Category: Europe
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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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Invisible water
Invisible water At this spot the Aiguillon River has carved out a basin in which water remains. You can’t see it but the photo gives evidence that it is there: I notice certain elements and shadows with their reflected mirror images underneath. But I cannot find up to where the water reaches on the basin…
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The lonely bather
The lonely bather The old French landscape shows many deep tracks drawn by rivers during millions of years. It’s nice descending into them for a cool bath, or to follow the riverbed for a while between the steep walls of the worn out gorges. These are “Les Concluses de Lussan”, with deep gorges carved out…
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Eau non potable
Eau non potable If we spout water, don’t drink it. If you do, you can tell by our faces what comes of it! Photo of the week: Fountain, Carpentras, France 2016
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Classic profiles
Classic profiles It catches the eye, that big head against a rock in the river. I don’t know why it was placed there, but it takes our thoughts back to the arts of Greek antiquity. And that’s always gratifying. The face in profile reminds me of a sculpture I had seen a few days before…
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Boating on the Wisla
Boating on the Wisla I was struck by the little boats. So tiny, they look like toys! The culprit is the huge building at the back. It creates a kind of inverse perspective and we are not used to that. As if the right proportions between the objects have gone lost. A confusing image. Photo…
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Ancient Roman Emoji
Ancient Roman Emoji Photo of the week: Antiquity Collection, Pergamon Museum, Berlin, Germany 2005
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Nocturnal Prague
Nocturnal Prague Time for a little story, for you to imagine … Photos of the week: Prague, Czech Republic 2007
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Erotic Prague
Erotic Prague A veil deliberately concealing nothing. One hand intentionally placed near her pubis. A yearning look. Venus impudica in full view. Luxuriant floating hair long enough to cover her shame. One hand raised in an attempt to hide her breasts from view. A modest look. Venus pudica laid down inside a pump. Photo of…
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