Year: 2020
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Bell Peppers
As I confront the challenges of passing time (rumour has it that the lock down will be extended until June 2), I found in the kitchen a number of aging bell peppers. Looking at them I recalled Edward Weston’s 1930s photographs of peppers, notably pepper #30. Unlike the uniquely distorted specimens Weston was able to…
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[Self] Portrait
![[Self] Portrait](https://hertha.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20200508-14-M9-L1022691-1-scaled-scaled.jpg)
At home, hanging in the hallway leading upstairs, are the portraits of my father, grandfather and great-grandfather. Other than providing a record of what they looked like, I don’t really read much more into them, at least not consciously. Recently I’ve been thinking that it might be time for me to add my picture to…
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Practices #1
Our practices are often a reflection of where we come from; our heritage and culture; our rituals; our moral compass. But these evolve; transgenerational change has the younger cohort rebel against the practices of their ancestors; tourism brings in new methods, standards, services; trade brings in new products, brands, businesses. These forces of change influence…
