Tag: Nature
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Mimicry
Mimicry A rare instance in which nature mimics architecture. Photo of the week: Asafi Masjid, Lucknow, India 2017
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Looking at you!
Looking at you! I had the feeling that someone was watching me. I turned round and saw this little owl with big eyes. We looked at each other for a while and I took a photo.Now that I’m looking at the photo, I realise that most, if not all, other birds have one eye on…
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The man of her heart?
The man of her heart? Dark clouds over the IJsselmeer (Lake IJssel). An expanse of water shining brightly with a silvery lustre caused by the light of a sun that’s nowhere to be seen.A woman stands on the shore, a man approaches on his kiteboard. Does she patiently stand by and watch, full of admiration…
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Palm pond
Palm pond I was walking past a pond and saw the leaves of a dark-green palm reflected in it. This made me pause for a moment and wonder. A pond lined with dark plastic, filled with water, with light brown, undulating sand at the bottom and a thin wire mesh on the surface. All of…
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Source of life
Source of life At the source of the Cauvery River: a flow of water comes out of Mother Earth, giving life to plants, animals and humans downstream. The yoni placed at this very spot, signifying the source of life, is well chosen. It calls up the painting of “the origin of the world” (“l’origine du…
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Mountain pillar
Mountain pillar Just a pillar at the site where the Cauvery River rises in the mountains of Coorg in South India. But see how the top of the pillar visually resonates with the gentle slopes of the mountains. Well done stone cutter! Photo of the week: At the source of the Cauvery River, Coorg, Karnataka,…
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Assembly
Assembly The men look down on the Piazza del Popolo in Rome. I thought of giving them some distraction with a girl in Paestum making her toilet. Photos of the week: (left) Piazza del Popolo, Rome 1998, and (right) Sculpture souvenir shop, Paestum 2000, Italy
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Marine sculptures
Marine sculptures Meeting with the installation Migrations by Marguerite Humeau at the Venice Biennale my first reaction is: this isn’t for me. Her strange sculptures don’t appeal to me, falling completely outside of my esthetic framework. The three sculptures have names of important oceanic currents and the accompanying text talks about ‘supernatural, biomorphic sculptures’ and…
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Maiktoli
Maiktoli And then, in the late sun at the end of the day, Maiktoli peak suddenly shows up between the dramatic bank of clouds hanging over the Nanda Devi chain of Himalayan mountain tops. Photo of the week: Maiktoli peak (6803 m), view from Kasardevi-Almora, India 2021
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Monsoon skies
Monsoon skies Towards the end of the monsoon, when the rainwater tanks are filled up again to the brim, the clouds suddenly disperse and the sky opens up. I love the monsoon in the mountains, and not just the end of it. Photo of the week: View at Binsar, Kasardevi-Almora, Uttarakhand, India 2019
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