September 03 2010
W/E reblog from landscapelifescape:

The Bamboo Forest, Kyoto, Japan
Trey Ratcliff

W/E reblog from landscapelifescape:

The Bamboo Forest, Kyoto, Japan

Trey Ratcliff

Via Landscape, Lifescape



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September 02 2010
Yemen 38 (window pane 4)

Yemen 38 (window pane 4)



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Yemen 39 (window pane 5)  This group warmly  invited us to join them for lunch.
If my son stays long enough in yemen I may well revisit Yemen and will be interested in finding better ways of connecting and making sense of what I see through the ‘windows’ of my visitors eyes.

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Yemen 39 (window pane 5)  This group warmly  invited us to join them for lunch.

If my son stays long enough in yemen I may well revisit Yemen and will be interested in finding better ways of connecting and making sense of what I see through the ‘windows’ of my visitors eyes.

Feel free to comment on this topic.



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September 01 2010
Yemen 37 (window pane 3)

Yemen 37 (window pane 3)



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August 31 2010
Yemen 36  (window pane 2)

Yemen 36  (window pane 2)



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August 30 2010
A rally near the Sydney Opera House yesterday saw 1000 photographers gather to protest the bureaucratic fees and obstacles that increasingly get in the way of photographers practicing their art. Signs read “Capture the Moment not the Photographer”,” Guilty of Promoting Australia” and their were lots of T Shirts with the message “I am a Photographer NOT a Terrorist”. Speakers reminded us of the link between photography and the environmental movement as well as in promoting Australia internationally. Great to see such a good turn out and hopefully sense will again prevail. 

A rally near the Sydney Opera House yesterday saw 1000 photographers gather to protest the bureaucratic fees and obstacles that increasingly get in the way of photographers practicing their art. Signs read “Capture the Moment not the Photographer”,” Guilty of Promoting Australia” and their were lots of T Shirts with the message “I am a Photographer NOT a Terrorist”. Speakers reminded us of the link between photography and the environmental movement as well as in promoting Australia internationally. Great to see such a good turn out and hopefully sense will again prevail. 



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Yemen 35  window pane 1
A slight reprise on Yemen made up of street scenes. When visiting a country where one doesn’t speak or read the language, the men carry big knives and the women are covered it is hard to make much sense of what one sees. We were often greeted warmly possibly in part because there are almost no tourists at present. I have decided to add these slices of street life over the next 5 days to share something of the experience of  looking through a window at others that was a part of this Yemen trip. Obviously one always does that to varying degrees but I liked on revisiting my Yemen images how these images say something about that aspect of traveling for me.

Yemen 35  window pane 1

A slight reprise on Yemen made up of street scenes. When visiting a country where one doesn’t speak or read the language, the men carry big knives and the women are covered it is hard to make much sense of what one sees. We were often greeted warmly possibly in part because there are almost no tourists at present. I have decided to add these slices of street life over the next 5 days to share something of the experience of  looking through a window at others that was a part of this Yemen trip. Obviously one always does that to varying degrees but I liked on revisiting my Yemen images how these images say something about that aspect of traveling for me.



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August 29 2010
WE reblogged from liquidnight:

Andrew Wyeth
Christina’s World
Tempera on gessoed panel, 1948
“The woman in the painting is Christina Olson (May 3, 1893 - January 27, 1968). She had an undiagnosed muscular deterioration [most likely Polio] that paralyzed her lower body. Wyeth was inspired to create the painting when through a window from within the house he saw her crawling across a field. Wyeth Bhad a summer home in the area and was on friendly terms with Olson, using her and her younger brother as the subject of paintings from 1940 to 1968. Although Olson was the inspiration and subject of the painting, she was not the primary model — Wyeth’s wife Betsy posed as the torso of the painting. Although the woman in the painting appears young, Olson was 55 at the time Wyeth created the work.”

WE reblogged from liquidnight:

Andrew Wyeth

Christina’s World

Tempera on gessoed panel, 1948

“The woman in the painting is Christina Olson (May 3, 1893 - January 27, 1968). She had an undiagnosed muscular deterioration [most likely Polio] that paralyzed her lower body. Wyeth was inspired to create the painting when through a window from within the house he saw her crawling across a field. Wyeth Bhad a summer home in the area and was on friendly terms with Olson, using her and her younger brother as the subject of paintings from 1940 to 1968. Although Olson was the inspiration and subject of the painting, she was not the primary model — Wyeth’s wife Betsy posed as the torso of the painting. Although the woman in the painting appears young, Olson was 55 at the time Wyeth created the work.”

Via (OvO)



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August 28 2010
WE reblog via  sealmaiden:

Vincent Van Gogh 
Road with cypress under a starry sky 1890
oil on canvas

WE reblog via  sealmaiden:

Vincent Van Gogh 

Road with cypress under a starry sky 1890

oil on canvas

Via they humm of mystery



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August 27 2010
Karijini 20

Karijini 20



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August 26 2010

yama-bato:

lushlight:

Cohen @ 70

A Thousand Kisses Deep



The ponies run, the girls are young,
The odds are there to beat.
You win a while, and then it’s done –
Your little winning streak.
And summoned now to deal
With your invincible defeat,
You live your life as if it’s real,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.

I’m turning tricks, I’m getting fixed,
I’m back on Boogie Street.
You lose your grip, and then you slip
Into the Masterpiece.
And maybe I had miles to drive,
And promises to keep:
You ditch it all to stay alive,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.

And sometimes when the night is slow,
The wretched and the meek,
We gather up our hearts and go,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.

Confined to sex, we pressed against
The limits of the sea:
I saw there were no oceans left
For scavengers like me.
I made it to the forward deck.
I blessed our remnant fleet –
And then consented to be wrecked,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.

I’m turning tricks, I’m getting fixed,
I’m back on Boogie Street.
I guess they won’t exchange the gifts
That you were meant to keep.
And quiet is the thought of you,
The file on you complete,
Except what we forgot to do,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.

And sometimes when the night is slow,
The wretched and the meek,
We gather up our hearts and go,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.

The ponies run, the girls are young,
The odds are there to beat …

Via COULEURS


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Karijini 19

Karijini 19



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August 25 2010
Karijini 18  NOTE panoramas don’t really work on tumblr so go HERE to see it properly

Karijini 18  NOTE panoramas don’t really work on tumblr so go HERE to see it properly



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August 24 2010
Karijini 17

Karijini 17



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August 23 2010
Karijini 16

Karijini 16



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  • Under one big sky.
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  • they humm of mystery
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  • Landscape, Lifescape
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  • Crashingly Beautiful
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  • Clusterpod
  • oasi
  • Overcoming my Education
  • BRYAN SCHUTMAAT
  • MEMORIES
  • tone deaf.
  • psychologically speaking
  • Alabaster
  • Hello New York
  • DCPH
  • corners of the world
  • 陆逸的空间
  • cain | nyc
  • Prrou
  • Now & Here
  • Hoggul's views
  • Beauty of Pureland aka Pakistan
  • SUPERDEFSTARshipGo
  • Displace
  • all the names
  • Bhutan Heartland Updates
  • Places I Wish I Were.
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