I have to admit to rather liking shopping. Even grocery shopping can be quite enjoyable if you’re buying some of your favourite foods. And while shopping for clothes isn’t quite the unadulterated pleasure it was when I was younger, it’s still great to come across something that looks and fits just right, even if that’s a rarity these days! I don’t even have to be shopping for myself; Christmas shopping for gifts also gives me pleasure.
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Harmony isn’t about sameness, but about differences that work together. Whether that’s people, animals, architecture, landscapes, garden planting or colours … Harmony teaches us that different need not mean clashing. I’ve chosen seven images from my archives that in a variety of ways speak to me of harmony.
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The Irish author James Joyce lived for many years in the city of Trieste, from 1904-1920 (with a spell in Zurich during WW1). During those last years of the city's Austro-Hungarian glory it was much-loved by Bohemian artists and writers such as Joyce. He moved there when he was just 22 years old and began writing some of his best-known literary works there.
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Who hasn’t stood on the shore and gazed out at a distant horizon? Or on a hill or mountain, looking out over an expansive view and the sky above? But when we try to capture it with a camera we are sometimes disappointed. The view that awed us so much may seem flat and less impressive. ‘You had to be there’, we might say.
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Even as a child time seems to speed up as we near the end of summer; how much more so for us now as adults! It seems no time since I was writing about July; now it is almost September.
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Most of the time when we take a photo it’s our intention that the viewer understands what they are looking at. Some might even say that the whole point of photography to present a clear image of the world. But sometimes it can be fun to distort or manipulate that image in order to create a different vision.
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Some weeks ago I mentioned that I would be exhibiting an image in my photography group’s show this coming September. Several people showed interest in seeing the shot and I promised to share it in due course.
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The Jantar Mantar in Jaipur is a group of nineteen astronomical instruments built in 1734 by the Rajput king Sawai Jai Singh, the founder of the city. But if when you think of ‘astronomical instruments’ we are visualising telescopes, or maybe small handheld devices, think again! These are dramatically large structures, most far taller than a person.
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Can anyone honestly assess for themselves which are their ‘best ever’ photos? I know I can’t! The best I can do is choose photos that I personally love and am proud of.
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Oddly, while I find my own aging appearance less than appealing, as a keen street/candid photographer I’m often drawn to older people. And especially for monochrome photography. The character in these faces really suits that medium; or does the medium suit the character?
