weekly photo challenge

Weekly Photo Challenge: Fray

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“Photographs will always be impressive because they show us nature, and all artists will find in them a world of sensations.”

Henri Matisse; Statement on Photography, 1908

The frayed tassels of the well-worn bookmarks of my treasured Henri Matisse: a novel by Louis Aragon, which you will have seen recently residing on my library shelf.

 

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Silhouette 2

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Another breathtaking sunset over English Bay tonight with more silhouettes on Kits Beach to share with you that couldn’t be more perfect.

Poetry in Motion

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For lovers of So You Think You Can Dance I took these photographs during the broadcast just over a week ago of the exquisite Jacque Le Warne dancing a pas de deux with allstar Chehon Wespi-Tschopp. They were choreographed by the brilliant Travis Wall and were dancing to the Adagio for TRON by Daft Punk. If you saw this magical performance, which was made even more magical by their silhouettes, I’m sure you will agree that it was sublime in every way; true Poetry in Motion….

Weekly Photo Challenge: Silhouette

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English Bay silhouettes on another perfect Vancouver evening.

Are you willing to sell for one shilling…

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Your ring?” Said the Piggy, “I will.”

from The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear

No doubt the owl would have easily distinguished by its texture the shilling in one of his pockets from the half crown in the other.

The Morning After: 2

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Summer lovin’ continues with last weekend’s Symphony of Fire over English Bay, Vancouver.

Enjoy the Minuet from Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks played by Jordi Savall & Le Concert Des Nations as you watch the show.

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