A garden that contains over 66 sculptures enfolded in its dips and rises just can’t be dealt with in a single Post … but just to keep your interest piqued the works here are viewed through a different lens. Light and shade. Sepia and greyscale. The monotones allow you to look past extraneous matter and…
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Did you know that Kruger National Park is about 360 kilometres in length? That’s what we’re going to be doing in a few days, trawling up slowly from south to north, bush camp to bush camp, a few of which we haven’t yet tried. A New Adventure awaits. So, just to whet your appetite for…
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Balance and harmony … two qualities we all need to draw upon to get us through the next few months to Election Day. And how does one define balance? The tension between two opposites where, at a certain central point, a state of equilibrium is achieved. Looking at these sculptures, from all around the world,…
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Benches 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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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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Florence in black and white . . . Look at that crush of people!
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Just having a bit of atonal fun with some of my more graphic pictures …
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Contrast. Striking. Abstract. Moody. Powerful. Non-distraction of colour . . . All words to describe black-and-white photography. (Full disclosure: wildlife images are by my partner-in-crime, Hirsh Aronowitz)
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