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Avery sat and read a 152-page book all on her own, with no provocation from anyone else :) Love that girl!
26th of August 2006 11:01:25. I'm sure this fence has some stories to tell.
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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.
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A bold and irresistibly sensual look: the black lace top with sparkling details embraces the silhouette with a touch of rebellious elegance, while the flared sheer tulle miniskirt adds movement and lightness. The fishnet stockings complete the ensemble with a strong punk-chic vibe, creating the perfect balance between provocation and style. An outfit designed for those who love to dare with class.
Maeve outfit is composed by top, jacket, skirt, fishnet stockings and boots. It is available for LaraX, Legacy, Nhumana, Reborn.
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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 coloration, 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 behavior. 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
Despite their amusing appearance, hippos are one of the greatest killers in Africa.
They weigh up to 3 tons, the third biggest land animals. They have enormous tusk-like canines and slicing incisor teeth, developed for fighting. At a measured force of 1821 PSI, the hippo’s bite is over twice that of any big cat. And whilst they may prefer to wallow around in muddy pools, they can get a fair gallop on reaching speeds of 30 km/h.
While most herbivores ignore anything that is not a direct threat, hippos are highly territorial. The majority of attacks on humans have been without provocation and occur both in and out of the water. The exact figures are patchy, but the number of people killed by hippos each year is between 500 and 1,000, depending on the source.
Whichever the real number, I am glad to be far away and to rely on my telephoto lens to get a closeup of this group.
The commissioner of the Metropolitan police went on the offensive today, defending his officers for an "astonishing" police operation during the G20 that he said had received international praise.
Sir Paul Stephenson said his comments were made in the context of a man having died during the demonstration, and of footage that was deeply concerning. But he went out of his way to praise what he said were an overwhelming majority of officers who carried out a professional job on the day.
Picking out the territorial support group (TSG) – which is at the centre of two IPCC investigations into Ian Tomlinson's death and an assault on a woman protester – Stephenson said it was a specialist unit the Met relied on.
"These and others are our first line response to some of the most difficult and challenging situations," he said.
The commissioner, who has spoken personally to TSG officers in a bid to raise their morale, said all knew they were individually accountable for their actions.
He said officers who were found to have deliberately hidden their numbers would be severely disciplined. "If someone is trying to deliberately avoid being identified and their reason is so they can behave inappropriately, criminally, then of course they could face the sack," Stephenson said.
He planned to tackle the problem of police identification by examining whether every officer should wear name tags.
The commissioner said there were supervision problems with some groups of officers and he wanted this improved. "The overwhelming majority did [wear their numbers]. There is not sufficient concentration on intrusive supervision.
"That is what I believe in. It is the job of supervisors to go and find out how good your people are so that you can say well done and sometimes to find out where they are going wrong."
The commissioner spoke as a pathologist was carrying out the third postmortem on Ian Tomlinson's body. It was done at the request of lawyers for the TSG officer seen in footage obtained by the Guardian apparently attacking Tomlinson. The Met will be present at the postmortem after receiving advice from its lawyers.
The IPCC is investigating the circumstances of Tomlinson's death; a second incident in which a TSG sergeant is seen hitting a woman protester; and a third case that resulted from another complaint from a protester about police violence.
Stephenson has asked for a review of all footage in the Met's possession. This is being carried out by the Met's department of professional standards. Denis O'Connor, Her Majesty's inspector of constabulary, has been asked to examine the tactics used by the Met for public order events, specifically the issue of containing demonstrators for several hours.
Stephenson said the use of containment had begun after a demonstration in June 1999 when protesters caused £13m worth of damage. "The policy of containment has come from our history. As a consequence of this we … developed a policy of graduated control which at some point may involve containment. If there is a better way to do it we are up for learning it, but we don't know of a way."
Stephenson said he had received acknowledgment from police forces internationally for what the Met achieved during the G20.
"Part of the headlines should be … astonishing operation pulled off by the Met who did a first-class job," he said.
"The overwhelming majority of officers, whatever the stress or provocation, carried out their duties in a professional manner and I want to give them credit for what they achieved." He said his comments were in the context that some of the footage he had seen caused him deep concern, and the Met was cooperating with the IPCC to help provide the answers that Tomlinson's family wanted.
Stephenson said the Met had never misled anyone in the aftermath of Tomlinson's death. He said the scene where he collapsed was secured, sealed off and treated as a crime scene and the press statement the Met released in the aftermath of the death was approved by the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
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Magic hour in the west. The former Bradmill site, soon to be a housing estate.
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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.
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Shot on Kodak 120 Portra, using a Hasselblad.
This site has undergone major changes and forms part of a larger infrastructure project for Melbourne. It now forms part of an album dedicated to this area, small as it may be.
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One of my many ongoing approaches is to move through the world as a harvester of images. I stumble, stroll, and lurch, equal parts accident and intent. Each frame is a fragment, a glitch, or a whisper from the margins. My decades-deep, archive serves as both a compass and a crucible: a living constellation of negatives and proof sheets that drive and generate further inquiry. It’s where entropy meets annotation, where decay and growth are catalogued not as opposites but as co-conspirators.
I circle questions that resist resolution: time as texture, presence as performance, and possibility as rupture. I search for quiet collisions, between gesture and ruin, between what’s seen and what’s overlooked, where meaning might flicker into being. I attempt to create each image not as a document and but more a provocation, an invitation to reframe perception and interrogate the ideological choreography of attention.
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AZOURY Provocation Mask for Kinky
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Rouen (France) - Hier je me suis pris une belle plantade journalistique. En raison de la bonne tenue, à Rouen, de toutes les manifestations contre la réforme des retraites, je pensais qu’il était improbable qu’on assiste, jeudi 23 Mars 2022, à des affrontements.
J’avais pourtant assisté en début de manifestation à la tentative d’une poignée de Gilets jaunes et de jeunes excités encagoulés, de dévier la manifestation du parcours officiel pour pénétrer dans la ville historique. Les rues étroites de la rive droite étant propices à la guérilla urbaine. Les syndicats ont bien géré la situation et les 20.000 manifestants n’ont pas cédé à la provocation en poursuivant le parcours établi en concertation avec la préfecture.
Dans un premier temps, seule une vingtaine de troublions se sont aventurés dans les rues interdites pour en découdre avec les forces de l’ordre. Après quelques tirs de lacrymogènes, tout semblait être rentré dans l’ordre.
Mais, vers midi, quand la manifestation a été terminée, les casseurs se sont retrouvés sur la rive droite de Rouen pour un remake des Gilets jaunes. Une enseignante qui était au mauvais endroit au mauvais moment, a eu un pouce arraché par un tir de riposte des policiers. A ce moment, j’étais déjà rentré chez moi, parce que je ne voulais pas laisser mon chien seul trop longtemps. La prochaine fois je ressors mon casque et mon brassard de presse, car les casseurs sont malheureusement de retour pour des actions qui vont discréditer le mouvement populaire. Si je déteste la violence, les affrontements sont photogéniques. Je dois être là. Journaliste un jour, journaliste toujours.
Rouen (France) - Yesterday I had a nice journalistic crash. Due to the good performance, in Rouen, of all the demonstrations against the pension reform, I thought it was unlikely that we would see clashes on Thursday, March 23, 2022.
However, at the start of the demonstration, I had witnessed the attempt of a handful of yellow vests and excited young people in hoods to divert the demonstration from the official route to enter the historic city. The narrow streets of the right bank being conducive to urban guerrilla warfare. The unions managed the situation well and the 20,000 demonstrators did not give in to provocation by continuing the route established in consultation with the prefecture.
At first, only about twenty troublemakers ventured into the forbidden streets to do battle with the police. After a few tear gas shots, everything seemed to be back to normal.
But, around noon, when the demonstration was over, the thugs found themselves on the right bank of Rouen for a remake of the Yellow Vests. A teacher who was in the wrong place at the wrong time had her thumb blown off by police fire. I had already gone home, because I didn't want to leave my dog alone for too long. Next time I take out my helmet and my press armband, because the thugs are unfortunately back for actions that will discredit the popular movement. If I hate violence, I must admit that the clashes are photogenic. I have to be there. Once a journalist, always a journalist.
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I am amazed at how many times my photography has been used around the world.
I have a series of locations I revisit on and off. This is one of them.
Roughly the same site, in 2025, now behind a fence so off limits. The construction has now extended to the old quarry site, and may even be buildings, perhaps factories, or warehouses.
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One of my many ongoing approaches is to move through the world as a harvester of images. I stumble, stroll, and lurch, equal parts accident and intent. Each frame is a fragment, a glitch, or a whisper from the margins. My decades-deep, archive serves as both a compass and a crucible: a living constellation of negatives and proof sheets that drive and generate further inquiry. It’s where entropy meets annotation, where decay and growth are catalogued not as opposites but as co-conspirators.
I circle questions that resist resolution: time as texture, presence as performance, and possibility as rupture. I search for quiet collisions, between gesture and ruin, between what’s seen and what’s overlooked, where meaning might flicker into being. I attempt to create each image not as a document and but more a provocation, an invitation to reframe perception and interrogate the ideological choreography of attention.
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Playing Dress-up With AI, created by British design consultancy Graphic Thought Facility.
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.
in the face of what happens every day, the word protest appears euphemistic. what you are seeing here is not a demonstration but a crowd defending taksim, so that people can demonstrate and 'occupy' there. yesterday saw a lot of police provocation in order to lure protesters out of the greater taksim area and arrest them, but some strong voices were able to hold back most of the less strategically minded who wanted to throw stones at the water cannons waiting beyond the barricades (a rather futile excercise).
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Red Vespa & Subversive Windows — Rue Haute, Brussels
🇬🇧 Brussels, Rue Haute, sun-drenched sidewalk.
A red Vespa streaks the curb like a brushstroke, backed by a storefront that dares and disrupts.
“The Sexual Life of Tintin”, frozen faces, twisted icons… Here, the city reveals its layered meanings — part street art, part pop satire, all framed by spontaneous street theatre.
Everyday life turns into a gallery, and every passerby becomes part of the show.
🇫🇷 Bruxelles, Rue Haute, en plein soleil.
Une Vespa rouge comme un trait de peinture sur le trottoir, et derrière elle, une vitrine qui provoque, interroge, détourne.
“La vie sexuelle de Tintin”, des visages figés, des icônes recontextualisées… Ici, la ville expose ses couches de sens, entre art de rue, satire pop et passants curieux.
Le quotidien se fait galerie — et chacun devient spectateur d’une mise en scène urbaine involontaire.
a mannequin, a halo, a hand that refuses compliance. this image walks the line between irony and iconography — a sculptural gesture of defiance, captured in stark black and white. holy or heretic? you decide.
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
One of the rare occasions we were allowed to venture far from home. Real Estate shopping during the pandemic lead us to some out of the way places in 2021. This creek's bridge long abandoned, yet partially resilient against the forces of nature was one standout find.
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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.
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At up to 2 1/2 inches (6.5 cm) long, tarantula hawk wasps are among the largest of wasps. They are relatively docile and rarely sting without provocation. However, the sting is among the most painful of all insects, though the intense pain only lasts about five minutes.
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The Giant House Spider (Eratigena atrica) is one of several similar looking species which inhabit houses and outbuildings - hence the common name "House Spiders".
These spiders make a thick sheet web, about 15cm across, usually in a neglected corner of a house or shed. The web has a tubular retreat at the rear where the spider sits and waits for dinner to drop by.
They become more noticeable in autumn, which is their mating season. The males are often seen scuttling across a room or falling into bath tubs as they move around in search of a female. The males have longer legs than the females, while the females have broader abdomens than the males.
The 'Aggressive House Spider' (Eratigena agrestis formerly Tegenaria agrestis), which has been made famous by a thousand Internet horror stories, belongs to the same Genus of spiders. Agrestis is rarely seen in houses, preferring sheds, garages, and log piles. In the United States, where it's known as the 'Hobo Spider', it has a reputation for biting humans with very little provocation. The ones found in Europe are quite timid in comparison, preferring to run for cover.
Vielleicht faszinieren mich Engel, weil sie oft friedlich und sanftmütig dargestellt sind und beschützen.
Ich mag keine Provokationen und Streit, aber Menschen sind anscheinend so...
Go gentle through your life....
Perhaps I am fascinated by angels, because they look peacefully and gentle/meekly.
I don't like provocations and quarreling, but people/humans are no angels ...
Go gentle through your life ....
It was easy to wander around these facilities in the late 1990s. Not any more!
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Patience:
What it is: Patience is the state of endurance under difficult circumstances, which can mean persevering in the face of delay or provocation without becoming annoyed or upset; or exhibiting forbearance when under strain, especially when faced with longer-term difficulties. It is also used to refer to the character trait of being steadfast.
"Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone" (Proverbs 25:14-16, NIV)
The Bible urges Christians to be patient, and " see how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth,...until it receives the early and the late rains." (James 5:7-11, NAB)
The Robin is a year round resident in the UK, but a small minority of female Robins migrate to southern Europe during winter, a few as far as Spain. Both the male and female feature similar plumage, both with the distinctive red breast. The male bird is extremely territorial and will aggressively defend his territory, attacking any similar sized birds that try to muscle in on their patch.
The adult European robin is 12cm long and weighs between 15 to 22 g with a wingspan of 20–22 cm . The male and female bear similar plumage; an orange breast and face lined by a bluish grey on the sides of the neck and chest. The upperparts are brownish, or olive-tinged in British birds, and the belly whitish, while the legs and feet are brown. The bill and eyes are black. Juveniles are a spotted brown and white in colouration, with patches of orange gradually appearing. 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. There are instances of robins attacking their own reflection. Territorial disputes sometimes lead to fatalities, accounting for up to 10% of adult robin deaths in some areas
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
The Robin is a year round resident in the UK, but a small minority of female Robins migrate to southern Europe during winter, a few as far as Spain. Both the male and female feature similar plumage, both with the distinctive red breast. The male bird is extremely territorial and will aggressively defend his territory, attacking any similar sized birds that try to muscle in on their patch.
The adult European robin is 12cm long and weighs between 15 to 22 g with a wingspan of 20–22 cm . The male and female bear similar plumage; an orange breast and face lined by a bluish grey on the sides of the neck and chest. The upperparts are brownish, or olive-tinged in British birds, and the belly whitish, while the legs and feet are brown. The bill and eyes are black. Juveniles are a spotted brown and white in colouration, with patches of orange gradually appearing. 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. There are instances of robins attacking their own reflection. Territorial disputes sometimes lead to fatalities, accounting for up to 10% of adult robin deaths in some areas
Every 2 years I revisit this location it's always different.
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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.
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THE TRUTH ALWAYS COMES OUT.
I created this image to represent a simple and unavoidable idea: sooner or later, truth rises to the surface.
Even when someone tries to bury it, darken it, distort it, or keep it hidden, truth always finds a way through.
In this scene, the dark glass becomes a metaphor for a mind filled with omissions, silence and lies — yet something inside still moves, emerges, ignites, and breaks the surface. It is that precise moment when what was hidden becomes visible, and pretending is no longer possible.
I am creating a series of images inspired by proverbs because proverbs are the moral memory of humanity: in just a few words they contain experience, wounds, justice, irony, and survival.
I chose to create them digitally with Artificial Intelligence not because this technology can replace photography or “pure” art, but because I want to use a new tool without becoming its servant.
I want to bend the instrument to my own language — turning it into poetic provocation and visual protest.
Before the virtual becomes a weapon against human beings, I use it to remind human beings who they are.
And above all, to remind that truth — even when buried — always comes out.
If there is one bird that I really enjoy seeing each year, it could be the Bohemian Waxwing. These guys appear in huge flocks of probably several thousand birds. What seems to attract them, are all the ripe mountain ash berries that grow all over the city. Unfortunately, they are very skittish and will take to the wing at the slightest of provocations. Given that I do not have a blind, or hide, I try to approach very carefully, and then snap a bunch of photos quickly.
On this day, the combination of falling snow, bright red berries and huge flocks was just awesome! Unfortunately, it was also rather dark out. Getting a shot like this required a fairly fast shutter speed at a smallish aperture. All that combined with the poor light meant that I really had to push the ISO. For an oldish micro four-thirds camera, those elements really test its capabilities. The noise levels are higher than I would like, but the composition turned out pretty nice. What do you think?
This photo was taken with the Olympus OM-D E-M1 and M.Zuiko 100-400mm f/5.0-6.3 at f/7.1, 1/2500 second, and ISO 2500. All raw conversion and post processing was performed in DxO PhotoLab 6.0.1, where I also boosted exposure by more than half a stop.
Magic light strafes across the urban landscape. This place was still in the throes of construction in the 1990s when I shot this.
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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.
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If you ever feel so lonely that you'd be happy just to have complete strangers strike up conversations with you with the slightest provocation, carry a Polaroid camera.
Better Late than never.... Thanks a lot to Stefan and all the team for your hospitality!
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Atichokes in the wind near the Newport power station.
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One of my many ongoing approaches is to move through the world as a harvester of images. I stumble, stroll, and lurch, equal parts accident and intent. Each frame is a fragment, a glitch, or a whisper from the margins. My decades-deep, mythically charged archive serves as both a compass and a crucible: a living constellation of negatives and proof sheets that drive and generate further inquiry. It’s where entropy meets annotation, where decay and growth are catalogued not as opposites but as co-conspirators.
I circle questions that resist resolution: time as texture, presence as performance, and possibility as rupture. I search for quiet collisions, between gesture and ruin, between what’s seen and what’s overlooked, where meaning might flicker into being. I attempt to create each image not as a document and but more a provocation, an invitation to reframe perception and interrogate the ideological choreography of attention.
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My mom use to buy copies of Life Magazine at the supermarket all the time. Fifty three years ago at the age of twelve I remember reading this particular issue as it was the year I really gained political awareness. The Vietnam War was intensifying and late that spring I was in class and we had one Puerto Rican kid I forgot his name after all these years when his parents came in the middle of class and took him out and all of a sudden we heard him crying hysterically in the hallway as he just found out his brother died in Vietnam. A couple of minutes later we heard him crying outside the school at the top of his lungs as he was taken away in a car. Then in a epiphany it hit me as I realized my brother would be eligible to be drafted in less than three years. The next year I would go to my first demonstration and see police randomly arrest people. The year after that I would see police without provocation beat people bloody. The war and the political conflicts it spawned defined myself and many of my generation.