Tag: black and white
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Cathedral | New Orleans, LA | 2016 (Maybe this isn’t the most artful photograph, but here’s what happened … ) We tourists jostled onto the prime spot to get the best photo of the St. Louis Cathedral in the New Orleans French Quarter. A gay Japanese couple elbowed their way to the front, right under…
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Art Lover | New Orleans, LA | 2016 Why does a certain artwork capture our interest and touch our soul? Subject matter, composition, color palette, brush technique — they all play a role. But famous works, those known and praised by millions, also radiate mystery. Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, for instance. Or, more recently,…
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Tree | New Orleans, LA | 2016 “Nothing is holier, nothing is more exemplary than a beautiful, strong tree. Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They preach the ancient law of life. A tree says:
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Aerial View | Above Brighton, Colorado | 2016 Mankind’s tracks become most obvious in winter. Roads, trails, sidewalks, patios — wherever snow has been cleared — look etched onto a pristine landscape. From thousands of feet up, you can easily identify
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In Fog | New Orleans, LA | 2016 It was a slack day on the immense field where the Battle of New Orleans was fought in 1815. We were two of four visitors that morning at the national historic site. So I was curious about this guy walking slowly up the drive followed by a…
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Pins | New Orleans, LA | 2016 The velvet-covered board measured 4×8 feet and displayed hundreds of colored and jeweled pins. Clowns, peacocks, knights, howling coyotes, real estate “sold” signs, and boastful “nurses care” and “doctors know” slogans. It was certainly the most extensive assortment of any item at the famed New Orleans’ French Market.…
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Flight Crystals | Somewhere over Texas | 2016 Water droplets and ice crystals appear on an airplane window at 30,000 feet. “At the altitudes jet aircraft fly, the air temperature may be –40 F or even lower. Water vapor crystallizes at these temperatures if condensation nuclei (dust and other aerosols) are present. However, it’s likely…
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Mississippi River | New Orleans, LA | 2016 He claims a bench on the levee behind the French Market because that’s where the big boats swing-in close to make the sharp turn upriver. At this moment, a tug with barges chugs to beat the current. Bones creaky, he stands and faces the imposing highway bridge,…
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Skylight| Seattle, WA | 2016 “People,” Caroline thought, “were like houses. They could open their doors. You could walk through their rooms and touch objects hidden
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Light | Seattle, WA | 2016 “We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark. The real tragedy of life
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