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Black is beautiful
Black is beautiful A black woman and a woman dressed in black against a black background. When I walked into a bank in Alice Springs and saw this scene, I couldn’t resist taking a photo. The woman in black is clearly an Aboriginal girl, but the black woman looks African to me, with her facial…
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Death of an anthropologist
Death of an anthropologist I haven’t found an explanation by the Aboriginal painter July Dowling about this work of hers. Whatever I say about it will be guesswork. But it is interesting, and probably not without significance, to note that apart from red ochre and synthetic paint, blood has been used in the painting. The three…
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Wanaka skyscape
Wanaka skyscape Apart from the colours, the aerial view I once saw above Lake Wanaka resembles the landscape I sometimes see from my window in the Himalayas: rolling mountain ranges rising out of the mist above a layer of low-hanging clouds.The aerial view in the photograph is nothing more than ‘a visible mass of condensed…
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Still waters …
Still waters … run deep. That is indeed the impression we get when we look at them from the right perspective, as we did in last week’s post when we looked down upon Diamond Lake. But here, standing on the overgrown bank of the lake, we see nothing but a reflection in the still water.…
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Diamond Lake
Diamond Lake A name that truly does justice to this gem, framed by its green rim.Seen from above, it reflects the unfathomable firmament, yet at the same time it also alludes to its own dark depths. Photo of the week: Diamond Lake, above Lake Wanaka, New Zealand 2013
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Composition
Composition Every photo is, of course, a composition, marked by the choice of what to include within the four sides of the picture and what to leave out. Light and colour also come into play. The photographer may or may not be fully aware of these factors, but they do play their part. Here it was…
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A plunge into the unknown
A plunge into the unknown “Voici le temps du vertige et son délicieux effroi. Encore un instant maître, suspendu à la loi, et puis la chute aillée dans le vivant abîme.” (Hans Thomann – Himmel) Ready for the New Year? Photo of the week: Sculpture “Himmel” by Hans Thomann, 8e triennale de sculpture contemporaine Bex &…
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A child is born
A child is born every quarter of a second. Happy Christmas. Photo of the week: Christmas, Mumbai, India 2014
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Feminine beauty
Feminine beauty Five pillars, five depictions of Hathor, the goddess of beauty, joy and love. We are here in the temple complex on the islet of Philae in the Nile, south of Aswan. The temple dates from the time of the Ptolemaic dynasty. Three thousand years of Pharaonic rule are drawing to a close, and…
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The Bent Pyramid of Dashur
The Bent Pyramid of Dashur “We humbly greet you, oh majestic pyramid of Snofru.” That’s what the tracks in the sand seem to express in honour of the monumental tomb. The pyramids of Giza and Dashur are awe-inspiring indeed. Not only man, but the entire environment comes under the spell of their mighty presence. A drifting cloud…
καιρός remembered
… the right moment, position chosen, shoot …
καιρός remembered 