Tag: People
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Like mother, like daughter
Like mother, like daughter Human life may have changed in many ways since prehistoric times, but on a certain level – namely that of the basic needs the body requires to survive – we are still the same, and in that respect not much different from other animals. We need food to eat and water…
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Venice upside down
Venice upside down It’s always a lovely sight: the washing lines laden with clean laundry, stretched taut between houses on opposite sides of narrow streets in the old quarters of southern Europe. But might we ask you to be a little more considerate of others next time, dear lady (or gentleman) doing the washing, when…
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Coffee time!
Coffee time! The background of the impressive Maori figure on the painting we recognize as Okains Bay, the pristine bay that I showed you on this blog two weeks ago. Behind the Maori’s back we see two waka (traditional Maori canoes) pulled up on the beach. The first Maoris that came to New Zealand over…
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Images of virginal purity (2)
Images of virginal purity (2) The stunning Okains Bay on the stunning Banks Peninsula on New Zealand’s stunning South Island.Sit back, enjoy the view, close your eyes and let your mind wander. Photo of the week: Okains Bay, Banks Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand 2013
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Images of virginal purity (1)
Images of virginal purity (1) Sweeping views across a vast, deserted beach. But then, in the far distance, we make out three tiny dark specks – people smaller than sand fleas, blown away by the wind.Farewell at Farewell Spit. Photo of the week: Farewell Spit, North shore, Golden Bay, South Island, New Zealand 2013
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The sheltering tree
The sheltering tree Mozambique, 1993, where, after many years of devastating conflict and war, people can breathe more freely once again. A tree. Branches and foliage stretching out in a sweeping circle around the trunk. In its shade, around a hundred women have gathered, along with children and a few men. There is an atmosphere…
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The woman in the trees
The woman in the trees A sound echoed through the forest, but I couldn’t work out where it was coming from. Then, suddenly, I saw a nymph moving high up in the oak trees. Surprised, I called out: “What are you doing up there?” She gave me a broad smile and called back: “Je fais…
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Ensemble of limbs
Ensemble of limbs Looking at the legs in unison in last week’s post I remembered this photo that I took once in a shopping mall in Sydney. Then too it had been the configuration of limbs that had incited me to take out my camera. The people spread out in the circle, on the chairs and…
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Spinning progress
Spinning progress Seen from the air, Kerala appears to be inhabited solely by palm trees. People and houses are invisible. Yet there are many millions of them, hidden beneath the green canopy of the palm trees. It is therefore not surprising that processing coconut fibre – the fibrous outer husk of the coconut – into…
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Shining beauty
Shining beauty A beautiful, radiant young woman in the prime of her life. Is there anything more beautiful in this world? Throughout the centuries, she has been the muse of artists who have sought to capture her image and celebrated her pure, natural beauty in stone, on canvas, on paper, in music and, since the…
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