Tag: Nature
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The ground under our feet
The ground under our feet It is not often that you get to see the intricate root system of a tree so clearly. Was the tree cut down because it lost the ground beneath its feet and was doomed to fall? Or was it cut down and then the earth between its roots washed away?…
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Before the big bang
Before the big bang A stone falls from the sky and it looks as though it is about to collide with another stone with a thud. But on closer inspection, it turns out we are mistaken. Both stones lie peacefully side by side in a puddle of water, where they protrude partly above the surface.…
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The Amstel
The Amstel On my way back from Ouderkerk, my favourite walk along the Amstel. Photo of the week: Amstel river, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2025
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A necklace for the Earth
A necklace for the Earth A distant field of flowering plants from the Brassica family lays as a thin gold necklace on the earth. Beautiful as ever. Photo of the week: Lescheroux, Ain, France 2025
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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…
