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Wintry welcome
Wintry welcome This lonely hiker is not as lonely as it looks because I was there to take his picture. He is my friend, reaching the frozen chalet just a little after me. When I saw him appearing in the distance it struck my eye how his tiny figure enhanced the icy desolation of the…
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Snowbound
Snowbound This is the fate of small villages lying isolated at higher altitudes in the mountains away from roads and passes that are kept open in winter. They’re deserted during this time of the year and inhabited only in summer. But as we can see here quite surprisingly, the hiker on skis or rackets who…
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On the beach
On the beach Confronted with the vast expanse of sea and sky all futile worries are washed away and the immensity of space slowly takes possession of each one’s inner mind. Meanwhile the child in the forefront is immersed in her own playful observations while a passing graceful girl stands frozen in her perfect upright…
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Washed ashore
Washed ashore Her eyes are closed. No she is not washed ashore. She is breathing. Lying under the vault of heaven she enjoys the feel of the fine wet sand and the pleasant coolness of the rippling water. Life is good to her. Photo of the week: On the beach in Goa, India 2011
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Tomorrow is another day
Tomorrow is another day On this last day of the year I offer you a sunset over the Arabian Sea, seen from a beach in Goa. Stars are hanging low, ready to light up. Tomorrow is another day. Happy 2018! Photo of the week: Sunset at Dona Paula, Goa, India 2016
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One to see, one to touch
One to see, one to touch Two Infants Jesus, one inside the stable, the other in front. That’s how this church meets the strongly felt need among believers to touch the new-born Infant in his manger. Maybe they think some of his infinite love will thus pour from the plaster figure into their own veins.…
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A man and his dream
A man and his dream This thought occurred to me as I took the photograph. What I actually saw was this:A corner of the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney. A sleepy visitor sitting in a chair. In the foreground, a sculpture of a voluptuous naked woman. Photo of the week: Art Gallery…
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Blue nude
Blue nude Throughout his long creative life the female figure, dressed or nude, has been a favourite theme of Henri Matisse. In hundreds of paintings, drawings and sculptures he has sung the beauty of woman. The last ten years of his life he was bedridden and couldn’t paint anymore but his creativity remained unbroken. From…
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Fränzi
Fränzi More than a century ago, the painter Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was part of “Die Brücke”, a small group of German artists that with their work wanted to form a bridge (Brücke) between the old art and a new style of painting which became known as expressionism. For a few years around 1910, a young…
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Young and lovely
Young and lovely Apart from the fact that these girls have clearly been sent by their parents to find something edible to put in their baskets, they are young and radiant, just as we like to see children of this age. This is how the story for these girls might well unfold in just a…
καιρός remembered
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καιρός remembered 