Tag: People
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Someone has been here
Someone has been here A riverbed, a row of stones. Each stonea whim of nature. The row of stones– chosen, laid out –a whim of man. Photo of the week: Riverbed, Solalex, Switzerland 2020
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A tribute to HM
A tribute to HM I was completely absorbed in looking at ‘The Sheaf’, one of Matisse’s great collages, created in the final years of his life, when he was bedridden and could no longer paint. Then a visitor came into my field of vision. I regarded her appearance as a happy coincidence, a fleeting tribute…
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In a flash
In a flash Was it the way she sat, or the way she looked, or her lipsticked lips, or maybe her amusing fairylike dress? Probably it was all this together.You see something or somebody, are touched and there you go, photo!The little girl takes care of the goods in the stall of – presumably –…
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Barbecue
Barbecue Dead eyes looking at you,in anticipation of being blinded by fireinto cloudy white spots.Then they don’t look anymore.Then they disappear between the jawsof us, dear carnivores. Photos of the week: Picnic along the Namkhan River, Luang Prabang, Laos 2020
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On being supreme
On being supreme This morning when putting on her T-shirt she may have felt confident but now it’s text is weighing down on her. If only she knew how beautiful she looks in the late light of the sun. Photo of the week: Sunset at Phu Si hill, Luang Prabang, Laos 2020
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Sunset spot
Sunset spot Sunsets are sold as tourist attractions. In Luang Prabang, Phu Si Hill, right in the centre of the city, is considered the perfect spot to watch the sunset. So, as the day draws to a close, all the tourists in Luang Prabang climb Phu Si Hill, with their phones and cameras at the…
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Shadow play
Shadow play Wat Mai’s shadow falls on a white wall.On the wall, framed: five small photographs of five people.Who are they?Why are their photographs hanging there?Is it in their memory?What was their fate?The text might tell me, but I cannot read it. I find them moving, those five small portraits on the white wall, in…
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The Outing
The Outing Ten Lao ladies at a visit to Wat Xieng Thong in Luang Prabang. Ten different dresses (sinhs) but all the same. Unity in diversity the Lao way. Photo of the week: Wat Xieng Thong, Luang Prabang, Laos 2020
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Singha
Singha Slender, fragile, strong. Over and above them you standbold uprightconfidentmajestic. Singha. Photo of the week: Singha Beer Bar, Bangkok, Thailand 2019
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Fish meal pedicure
Fish meal pedicure Letting a shoal of hungry small fish nibble away dead skin from your feet and in addition having to pay for it! With free wifi as sweetener. Photos of the week: Massage parlour, China Town, Bangkok, Thailand 2019
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