for all those i love,
appreciate, or even
like a little bit
Category: Up Close
Snow formed as if paper
magical visions
snow flakes linked together as if
hanging torn paper
Push hard to get better
“Push hard to get better, become smarter, grow your devotion to the truth, fuel your commitment to beauty, refine your emotional intelligence, hone your dreams, negotiate with your shadow, cure your ignorance, shed your pettiness, heighten your drive to look for the best in people, and soften your heart—even as you always accept yourself for exactly who you are with all of your so-called imperfections.” so says my horoscope dude.
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Ten inches
snow: ten inches fell
shovel: then watching closely
as it all changes
sit. still. shapelessly
our relationships
shape our experience.
sit. still. shapelessly.
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Opportunity to lose the self
a delicate freeze
presents opportunity
to lose self in form
(to view a gallery of alternative compositions)
The lightest snow
Last Saturday morn
the lightest snow I’ve ever
seen fall into view
H2O @ 0 degrees C
For the past couple years I’ve posted a Photograph A Week (PAW) on my web site. The PAW files from 2007 can be seen here.
For 2008 I’ll transition to post the PAWs on this blog. While this image is not the pick for this week (50); it does come from the past week’s exploration of the world of water in solid form. More alternates for this week can be seen here.
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Imagination in harmony with truth – sliced out of time and space
Photography = selection, composition and light; sliced out of space and time; usually within a fraction of a second.
“Some people’s photography is an art. Not mine. Art is a dirty word in photography. All this fine art crap is killing it already.” Helmut Newton
People seem to desire truth based on unembellished physical evidence. A witness with a camera appears to provide such evidence. Yet, people also possess appetites for imagination. So the best photography seems to ride the flux of real experience and the flow of imagination. The photograph seems burdened with anxieties over authenticity and verification; while blessed with imaginative discovery.
