Tag: People
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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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Poster girls
Poster girls Five people gazing, not at each other but each one in a different direction. And then there is a sixth one, me, capturing the scene in my own field of vision. Well, two of the five people are not there as large as life. But, larger than life in black and white, they certainly…
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Invisible blinkers
Invisible blinkers For this new human addiction airports provide no special room. No room would be large enough to meet the demand anyway. Since it is considered a non-offensive habit, unlike smoking, and not one dying out and in need of protection, like praying, the whole airport is put at the disposal of all passengers…
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Sex room
Sex room Bars, restaurants, toilets, smoking rooms, prayer rooms, ….. : Airports cater to all kinds of human needs. But a – tax free – sex room I haven’t come across as yet. Photo of the week: New Delhi International Airport, India 2015
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Miss Dior
Miss Dior To the toilet I have been and prayer is not my sort of thing; so maybe I should take Miss Dior up for a free tour? Photo of the week: Changi Aiport, Singapore 2015
