Will you love me in December as you do in May? ― Jack Kerouac *Images made during a walk on 1 May from Valdelagua to Calvarassa de Arriba using …
Mayday en Calvarassa de Arriba
Mayday en Calvarassa de Arriba
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sindjelićeva
A pedestrian reflection from Belgrade.
For WordPress weekly photo challenge – pedestrian
“To be a wave understanding the influence of the moon;
To be a tree and read the memory of the leaves;
To be an insignificant pedestrian on the streets”
– Dejan Stojanovic
Images captured on a late Summer evening with my Olympus OM10 and 100 ASA black and white film.
A to Z
Ever wondered what it would be like to work as a consultant, travelling the world, meeting new people, experiencing new cultures, stretching yourself intellectually and emotionally, being wined and dined?
Passing straight through the lounge doors at the airport?
A silk carpet, leather seats.
Flying the blue. Not Ryanair yellow. Not Easyjet orange?
Welcome to my world.
Here’s an A to Z of what it actually feels (looks) like.
shiny
Maybe the star doesn’t even exist any more. Yet sometimes that light seems more real to me than anything
― Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun
For WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge – ‘Ooh, Shiny’
*Made with Fujifilm X100F and fixed 23mm (35mm full frame equivalent), ISO320, f/14 at 1/850s*
usoro uso
A celebration of creativity in Akwa Ibom, over on nigeriastreets
Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa and often referred to as the ‘Giant of Africa’, is a Federal Republic made up of 36 States.
Akwa Ibom, located on the coastal southern part of the country in the ‘South South’ sits between Cross Rivers State and Rivers State. Created in 1987, from the former Cross River State, Akwa Ibom is home to over five million people.
The State capital is Uyo with a population of around half a million.
This week, I was lucky enough to be part of a group visiting the Usoro Uso art exhibition, a celebration of contemporary Nigerian arts and craft featuring some outstanding work from artists of Akwa Ibom.
The exhibition opened on 8 June 2017 and is on display at the Ibibio Union Museum, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The exhibition is slated to close on 22 June, 2017 so, if you are visiting…
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seven weddings
‘Seven weddings’, last week, over on nigeriastreets, more to come soon from my travels in Nigeria.
Let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls
– Khalil Gibran
Today, I attended seven weddings.
Well, not intentionally. I was invited to one, and found myself inadvertently attending seven. Which, incidentally, brings my weekly tally to eight weddings in two continents in the last week.
And that wasn’t the only surprise of the day.
The wedding was that of a colleague and friend here in Abuja, where I have been living and working over the last six months. The time has flown by.
To be invited to a colleague’s wedding was an immense privilege. And, perhaps, we really only get to know a culture by seeing how people are hatched, matched and dispatched?
Well, I can’t comment…
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Semana Santa Salamanca 2017
Images from the streets of Salamanca on Easter Sunday, 16 April 2017
Every Easter, a series of processions are held around the streets of Salamanca. This was the final one on Sunday, 16 April 2017.
Shot with Fujifilm X100F
Surprise
This week, I wasn’t sure how to respond to the WordPress weekly challenge ‘surprise‘.
Then, surprisingly, the road caught fire in the middle of the night.
The fire continues to perplex the gas and electricity utility companies, although thankfully, the firemen appear remarkably relaxed as the electric company dig a hole in order to isolate the electric cables.
There may be more ‘surprises’ to come.
(in)security
More dangerous are the common men, the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions
― Primo Levi
never again?
look around you,
and think,
when, would you,
say
no?
for wordpress weekly photo challenge – security
*shot with fujifilm x100f, fixed 23mm lens at f/2, 1/60s and ISO4000*
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