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Transience
Transience I like visibly run-down constructions, their abandonment, nature slowly invading the remains. It provokes contemplation, about impermanence, about people and the things that pass. Here we are in a dilapidated spa on the wooded bank of the Namkhan River. Once finished, the spa soon fell into disuse. Nature has not yet entered but is…
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In a flash
In a flash Was it the way she sat, or the way she looked, or her lipsticked lips, or maybe her amusing fairylike dress? Probably it was all this together.You see something or somebody, are touched and there you go, photo!The little girl takes care of the goods in the stall of – presumably –…
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Welcome
Welcome The spider has spun an ingenious web.She waits patiently at the entrance to her hole,ready for a deadly attack. Photo of the week: Spider near Zen Namkhan Resort, Luang Prabang, Laos 2020
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Barbecue
Barbecue Dead eyes looking at you,in anticipation of being blinded by fireinto cloudy white spots.Then they don’t look anymore.Then they disappear between the jawsof us, dear carnivores. Photos of the week: Picnic along the Namkhan River, Luang Prabang, Laos 2020
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Elephant Island
Elephant Island This is neither Elephantine near Aswan, nor Elephanta near Mumbai. It is a small, gently curved island in the Namkhan River near Luang Prabang.It thinks, has feelings, remembers things and enjoys the water.The peaceful beauty of nature. Photo of the week: Two elephants bathing in the Namkhan River, Luang Prabang, Laos 2020
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On being supreme
On being supreme This morning when putting on her T-shirt she may have felt confident but now it’s text is weighing down on her. If only she knew how beautiful she looks in the late light of the sun. Photo of the week: Sunset at Phu Si hill, Luang Prabang, Laos 2020
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Sunset spot
Sunset spot Sunsets are sold as tourist attractions. In Luang Prabang, Phu Si Hill, right in the centre of the city, is considered the perfect spot to watch the sunset. So, as the day draws to a close, all the tourists in Luang Prabang climb Phu Si Hill, with their phones and cameras at the…
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Lines
Lines Roofs and cables in a quiet interplay of lines. Photo of the week: Wat Aphai, Luang Prabang, Laos 2020
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Shadow play
Shadow play Wat Mai’s shadow falls on a white wall.On the wall, framed: five small photographs of five people.Who are they?Why are their photographs hanging there?Is it in their memory?What was their fate?The text might tell me, but I cannot read it. I find them moving, those five small portraits on the white wall, in…
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Gilded Buddhas
Gilded Buddhas These are just a few examples from a whole series of Buddha statues at Wat Mai Suwannaphumaham. The variety in their facial features is remarkable. It is likely that different people (local monks?) served as models for the sculptors, resulting in this vivid diversity. Photo of the week: Wat Mai Suwannaphumaham, Luang Prabang,…
καιρός remembered
… the right moment, position chosen, shoot …
καιρός remembered 