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Gaze inward, gaze outward
A small girl caught gazing inward. The expression on her face shows a mental process taking place, an activity of the brain. Within the same minute that this photo was taken, I took a second one which is shown below. To be precise: both photos were taken at 16:35, on 19 April 2013 in Bilaspur,…
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Still no sign of spring?
When is this snow finally going to melt so that the world will wake up from its winter sleep? We are dying to graze again in the sun on the green mountain slopes! That’s what these chamois seem to think while staring into the cold white distance. Photo of the week: Chavannes, Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland 2001
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The nape of her neck
After having dwelt somewhat in the last two posts on the peculiarities of the female kimono, I would now like to give away why this dress fascinates me so irresistibly. The secret is in the collar. At the back, the kimono shows a graceful dip with a perpendicular, raised collar. Since the rest of the…
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Kimono show
Judging from the number of spectators at the Kimono show on the photo, we can infer that people, including the younger generation, remain intrigued by this classical Japanese dress. (See also last week’s post.) That’s interesting, since it is an attire that conceals more than we are used to these days: except for head and…
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Dream women
Was the opening between the trees of this Japanese garden specially conceived to let me have a look at the two lovely girls that were seated there so nicely framed? Having come closer, I noticed that they were swathed in kimonos, those beautiful, traditional dresses that transform women who wear them into mysterious, almost unapproachable…
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The other
Having climbed in the early morning all the way up to the ridge of the volcano crater, I look around me. The thin morning mist still hangs over the vast surrounding sea of sands as a shining veil. On my other side I look into the depth of the crater . Then, at the opposite side…
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Bromo and Semeru
I walked the slopes of the Etna, filmed on Vulcano, felt the threatening presence of Stromboli in Rossellini’s beautiful film of the same name, but a grand view of so many extinct and still active craters as on the Tengger Massif is unique. This makes the landscape of Mount Bromo, with Semeru in the background,…
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Taking distance
It is advisable to climb now and then to higher altitudes and rise above the daily cackling of one’s 7 billion fellow human beings. Not to put oneself above the group out of a misplaced sense of superiority, but rather to take some distance for a while and so have a broader view of the…
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A laugh so radiant
Two friends meet in the market place, exchange news, tell stories about former days, shared childhood memories or is it the sheer delight of seeing the other unexpectedly? Erupts a laugh so radiant ….. Photo of the week: Orchha, India 2007
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A portrait, at last
A person’s face – the mirror of the soul …. For sure, concentration on a face can be enough for an intriguing photo. But somehow I often seem to want to include more elements. Show more of the body, of the environment. When taking pictures, I’m looking at the world, at nature, at man-made environments,…
καιρός remembered
… the right moment, position chosen, shoot …
καιρός remembered 