Tag: Nature
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Just a landscape?
Just a landscape? In recent years, I have increasingly taken photographs of landscapes that evoke a particular emotion in me as a walker. I try to capture the landscape in such a way that I can rekindle that emotion through the photograph.Here we see an agricultural landscape of fields, trees and small copses, with a…
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High and happy
High and happy Before attacking the higher summits. Photo of the week: Kathmandu Valley, Nepal 1996
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Interior jungle
Interior jungle Every year the city of Nantes organises an artistic itinerary (Le Voyage à Nantes) which leads you through the different neigbourhoods of the city and for which invited artists have made art works on location. Some of these art works are kept after the exhibition is over and become permanent land marks of…
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Peace
Peace What we all want after a long day at work: a lovely moment of peace.I zoom in on the little figure on the far right and admire its posture. Photo of the week: Thrikunhapuzha, Kerala, India 2016
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Mani stone
Mani stone ‘Mani Padme’ of the mantra ‘Om Mani Padme Hum’ is generally translated as ‘the Jewel in the Lotus’. And this pair of words is held for the equivalent of the Hindu pair of lingam and yoni, the male and female sex (of Shiva and Parvati). My film In the beginning was desire deals at…
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Pile of stones
Pile of stones Chenresi, the bodhisattva of Compassion, is the protector of Tibet. His mantra ‘Om Mani Padme Hum’ is carved on stones and rocks all over Tibet. This heap of stones too has several of these so called ‘mani stones’ among them.Unfortunately Chenresi and his mantra have not been able to keep the country…
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Smart coats
Smart coats Three little lads on top of the world – their world. Fortunately, they had no time for me. That’s how they’ll remain etched in my memory forever. Photo of the week: Tibet, between Gyantse and Lhasa, China 1996
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The Earth is round
The Earth is round The Earth is round. Its surface measures 510.000.000 km2. On a tiny part, in Gruyère, a tree and a chapel stand brotherly next to each other. Photo of the week: Charmey, Gruyère, Switzerland 2022
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Snow Country
Snow Country Why does this make me think of “Snow Country”, of Kawabata? Not just because the image depicts a snow-covered landscape. It is the sensitivity and perfection with which Kawabata describes feminine beauty in his novels.Here, it is nature that gives me the feeling of looking at a reclining nude, rendered with the same…
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Two takes, one lake
Two takes, one lake Just two out of a multitude of different possible takes of one and the same lake. Photos of the week: Etang de Pontremble, France 2024
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