Category Archives: Art & Photography Page 5

Botanicals (the weird kind)
Posted on: 25th September 2018| By: MarielleJust when I think I need to venture beyond the familiar to find things exotic, out of nowhere I get a bump on the nose. It’s been taking me a little while to find my feet again after being on the road communing with wild and untamed creatures … 7,400 kilometres later … I mean,…
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Of real & inked lions
Posted on: 14th September 2018| By: MarielleSo here’s a story… inspired by a recent lion encounter in Kgalagadi and the way its image mirrors an exquisite ink drawing I purchased on an interesting coffee stop not so long ago. There’s a really cool artisan coffee shop sitting slap-bang on the thundering-truck-ridden N2, at Riversdale in the Western Cape (what?! In this…
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Subtle sepia
Posted on: 6th September 2018| By: MarielleStimulated by my friend Clare’s comment (she, herself, is an accomplished photographer with an excellent eye for an unusual composition), I’ve done some experimenting with sepia on a few textural photos from Kgalagadi. Simply love the shapes of the collapsed camel thorns, gnarly limbs splayed out like giant tarantulas The term “sepia” is inherited from…
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Atonal
Posted on: 18th August 2018| By: MarielleBenches at Okaukuejo’s waterhole A leafless pod acacia at Halali’s waterhole which is a bit of a trek into the thornveld and clambering over boulders — luckily so, as the sound of revelling campers travels pretty far! But look closely at those beautiful striated rocks … Sections of the park are immensely dry, but…
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A study in two tone
Posted on: 18th July 2018| By: Marielle Shapes, lines, symmetry. Texture and contrast. That’s what black-and-white photography loves. A non-distraction of colour promotes a clarity of line. And without distraction, the tonal shades and shadows in-between begin to play mind tricks on you … creating optical illusions. Above: design flair in Provence. Nuclear warfare? The Apocalypse? A warning against…
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Lavender rewind
Posted on: 30th June 2018| By: MarielleI just can’t leave Valensole without doing justice to the 101 lavender pictures I’ve taken … . . . and, oh, we will be so happy to say Au revoir to les mouches!
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Digne-les-Bains
Posted on: 29th June 2018| By: MarielleHirsh is earning his stripes as a local and has learned to drive like a Frenchman. He now takes sharp curves at speed, pulls into curbsides without any warning and a whooping “Allez-oop!”, and can execute a three-point turn on a highly trafficked road. Which served us well on the one-way, single-lane roads around Moustiers-Ste-Marie….
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Moustiers arts & crafts
Posted on: 29th June 2018| By: Marielle I loved the tables in the café with its delectable pain au chocolat. Vivid colour followed by shades of grey . . . And this zebra simply stole my heart!
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Riez shabby chic
Posted on: 28th June 2018| By: MariellePicture above for my cat-loving friends! Not so shabby, more chic … Amazing, in the central row the left-hand photo is an apartment address!
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