Year: 2011

  • Markets

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    Markets

    Markets are an interesting place to visit no matter which city or country you are in.  They bring together a wide mix of people engaged in one thing: the trade.  Money for goods.  Why markets are so interesting stems from different sources.  Seeing interesting items;  the excitement of the crowd;   the negotiation; Looking for the “deal”;…

  • Architecture

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    Architecture

    The architecture of a city expresses something about the people, the culture, the thinking.  The style they build, the diversity, what they keep and what you don’t see (that has been replaced.)  Friedrich Nietzsche put it this way: In architecture the pride of man, his triumph over gravitation, his will to power, assume a visible…

  • Spring

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    Spring

    I’m sure there are several indicators each one of us look to to signal the arrival of Spring. The date itself is insufficient because Spring is a feeling; a state of mind; a release from the cold oppression.  The first bike ride; the last snow melted off the lawn; birds singing in the morning.  It…

  • Sidewalk Cafes

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    Sidewalk Cafes

    While siting in a sidewalk cafe you can expect to see everything from the mundane to the unexpected. But it not only this exposure,  it is the connection with the out doors that I find attractive.  All too often we remain in-doors, isolated in a chamber. Contrasts in Santiago Chile: Leica M9, Voigtlander Nokton 50mm…