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Flesh
Flesh Is this then what became of man after the expulsion from paradise? (See last week’s post). A pile of flesh on what looks more like a table than a bed. Edmondson nicely calls his painting ‘Sleeping Arrangements’. We can recognize some human limbs, but can’t easily make out to which body they belong. We…
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Paradise lost
Paradise lost As two light shadows, that’s how Bokor lets them disappear in his beautiful painting ‘Expulsion from Paradise’. The shadows are merging with the landscape: they can only just be distinguished from the surrounding nature. Their undefined form fits the pristine, natural state of Adam and Eve at this early phase in the genesis…
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Life
Life Fanciful, moss-grown branches against a variegated background of light green, dancing leaflets. And we, eyed creatures, are getting smashed on the constant feast of nature. Photo of the week: Switzerland 2009
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Trees
Trees Sometimes I don’t get tired of looking at a remarkable tree. Take this one, silvery grey and without leaves. Its bifurcations go in all directions, apparently without plan. Unbridled growth into an ingenious labyrinth in which you soon lose your way. Photo of the week: Tiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India 2018
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Freedom
Freedom When a school selects imaginative teachers, children get a chance to develop creative minds. An egg rack carton and some paint make for a beautiful pineapple. Photos of the week: New United School, Kathmandu, Nepal 2018
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Happy faces
Happy faces Today our parents are invited to school. We are going to show them our work and a nice programme of song and dance. Photos of the week: New United School, Kathmandu, Nepal 2018
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Dal bhat
Dal bhat The staple food of Nepal used for making a map of the country. Lentils and rice. Nice idea of the children and their teacher! Photos of the week: New United School, Kathmandu, Nepal 2018
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Beauty on duty
Beauty on duty If the image of last week’s post was typically Indian, what about this one? It is very different but somehow – to me – equally typical. The combination of different elements – objects, texts, small details – is inimitable. When I passed by I thought: Yes! India! Great! Why does it please…
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Under the Banyan tree
Under the Banyan tree A Banyan tree, flower garlands hanging on its trunk, pictures of Hindu gods with little offerings in front, a food vendor preparing snacks in his stall … A sight so typically Indian, it couldn’t be anywhere else. Why does it make me feel good? Photo of the week: New Delhi, India…
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Invisible water
Invisible water At this spot, the River Aiguillon has carved out a basin in which water collects. You can’t see it, but the photo proves it’s there: I can make out certain features and shadows with their reflections beneath them. But I can’t tell how far the water reaches up the wall of the basin.…
καιρός remembered
… the right moment, position chosen, shoot …
