Waifu
* Numa
* Lively
Every body finds its fantasy in Fiona, every curve its perfect stage.
As I move deeper into the club, the hem sways, the ties loosen just enough, and every beat of the music syncs with the heat of anticipation in the room. I am youth, I am fire, I am temptation incarnate. Tonight, the Fiona Mini is not just my outfit—it is my weapon.
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Das Werk "Comedian" des Italieners Maurizio Cattelan, eine mit Klebeband an einer Wand befestigte Banane, ist bei einer Auktion in New York am 20.11.2024 für 6,2 Millionen Dollar versteigert worden. Vor fünf Jahren hatte das Werk noch für 120.000 Dollar zum Verkauf gestanden. Cattelans Werk hatte 2019 bei der Art Basel Miami Beach eine Kontroverse ausgelöst und Fragen aufgeworfen, ob es als Kunst gelten könne - genau das wollte der Künstler eigenen Angaben nach bezwecken. [Quelle: ntv.de]
Man muss wissen, dass die Person, die das Kunstwerk käuflich erwirbt, nicht die Banane selbst bekommt, sondern ein Zertifikat der Authentizität, das dem Besitzer die Erlaubnis und Befugnis verleiht, eine Banane mit dieser Art Klebeband auf seiner Wand als Original-Kunstwerk von Maurizio Cattelan zu reproduzieren.
Meine "Taped Banana" kann, in einer streng limitierten Auflage von 66 Ausdrucken, deutlich preiswerter erworben werden. Die Banane ist noch nicht geschält. 😂
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The work "Comedian" by the Italian Maurizio Cattelan, a banana attached to a wall with adhesive tape, was sold at an auction in New York on November 20, 2024 for 6.2 million dollars. Five years ago the work was for sale for $120,000. Cattelan's work sparked controversy at Art Basel Miami Beach in 2019 and raised questions about whether it could be considered art - which is exactly what the artist said he wanted to achieve. [Source: ntv.de]
It is important to know that the person who purchases the work of art does not receive the banana itself, but a certificate of authenticity that gives the owner permission and authority to place a banana with this type of tape on his wall as an original work of art by Maurizio Cattelan to reproduce.
My "Taped Banana" can be purchased significantly cheaper in a strictly limited edition of 66 prints. The banana isn't peeled yet [German idiom for “it’s not too late”]. 😂
God really loves us and wants us to turn away from our sins. If He passed final judgment now, we would have no such opportunity; that would be the end of time for us. He has sufficient provocation to do so; that we recognize. We have sinned enough to deserve His infinite wrath at any moment, but we do not receive it. We have an opportunity, therefore, to turn away from our sin and to turn to God. Instead of continuing to offend Him, we can plead for forgiveness and seek to please Him. While there is yet life, that is possible. - John Gertsner
🌹 The Jade Dress by Oh! Fashion 🌹
There are dresses that whisper, and then there are dresses that seduce. The Jade Dress is unapologetically the latter—an intoxicating creation that clings, teases, and reveals with daring transparency. A single glance is enough to understand: this is a piece designed for women who don’t just enter a room, they command it.
Sculpted with BLINN & Soft PBR technology, Jade plays with the light like liquid silk, shimmering across every curve with a wet-look gloss that is both irresistible and unapologetically sensual. Its high-cut leg slit slices through convention, allowing the fabric to flutter like a provocative whisper with each movement. The bodice hugs with second-skin precision, while the plunging transparency sides leave just enough exposed to fuel a thousand imaginations.
But this isn’t just a dress—it’s architecture for seduction. With Reborn Squish & Nhuma Lively support, Jade molds and sculpts your body with a realism so fluid it feels alive. Every angle, every stretch, every curve amplified. The fit is sleek, deliberate, and dangerously addictive.
Pair it with stockings and a garter for that irresistible femme fatale allure, or let its sheer provocation stand boldly on its own. Whether in black, crimson, or a soft pastel hue, Jade is a dress that doesn’t beg for attention—it owns it.
✨ Compatible Bodies: Petitex, LaraX, Lega, Perky, Bombshell, Reborn, Reborn Squish, Waifu, Nhuma, Lively
✨ Features: BLINN & Soft PBR, Transparency detailing, Reborn Squish & Nhuma Lively physics
💋 Where to find it:
The LEVEL Event: (Starting on the 1st of each month):
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✨ The Luna Dress ✨
The Luna is not simply a dress—it is a whisper of provocation, a dance between innocence and seduction. When I wear it, I feel like a heroine from a romantic painting, draped in a gossamer dream that blurs the line between boudoir intimacy and high fashion couture.
Its styling is exquisitely daring: sheer, fluid fabric cut with a high slit that skims the thigh, revealing the leg in a bold play of exposure and concealment. The delicate bodice clings with sensual ease, balanced by soft, sheer sleeves that float against the skin—a detail reminiscent of 18th-century Rococo dressing gowns, when romance and temptation first merged into fashion. The look is further modernized by its asymmetry, recalling the daring spirit of 1930s lingerie-inspired eveningwear.
It is the intimate detailing that makes Luna unforgettable—the whisper of fabric layered with stitching so fine it almost disappears, the flirtatious transparency that unveils as much as it conceals, and the way its PBR innovation allows every fold and shimmer to react naturally to light. By day, Luna glows with airy softness; by night, it transforms into liquid seduction.
With its HUD customization options, I can tailor Luna to suit my every mood. Whether in muted romance, bold jewel tones, or soft blushes, each color shifts the gown’s character entirely—delivering infinite versatility wrapped in one provocative masterpiece.
Compatible with:
💠 Petitex
💠 LaraX
💠 Legacy + Legacy Perky
💠 Bombshell
💠 Reborn
💠 Waifu
💠 NhuMa
The Luna Dress is now available exclusively at the Tres Chic Event from August 19 – September 12. Claim its daring elegance while this exclusive release lasts.
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🏬 [Oh! Mainstore]
In een tijd vol snelle online prikkels is Cute zijn niet alleen aantrekkelijk, maar ook een krachtig middel om te manipuleren, troosten of uitdagen
Dance to sugary beats in the Hello Kitty disco, transform into an anime character in the Glimmer installation, or dress up digital monsters in the game arcade.
In a time of rapid online stimulation, being cute is not only attractive but also a powerful tool for manipulation, comfort, or provocation.
Dans op suikerzoete beats in de Hello Kitty disco, verander in een animepersonage de installatie Glimmer of kleed digitale monstertjes aan in de game arcade.
And a comment on Facebook:
The events in Paris last night are made all the more shocking by the fact that these murderers deliberately targeted people who were socialising on a Friday night. The language of the communique issued by ISIS, seeking to portray those at the Bataclan concert as "idolaters" attending "a party of perversity" gives us a chilling insight into the mind of these killers. This was an abhorrent attack on anyone who goes to a bar, or to a restaurant, to a gig or to a game. The fundamentalists would kill us all for enjoying ourselves. ISIS is a death cult and we who believe in life must go on enjoying ourselves in defiance of their provocations. (Billy Bragg)
Explore your darker side with the new release from [Provocation] - the Demon Outfit, exclusively at Kinky event! Unleash your inner demon with 10 additional color options, and don't miss out on the demonic wings, available only in the fatpack. Rigged for LaraX, Legacy, and EbodyReborn.
This product has 3 different packs:
NATURAL:
Top+Panties;
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Natural pack HUD (15 colors) for each element;
5 colors for metal;
Hide option for eye at top;
Materials on/off.
COLOR:
Top+Panties;
!!!Demon wings NOT include!!!
Color pack HUD (15 colors) for each element;
5 colors for metal;
Hide option for eye at top;
Materials on/off.
FATPACK :
Top+Panties;
Demon wings;
Fatpack HUD - mix&match: 40 colors for each element;
5 colors for metal;
Hide option for eye at top;
Materials on/off.
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"Pink Afterglow"
There is something dangerously irresistible about waiting for the man you ache for while dressed in something that leaves almost nothing to the imagination... and tonight, that temptation comes wrapped in the impossibly seductive softness of the Simi Shirt by Newphe.
Curled against the warmth of worn wood floors and candlelit corners, I let the evening linger around me like perfume... the scent of coffee still hanging in the air while the distant sound of rain brushes against the windows beyond the ivy-covered walls. My heartbeat slows with anticipation because I already know exactly what happens when he walks through that door... his eyes always find me first. 💗
The Simi Shirt captures that delicious tension between innocence and provocation with a silhouette sculpted like a second skin. The neckline dips low enough to tease while the fitted contouring through the waist embraces every feminine curve with almost liquid precision. Its ultra-smooth fabric stretches effortlessly across the body, creating a clean, body-hugging line that feels both playful and devastatingly sensual. The delicate shoulder straps frame the collarbone beautifully while the elongated torso cut accentuates the hips in a way that feels flirtatious without ever trying too hard.
What I adore most is how Newphe balances softness with seduction. The cut feels inspired by the romantic lounge camisoles and fitted knitwear that emerged during the late 1950s and early 1960s... an era when women embraced casual intimacy through curve-enhancing silhouettes worn privately for lovers behind closed doors. There is a whisper of vintage pin-up glamour here... yet modernized through sleek digital text accents, smooth PBR shine, and contemporary body contouring that feels unapologetically current. ✨
Tonight, I chose the pastel pink variation because it feels sweet enough to invite him closer... yet dangerous enough to remind him exactly who he belongs to once his hands finally reach my waist. The Fatpack HUD opens an entire wardrobe of moods and fantasies with multiple rich colorways ranging from delicate neutrals to bold passionate tones. Whether you want soft romantic energy, playful coquette styling, or something far more wicked after midnight... the Simi Shirt transforms effortlessly with a single click.
The detailing is where this piece truly seduces. The subtle printed wording stretched across the bustline draws the eye immediately while the seamless fit keeps the look polished and clean from every angle. It pairs effortlessly with lounge shorts, thigh-highs, denim, or absolutely nothing at all except his attention. 💋
Compatible mesh bodies include:
* Legacy
* Perky
* Domina
* LaraX
* PetiteX
* Reborn
* Senra
* Waifu & Squish
You can acquire the Simi Shirt directly from the Newphe Mainstore:
* [maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Maribella/80/216/2288]
“Fashion is about dressing according to what’s fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.” – Oscar de la Renta
This sculpture of Maurizio Cattelan had to go to the Centre Pompidou Metz because the other museums didn't have enough height to display it ;-) ...
🍦 Summer Melts & Wicked Drips 🍦
The sun is merciless, my popsicle even more so. It’s melting faster than I can keep up, dripping down across my chest, sending shivers as the chill collides with the heat of my skin. Each drop teases, lingering in places far too sensitive to ignore. Suddenly, this isn’t just ice cream—it’s temptation in its sweetest form.
That’s the mood of the Gioia Outfit by Cosmos Apparel—an ensemble designed for indulgence, play, and those deliciously messy little moments that blur the line between innocence and provocation.
✨ Styling & Intimate Details
The Gioia makes even a melting popsicle look like couture:
* bikini-style top cut daringly to frame every drip-worthy curve
* barely-there panties with sultry strap detail
* ️ flirty skirt that dances with the breeze, whispering secrets with every step
* each piece wearable separately, letting you decide how much of the fantasy to reveal
🎨 HUD Indulgences (for Outfit and Popsicle)
With the 20-color Fatpack HUD, I can match every mood to every melt:
* Cherry Temptation – bright and playful
* Lick Me Lime – tangy, bold, impossible to resist
* Midnight Chocolate Sin – rich, slow, and sinful
* Blueberry Bite – cool and unexpected
* Strawberry Seduction – sweetly dangerous
The outfit shifts with me, the popsicle too—because sometimes the flavor of the tease is just as important as the tease itself.
👗 Compatible Mesh Bodies
* Maitreya Lara / Lara Petite / LaraX / LaraX Petite
* Reborn / Reborn Waifu
* Erika / Kupra
* Legacy / Legacy Perky / Legacy Bombshell
🌴 The Pleasure of the Drip
Because summer isn’t really about staying clean—it’s about giving in to the heat, savoring the melt, and deciding who gets to enjoy the drips when they fall.
🍦 Indulge in the Gioia Outfit now at the Cosmos Apparel Mainstore:
👉 [Cosmos Mainstore]
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✨ Go on… it’s melting. Don’t you want a taste?
I recently purchased a Polaroid Next + Camera. It has a companion bluetooth app. The app allows several creative techniques. One is a double exposure option. This is my first attempt.
Use your arrow keys on your keyboard to navigate to the next picture.
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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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San Cristobal de las Casas (Mexique) - Cette photo de ce guitariste a été volée sans vergogne. J’étais passé devant lui une heure auparavant. Le trouvant talentueux, j’avais déposé quelques pesos dans sa sébile et lui avais demandé l’autorisation de le photographier. Refus catégorique. Je n’avais pas insisté. Ce n’était pas la première fois que j’essuyais un tel refus depuis mon arrivée au Mexique. Plus tard, je suis repassé devant lui, un peu par provocation je dois l’avouer, et pris cette photo tout en marchand, sans le regarder. Retour sur investissement.
En photographiant dans ces conditions, j’avais de grandes chances de rater ma photo, même en ayant pris soin d’affiner mes réglages préalablement. Mon geste était prémédité.
A premeditated photo
San Cristobal de las Casas (Mexico) - This photo of this guitarist was shamelessly stolen. I had passed in front of him an hour before. Finding him talented, I put a few pesos in his bowl and asked him for permission to photograph him. Categorical refusal. I didn't insist. It was not the first time that I had received such a refusal since my arrival in Mexico. Later, I walked past him again, a little out of provocation I must admit, and took this photo while haggling, without looking at him. Return on investment.
When photographing in these conditions, I had a good chance of failing my photo, even if I had taken care to refine my settings beforehand. My action was premeditated.
Vivid Sydney 2025.
Friday 23rd May, 2025.
www.vividsydney.com/vivid-light
The Lighting Of The Sails: The Kiss Of Light.
By artist David McDiarmid.
This is one of many artworks projected onto the sails of the Sydney Opera House for Vivid Sydney 2025.
Photographed from the northern end of the Overseas Passenger Terminal, near Campbells Cove.
The artist, the late David McDiarmid, was a defining voice of late 20th century's radical counterculture. He fused art, fashion, nightlife with bold activism and unapologetic self-expression.
On the 30th anniversary of the artist’s death, 'Lighting of the Sails: Kiss of Light' transforms his life’s work, rooted in activism and provocation, into a new animation projected onto the Sydney Opera House for Vivid Sydney, 2025.
Organised by mood and feeling, 'Kiss of Light' is a slow dance of texture, colour, feeling and idea, tracing the artist’s punk origins. Featuring four key bodies of work - the Bedsheet Paintings, Disco Kwilts, and the Kiss of Light and Rainbow Aphorisms - the animation draws forward McDiarmid’s practice to the present day, broadcasting the experiences of a repressed minority while embodying complex truths, absorbing fear and preserving memory.
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom.
Hair: ~Tableau Vivant~ Dreadlow Hair
Skin: ~Tableau Vivant~ Nathan skin - Tone 03
Jacket: [Deadwool]Durden Shirt
Piercing: - .HoD. - Provocation Piercing
Portlanders show remarkable poise, strength and character in face of government sponsored provocations, propaganda and extreme abuse of power.
We are caring people. We care about the rule of law, we care about due process, we care about freedom of speech and the right to assemble, we care about the constitution. We care about women's rights, we care about minority rights, we care about the rights of immigrants.
Credits:
::CandyDoll - Lynn pack: socks RARE + _CD_ Lynn Black Bodysuit -+ bk apron M LARA
=Zenith=Devious Maids Hat (Black)
::[Provocation] Maid lacey accesory pack
::[Provocation] Maid panicle
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Happy weekend to all, a collage of photos from my garden taken last week, I was inspired to do this because of so many signs of spring such as perennial shoots, blooming snowdrops and crocuses, I painted the tool shed to bring out the blue trims, and everything coming back to life......then it snowed again, and again, and then...... world politics got fucking surreal, Politics aside, how can someone be so EVIL to threaten the entire world with a world war with no provocation?????????
In a time of rapid online stimulation, being cute is not only attractive but also a powerful tool for manipulation, comfort, or provocation.
In een tijd vol snelle online prikkels is Cute zijn niet alleen aantrekkelijk, maar ook een krachtig middel om te manipuleren, troosten of uitdagen
(2023) The Palestinian Ambassador To The UK Blasted A BBC Presenter For Biased Coverage Of Israel On Live TV.
The truth they want to bury : October 7 BBC transcript - the complicit interviewer.
"Louis Goodall: Do you support what Hamas launched on Saturday morning?
Husam Zomlot: Well, this is not the right question, Louis. Really, the right question-Louis Goodall: It's an important question.
Husam Zomlot: No, no, it is not an important question.
Louis Goodall: Do you - Husam Zomlot: Because - whether you support their action or not is not an important question. Because -
Louis Goodall: Why not?
Husam Zomlot: No, no, no, no, it is not an important question. Hamas is a group, a militant group. You're talking to the Palestinian representative. I am here to represent my people - the Palestinian people - what they are going through. I'm not here to condemn anybody. And if anybody needs to be condemned, it's what you call the only democracy in the Middle East, that is Israel, between parentheses, that is doing what you have just reported: targeting civilians. And this has not just happened in the last 48 hours. How many times have you interviewed Israeli officials, Louis? Hundreds of times. How many times has Israel committed war crimes live on your own cameras? Do you start by asking them to condemn themselves? Have you? You don't. You don't. No, no, I'll answer that question. You don't. You know why I refuse to answer it? Because I refuse the premise of it-because at the very heart of it is misrepresentation. It's always the Palestinians who are expected to condemn themselves.
This is a political conflict. We have been denied our rights for a long time. So this is the wrong starting point. The right starting point is to focus on the root causes - to try and get out of this extreme dark tunnel—as opposed to this business by the BBC and the mainstream media for 75 years, bringing us here only when there are Israelis who are killed.
Did you bring me here when many Palestinians in the West Bank - more than 200 over the last few months - were killed? Do you invite me when there are Israeli provocations in Jerusalem and elsewhere? Because Israel - what Israelis have seen, which we started by saying is tragic, these last 48 hours - the Palestinians see every day, for the last 75 years.
You know the situation in Gaza. You've just described it. This is the biggest open-air prison.
Two million people have been taken hostage by Israel for the last 16 years.
So I'm saying this, Louis, to say perhaps it's about time we abandon this dangerous rhetoric - this framework - and start giving people the real, ugly truth. Israel is an occupying force. It is responsible for providing protection to the people under its occupation.
And should they commit crimes and crimes against humanity in the coming hours and weeks, it must be held accountable by the international community and the international judicial system." --- youtu.be/tjO_MNh-L1E?si=8flYfprcTUvjI1Lu
The European robin (Erithacus rubecula), known simply as the robin or robin redbreast in the British Isles, is a small insectivorous passerine bird, specifically a chat, that was formerly classified as a member of the thrush family (Turdidae) but is now considered to be an Old World flycatcher. About 12.5–14.0 cm (5.0–5.5 inches) in length, the male and female are similar in colouration, with an orange breast and face lined with grey, brown upperparts and a whitish belly. It is found across Europe, east to Western Siberia and south to North Africa; it is sedentary in most of its range except the far north.
The robin is diurnal, although has been reported to be active hunting insects on moonlit nights or near artificial light at night. Well known to British and Irish gardeners, it is relatively unafraid of people and drawn to human activities involving the digging of soil, in order to look out for earthworms and other food freshly turned up. Indeed, the robin is considered to be a gardener's friend and for various folklore reasons the robin would never be harmed. In continental Europe on the other hand, robins were hunted and killed as with most other small birds, and are more wary. Robins also approach large wild animals, such as wild boar and other animals which disturb the ground, to look for any food that might be brought to the surface. In autumn and winter, robins will supplement their usual diet of terrestrial invertebrates, such as spiders, worms and insects, with berries and fruit. They will also eat seed mixtures placed on bird-tables.
Male robins are noted for their highly aggressive territorial behaviour. They will fiercely attack other males and competitors that stray into their territories and have been observed attacking other small birds without apparent provocation. Such attacks sometimes lead to fatalities, accounting for up to 10% of adult robin deaths in some areas.
Because of high mortality in the first year of life, a robin has an average life expectancy of 1.1 years; however, once past its first year it can expect to live longer and one robin has been recorded as reaching 19 years of age. A spell of very low temperatures in winter may also result in significant mortality.
For more information, please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_robin
🌿 Beneath the Pines — Episode: The Hydra Awakening
He always says I look most dangerous when I pretend to be soft.
Tonight, the air is warm with that honeyed hush that settles just before twilight, when the trees hold their breath and the world feels suspended between promise and memory. I stretch along the cushions, skin still warm from the sun, wrapped in the Hydra Set by adorsy — a piece that doesn’t merely clothe the body, it traces it like a lover’s fingertip. I can almost feel his gaze before I hear his steps, the way a woman senses a storm long before the first thunder.
This is resort seduction distilled — a modern siren’s uniform. Not beachwear, not lingerie, not quite ready-to-wear… something deliciously in between. A high-fashion swim couture aesthetic that borrows equally from Riviera glamour, 1970s jet-set sensuality, and the unapologetic body-confidence of contemporary luxury loungewear.
💧 Silhouette & Form
The Hydra’s cut is a study in tension — modest coverage colliding with daring exposure. The halter-style bodice gathers at the center with a sculptural rosette, drawing the eye to the sternum before plunging into a curved midriff reveal that elongates the torso like a classical statue reimagined in satin. The high-cut leg line lengthens every stride, every stretch, every slow shift of weight — a silhouette engineered to turn movement into spectacle.
Paired with the delicate crochet shorts, the look softens into something teasingly domestic — as if I might pour wine, laugh softly, then disappear just long enough to make him follow. The open weave hints at skin beneath without surrendering to it, a tactile counterpoint to the sleek swimsuit fabric. It’s innocence and provocation stitched into the same breath.
🌺 Fashion Lineage & Influence
Designers have long worshipped the female torso as architecture — from Madame Grès’ sculptural draping to the Riviera swim couture of the 1950s and the fearless body displays of Helmut Newton’s muses. The central floral accent echoes vintage couture appliqué, while the cut-out construction belongs firmly to the modern era — a language of confidence rather than concealment. This is not clothing for hiding. It is clothing for being seen… or for choosing who gets to see.
🎨 The Hydra HUD Experience
Adorsy’s signature HUD transforms the set into a wardrobe unto itself:
✨ Swimsuit HUD — 65 options
Soft pastels, sun-washed florals, bold tropical prints, sultry dark tones, and luminous brights — each finish tuned to react beautifully under different lighting, from midday glare to candlelit dusk.
Crochet Shorts HUD — 55 colors
Natural linens, delicate neutrals, playful summer hues, and statement shades. The texture remains richly tactile, giving every color its own personality — demure, playful, or quietly dangerous.
👡 Shoes HUD — 45 colors
From sweet confection tones to saturated glam shades, allowing perfect coordination or delicious contrast.
💠 Floral accent customization
The sculptural rose detail can harmonize with or boldly oppose the main palette, becoming either a whisper or a focal jewel.
👤 Compatible Mesh Bodies
LaraX • PetiteX • Legacy • Reborn
You can acquire the Hydra Set by adorsy at the brand’s official locations below:
🌸 Adorsy Mainstore
👉 Teleport to Adorsy Mainstore
🌐 maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/adorsy
️ Adorsy Marketplace Store (Web Purchase / Delivery to Inventory)
👉 Browse Adorsy on the Second Life Marketplace
(marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/25730/adorsy)
🍷 Beneath the Pines — Intimacy
When he finally appears in the doorway, I don’t move. I let the fabric do the speaking — the curve of hip against cushion, the quiet rise of my breath, the way the rosette rests exactly where his eyes always linger. There’s power in stillness, in knowing he will cross the room without being asked.
“Stay,” he murmurs, though I never planned to leave.
In this moment I am not dressed for the world. I am dressed for the pause before his hand touches my waist… for the way desire sharpens when it must wait one heartbeat longer. The Hydra doesn’t shout. It beckons — patient, inevitable, impossible to ignore.
And beneath the pines, where secrets gather like fallen needles, I remember that seduction isn’t about revealing everything.
It’s about revealing exactly enough.
💫 “Fashion is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life.” — Bill Cunningham
"Sir your late, yet again. This is the third time this week. Do it again and I'm calling your father."
(I'm fully back to blogging bb's♥)
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You don't think of anything bad and watch the new season of Mandalorian on Disney and suddenly the boy drops a coin right between my legs - of course he had to look very carefully with all the plush. I hope he doesn't use the coin slot!♥
Still Kinky loves! Thank you so much to the Kinky Event and all the amazing sponsors with their lovely and naugty stuff. Its always so much fun to show it to your cuties♥ here is the taxi to the Kinky
Items on Event in pic:
♥ [Provocation] Emma dress-Fatpack
♥ [Provocation] Emma Boots-Fatpack
♥ [Provocation] Emma gloves
... i am wearing it for legacy classic but its also made for: Reborn (juicy boobs) and Maitreya Lara cuties. love this dress ♥ take a look on event or here at the [Provocation]-Mainstore ♥
♥ moonwaii . boopy tape
♥ in use: moonwaii . booby tape #mine mine mine
ya can also check out her Mainstore for many more cute cute stuff! I know its a lil hard to see on the pic but take a look for it. i love it! ♥
... and for this pic i am in use of a pose by my beautiful sponsor -Extra-! I love her poses so much and if you like it too, you can take a look here in her -Extra-Mainstore ! Ya can also take a look in Mel's Marketplace ♥ and check out her poses!
♥ Pose in use: -Extra- Service
... comes of course mirrored, with face expressions and with props!
And my amazing gloss is made by TEAR! This and many more glosses you can find here at TEAR-Mainstore
in use: TEAR - P*ssy Moist! Set1 - my personal fav♥
also worn:
Head:
lel EvoX AVALON 3.1
[Heaux] Jurin - Browless - Blush *VE
identity faces - scars 9 //light// left
Stealthic - Riot (S Head/M Breast)
Body:
[BODY] Legacy (f)(1.6)
VELOUR x VENUS for LEGACY (BLUSH/ATHLETIC)
*KUNDALA* Abdominal Muscles BOM A19 (Legacy)
[theSkinnery] BodyScars Addon 7 light 50%
.STOIC. [ Legacy ] . GEL HEART NAILS [L]
Scene/ Decor:
FOXCITY. Photo Booth - Restored Loft (Backdrop + Trees) (Rez)
tarte. draped curtain (black & white)
:::ChicChica::: Pearl Chammy Dispenser
dust bunny . woodland dreams . head planter
dust bunny . folding fur chair
dust bunny . folding side table
Beware: Axis-HUD in use!
☠ Credits ☠ Eternus
Eternus - Night Provocation Set
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This are the exclusives for : Desginer showcase event..
►STARTS September 5e
►ENDS- September 30e
[::Hysterical::]Undisclosed Desires desginer Color pack
Image Essentials: IE – Polished ..used pose polished_4 – IE” ( The 2 above pictures )
.:JUMO:. Ferrara Hair Fatpack – ADD ME*
ALMA Makeup – Rose – Catwa : Used the red lipstick
HAYSURIZA_Eyewear_Mao77 ( amazing sunglasses )
Pose : Provocation . Kinky event Exclusive ( 1e above )
The skin is aviable at kinky event only
Skin : .::WoW Skins::. Brina Tan Catwa applier
The styling
This are the exclusives for The Avenue!!
►STARTS – 2st Sept( 2 pm slt )
►ENDS- 16st Sept
The styling ***** Desginer circle The Event
MooLoo -Cosmic Lover Tattoo update …. 6 sept 2018
[WellMade] Sakura Outfit
CAZIMI: Adrianna Nails – Pro Palette ( amazing package with daimond pear on nail )
Leica M-P & Summilux-M 35mm
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✨ JUMO CRYSTAL Dress Outfit ✨
There are nights when I slip into something that doesn’t just embrace my curves—it commands the room. The JUMO Crystal Dress Outfit is that moment, that slow heartbeat before every gaze turns toward me beneath the shifting lights of a velvet-lined nightclub. The silhouette is sculpted to perfection: a serpentine hourglass cut that glides along the body, with deep side-swept contours and daring negative space revealing just enough skin to whisper dangerously close to desire. Its fabric—an iridescent mosaic alive with metallic threads—seems to shimmer between sapphire, rose, and onyx, responding to every movement like liquid light.
The PBR-enhanced HUD is a treasure chest of brilliance—each texture option refracts under the dance-floor glow, giving me 14 color choices that transform the mood from decadent midnight to glittering champagne dawn. Whether in the deep crimson of passion or the glacial sheen of moonlit silver, it’s as if each selection carries its own rhythm, its own pulse.
️ Inspired by the gilded glamour of 1970s Paris nightlife and the structured sensuality of Thierry Mugler’s early couture, the Crystal Dress celebrates the body as sculpture—part art, part provocation.
And beneath that dazzling hem, my legs are wrapped in the timeless seduction of VV Paris’s Liz Taylor Stockings—a delicate veil of sheer stretch lace from Calais, soft as whispered secrets. These stockings trace the leg with a vintage sensuality reminiscent of Hollywood’s silver-screen sirens. Available in twelve sumptuous hues, from porcelain ivory to deep rosewood, they shimmer like silk beneath the nightclub’s glow, evoking that ineffable "je ne sais quoi" of old-world Paris romance.
💗 Completing the vision are the Vesta Kila Heels, sky-high sculptural stilettos adorned with crystalline studs that catch every flicker of light. Their 100 % original mesh design, crafted for Legacy, eBody Reborn, and Lara X, offers fourteen brilliant tones—from coral to turquoise—each as irresistible as the woman who wears them. Every step in them becomes a dance, a statement, a surrender to rhythm.
In this look I become more than a woman—I become a story written in glass and lace, a reflection of beauty’s eternal rebellion.
All of these exquisite creations—the JUMO Crystal Dress, VV Paris Liz Taylor Stockings, and Vesta Kila Heels—are now exclusively available at the SWANK November “Fall into Autumn” Event 🍁
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💎 “Fashion is the art of turning light, fabric, and form into emotion—and in that glow, we discover ourselves anew.”
✨ Ginette by Oh! ✨
I slip into Ginette and immediately feel its spell binding my body and soul. This lingerie is not merely worn — it is lived, breathed, and savored. Its silhouette drapes over my curves with liquid ease, the micro-cut clinging where I ache to be held and fluttering away where mystery longs to remain. The neckline dips in a luscious plunge, daring eyes to wander deeper, while the hem teases the upper thighs, brushing against my flesh in the most decadent invitation.
The surface shimmers under light with its high PBR brilliance, each tiny perforation in the mesh a sensual constellation across my skin, framing the swell of my breasts and tracing the line of my hips like a whispered caress. When I arch back, Ginette glistens as if spun from wet silk — soft, glossy, impossibly seductive.
From a historical gaze, Ginette is the modern heir to the boudoir chemise of the Belle Époque, when women shed rigid corsetry to embrace freedom, satin, and allure. Yet here, it evolves into a futuristic piece — designed with precision mesh, responsive textures, and body-specific fits — proof that lingerie remains the eternal language of desire.
🌹 Compatible mesh bodies:
• Petitex
• Larax
• Lega
• Perky
• Bombshell
• Reborn
• Reborn Squish
• Waifu
• Nhuuma
• Lively
🎨 HUD & PBR finish:
Ginette’s HUD unlocks Blinn, Soft, and High PBR finishes, letting me shift from a luminous midnight sheen to a velvety softness or a radiant high-shine luster. Each look refracts light differently, ensuring I am never the same woman twice — sometimes a sultry goddess of shadows, sometimes a radiant muse untouchable in her glow.
I adore how the colors flirt between timeless black, romantic blush, and luminous white — each shade sculpting my presence into a new fantasy.
💋 Exclusive Release:
Ginette makes her debut at Black Fair
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Ginette is not just lingerie — it is a delicious act of surrender and a daring provocation. When I wear it, I am poetry in lace and light, a fantasy incarnate, and an unspoken promise that my body is the art, and Ginette is its frame.
Πάμε παρέα,
αδερφέ μου, μη κάνεις κράτη.
Το έχω άχτι να περάσω απ' τον συρμάτινο φράκτη
και τον ήλιο να θαμπώσω για λίγο,
να μη μας πάρουν χαμπάρι όσο θ' ανοίγω και θα πνίγω
στης γης τα ρήγματα, τα πιο όμορφα κρίματα,
ζωής θελήματα, της φτώχειας γεννήματα,
μονάκριβα ποιήματα και δίπλα στα θύματα
η παρέα μου ίχνη αφήνει, και πατήματα
Πάμε...
Υο! Noi non vogliamo Bush, il figlio di papa.
Non vogliamo questa guerra che ι contro l'umanita.
Noi prenderemo il sole, il sole e la liberta,
sulla spiaggia di Guantanamo il vento ci portera.
Τρομάξτε τους ήδη φοβισμένους δεσμώτες
με λόγια και νότες κι οι ατσάλινες πόρτες
ραγίζουν κι οι ταπεινοί τα ουράνια αγγίζουν,
δυο πύρινα μάτια και πύργους γκρεμίζουν.
Πάμε...
A Guantanamo in gabbia c' ι anche gente innocente,
gente presa a caso che non c' entra niente.
Dove sono i processi? Le prove? I diritti?
Noi non stiamo zitti, non stiamo zitti.
Falso, falso, falso, falso grande capo,
sei un capo solo col fucile puntato.
Non ti rispetta piϊ nessuno ormai nel mondo.
Guantanamo e la guerra non nascondono il tramonto.
Noi non vogliamo Bush e faraoni predatori,
petrolieri ricoperti di rubini e ori.
Noi non vogliamo Bush che coltiva il terrore -
ultima spiaggia e speranza per restare al potere.
Schiacciati in fondo al mondo come sardine
eppure ancora vedi che l'umanita combatte e vive.
Questo canto vola, oltre oceani e colline
dove un nuovo mondo sorge e per voi c' ι scritto: "Fine".
Lets wonder, lets fly, lets find us
in Guantanamo and free the fire.
Πάμε σαν διψασμένα πουλιά
μέχρι το Γκουαντανάμο
να πάρουμε τη φωτιά
How can we free the prisoners of war,
from indefinite detention down in Cuba?
I feel sorry for the innocent ones who suffer,
so we dedicate this one to all world leader.
If you live in a glass house, don't throw stones.
What gives you the right to invade people's homes?
Terrorism is something that we can't condone,
but there is more than one reason why the towers came down.
Πάμε σαν διψασμένα πουλιά
μέχρι το Γκουαντανάμο
να πάρουμε τη φωτιά
Vamos aser lo imposible
por una vez mas como embieja saga
con un tripulacion puro la roja armada
que viene de los sinquo orizontes del mundo.
Curagaro deada da aqua
y ensima las barreras enredal istorias
nosostros quon allas de barro y las palabras ammos
libertaremos el fuego en Guantanamo.
Je repense aux images des prisons de Guantanamo
Des hommes dans des cages, traitιs comme des animaux
En dιtention ' loin de Genθve et ses conventions
Certains sont innocents de toutes ces accusations
Faire subir aux autres ce qu'on n'aime pas subir
C'est comme ηa qu'ils poussent les terroristes ΰ agir
Je dis Attention !!! Car je sens monter la tension
Ces provocations auront de graves rιpercussions
Nos dirigeants passent leur temps ΰ semer le vent
Quand vient la tempκte, les tours tombent en miettes
Et qui ramassent les pots cassιs? C'est malheureusement
Nous toujours nous encore nous les innocents
Πάμε, φώναξε σ' όλους πως πάμε,
μιλάμε, αγαπάμε, νοιώθουμε και τα δεσμά τους σπάμε.
Ανταμώνουμε και σ' άλλη γλώσσα μιλάμε,
στου ονείρου την άκρη περνάμε.
Noi non vogliamo Bush, il figlio di papa.
Non vogliamo questa guerra che ι contro l'umanita.
Noi prenderemo il sole, il sole e la liberta,
sulla spiaggia di Guantanamo il vento ci portera.
Non stiamo zitti...
Noi non vogliamo Bush...
Lets wonder, lets fly, lets find us
in Guantanamo and free the fire.
Πάμε σαν διψασμένα πουλιά
μέχρι το Γκουαντανάμο
να πάρουμε τη φωτιά.
Vamos como pajaros del fuego
en Guantanamo,
libertaramos el fuego
Des oiseaux volent vers les terres
De Guantanamo l'ξle de l'enfer
Πάμε σαν διψασμένα πουλιά
μέχρι το Γκουαντανάμο
να πάρουμε τη φωτιά.
Lets wonder, lets fly, lets find us
in Guantanamo and free the fire.
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{Limerence} Camila hair
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TRUTH Polly - Multitone 1
[Provocation] Nurse
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"ce que les hommes parle sur les femmes".
"lo que dicen los hombres de las mujeres".
"what men speak about women"
A provocation !!! Forgive me, everybody ||||
WINNER OF THE BEST FLICKR PHOTO OF THE DAY
Sunday afternoon at the Kunstmuseum. “It’s a madhouse,” sighs the lady at the ticket check. Compared to the cheerful crowd she has to check in, her grey-blue uniform looks tired. Young and old have dressed up fashionably for the exhibition about Dior.
Uniforms should express authority, but how neutral do they have to be? “High time to put a good, preferably younger fashion designer in charge,” says an inner voice. A museum that - after many shows of famous designers - has developed into an epicenter of haute couture should surely have more courage. How else do you express the bond with ‘fashion’? A word that unites such a myriad of meanings – from cut to shape, from mannerism to creation – that everyone can identify with it.
LEFT OR RIGHT
In any case, at the top of the central stairs, a choice has to be made. Right to the ‘New Look’ by Dior – left to the ‘Night Animals’ by Spilliaert and Braeckman. We go left because that's why we came. In the dim silence that falls on us like a downy blanket, we focus our eyes on the introductory text. And on the image of a man descending a staircase in the semi-darkness. To be precise, we only see half a man. His face is barely visible, and his clothing reveals nothing special. Could that be a harbinger of what awaits us? Certainly.
Stairs are powerful metaphors. Up, down: life has its peaks and valleys. Platinum-blonde Hollywood stars made a great show of descending a staircase. A practice that Marcel Duchamp slyly commented on with 'Nu descendant un escalier'. In this sensational painting from 1912, a character strides down like an avalanche of cubist fragments. Naked? Down the stairs? The audience was stunned, moved by laughter and anger.
Admittedly, there was movement in the image. Or rather, that was suggested very nicely. Or was it a pile of firewood that came crashing down? The cartoons in the newspaper did not mince their words. The term ‘anti-art’ was used. Isn’t Braeckman’s intensification of the unfathomable also just a provocation? Yes, there is something in that… some photos are so black that you can only guess what you see.
(part of my review in Den Haag Centraal, October 31, 2024)