Tag: People
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Young and lovely
Young and lovely Apart from the fact that these girls have clearly been sent by their parents to find something edible to put in their baskets, they are young and radiant, just as we like to see children of this age. This is how the story for these girls might well unfold in just a…
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The best of youth
The best of youth I came upon them down in the valley. They interrupted their play for a moment to gather round me for a photo. Their looks are open, positive, curious, without a trace of suspicion. A confluence of barely restrained joy of life. Life at its best. Life as it will not go…
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Cramped for room
Cramped for room You wouldn’t think looking here at houses in one of the most posh parts of Mumbai. Still that’s what it is. And that’s how it is. The luxury mansions are just around the corner. At home you may be cramped for room but outside there is still space to fly your kite.…
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Banganga
Banganga The neighbourhood of Walkeshwar on Malabar Hill harbours a rare 1000 year old water tank called Banganga. The tank and its peaceful surroundings let you almost forget that you are in the heart of the city of Mumbai in the 21st century. A man – or his wife – has washed his underpants in…
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Coincidence
Coincidence Two swimmers in Wellington Harbour. One in the water, the other on the wall of a gallery at the harbour front. One doing breaststroke, the other backstroke. Both rather clumsily. I remember when seeing the second swimmer I thought of the first whose picture I just had taken outside. It made me decide to…
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Ambrosia
Ambrosia According to one creation myth of ancient Mesopotamia, the gods created humankind because they were fed up of having to look after their own food. Yes, gods also need food to survive, and they want man to provide it. As we can see here, man, religious man, still acquits himself faithfully of his task.…
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The umbrellas of Kinkaku-ji
The umbrellas of Kinkaku-ji Again three, and well placed, like in last weeks picture! The fact that these three colourful umbrellas have come together in Kinkaku-ji Park is pure coincidence.Whether it’s deliberate or by chance: for me, as a photographer, it’s only the result that counts. Photo of the week: Kinkaku-ji (Golden Temple) park, Kyoto,…
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Two or three
Two or three Sometimes I can be perfectly happy with two, at other times it has to be three. So it seems. If it had been two I would not have annoyed you with this picture, would not have taken it in the first place. Three makes all the difference here. See how beautifully they…
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Black is beautiful
Black is beautiful A black woman and a woman dressed in black against a black background. When I walked into a bank in Alice Springs and saw this scene, I couldn’t resist taking a photo. The woman in black is clearly an Aboriginal girl, but the black woman looks African to me, with her facial…
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Death of an anthropologist
Death of an anthropologist I haven’t found an explanation by the Aboriginal painter July Dowling about this work of hers. Whatever I say about it will be guesswork. But it is interesting, and probably not without significance, to note that apart from red ochre and synthetic paint, blood has been used in the painting. The three…
