Blue Light
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Sun and Rain
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Amaryllis
Some photos do not fit the LAPC’s themes, so there is a rest category ‘last chance’ being #280. I never am guided by the themes in the photos I shoot. Some fit in, some don’t. But I never know the theme while shooting. I’m privileged to live in a country with lots of flowers, having fresh ones weekly in the house.
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Roses
Some photos do not fit the LAPC’s themes, so there is a rest category ‘last chance’ being #280. I never am guided by the themes in the photos I shoot. Some fit in, some don’t. But I never know the theme while shooting. I’m privileged to live in a country with lots of flowers, having fresh ones weekly in the house.
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Hill of Slane
Some photos do not fit the LAPC’s themes, so there is a rest category ‘last chance’ being #280. I never am guided by the themes in the photos I shoot. Some fit in, some don’t. But I never know the theme while shooting. Here is one from the archive I recently stumbled upon, never published.
Slane Hill in Ireland. Close to Slane Castle castle that is famous among other historical facts, for being the recording site for U2’s The unforgettable fire’ in 1984. And famous open air concerts.
Outside the village is The Hill of Slane with a small old ruined chapel, a ruined monastery and a graveyard, overlooking the landscape and the river Boyne.
The most interesting place is a small hill with undergrowth right behind the site, from which this photo was taken.
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Crossroad
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The Lake
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Hold the Line
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Gypsophila
Flowers are colorful but sometimes more color is added artificially. The lens artists photo challenge #279 is ‘magical’.
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Ceiling
Two days ago I published a detail of the ceiling at Westfield Mall of the Netherlands in color. This is the monochrome version of the same image, in my opinion even more magical than the color version. In the feedback some wondered how this structure can be a ceiling. Here is an earlier publication showing the top light window in the ceiling in mono.
The lens artists photo challenge #279 is ‘magical’.
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It’s easy to hold a lot of balls in the air at Christmas
A detail of the ceiling at Westfield Mall of the Netherlands, showing it is easy to hold lots of balls in the air at once at Christmas, but it looks kind of magical. The lens artists photo challenge #279 is ‘magical’.
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Ceiling
A detail of the ceiling at Westfield Mall of the Netherlands, quite uniqe. The lens artists photo challenge #279 is ‘magical’.
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Window
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Grass
Grass as it can be.
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Black Friday
Westfield Mall of the Netherlands, quite uniqe. The lens artists photo challenge #278 is ‘unique’.
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Light Flow
Grass as it can be.
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Elgin Marbles
These sculpture (nicknamed The Elgin Marbles) are originally from the Parthenon in Athens. Lord Elgin supposedly bought them from the Ottomans, who occupied the present Greece at that moment. The Greek try to return these marbles for decades, the UK government refuses, saying it’s British heritage. Last week a meeting of the UK prime minister with the prime minister of Greece was cancelled, after the Greek PM reiterated the ownership of the marbles. How mesmerizing and wonderful must it be to see these ornaments in the place they belong, on top of the Acropolis over Athens.
The lens artists photo challenge #278 is ‘unique’.
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Rain and Shine
A Magnolia tree. Autumn is a time of rapid changes. It can be light and sunny with wonderful colors on display, or grim and dim in rain. Both have its unique beauty in my humble opinion.
The lens artists photo challenge #278 is ‘unique’.
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Rain
The pattern of raindrops or the clouds through the window is unique each time you watch it. The wind being the big agency driving it all. The lens artists photo challenge #278 is ‘unique’.
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Dark: Hoop Doet Leven
The windmill ‘Hoop doet leven’ between Oegstgeest and Voorhout in a backdrop of rain with matching cars to the dark sky.
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In memory of Elliott Erwitt
One of my favorite photographers passed last Wednesday. I post a Magnum newsletter, honoring his legacy. The photos of the original one are not in my post, but please click the links and enjoy the work of one of the most inspirational masters of photography. On the bottom you find a link where you can subscribe to the Field Notes Magnum newsletter if you please to do so.
Field Notes
December 2023, No. 118
Elliott Erwitt (1928–2023)
Remembering Elliott Erwitt
(1928–2023)
Elliott Erwitt passed away peacefully on Wednesday night at his home in Manhattan, surrounded by his family. This week, we look back and celebrate the life and career of the legendary photographer and long-time Magnum member.
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Early Work in Pittsburgh
In 1950, a 22-year-old Erwitt stepped off a Greyhound bus in Pittsburg, armed with a Leica IIIc and Rolleiflex. Today, looking back at his early series on the post-war city in Pennsylvania, we see the makings of his distinct and iconic photographic style.
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Behind the Image:
The Kitchen Debate
In July 1959, Erwitt captured the iconic image of what appears to be a moment of serious confrontation between U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in a model American kitchen during Nixon’s visit to Moscow.
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Inside the World of
Elliott Erwitt
“It’s hard to portray someone as big as him,” says Adriana Lopez Sanfeliu, past assistant to Erwitt and director of the documentary Silence Sounds Good. Released in 2019, it follows then 80-year-old Erwitt on a trip to Cuba and going about his busy days in New York.
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The Art of Looking at Art
“I am a dedicated people watcher who loves to see art and art watchers watching,” Erwitt wrote in his book, Museum Watching, published in 1999. “In the end all museums are interesting. Even when they’re not.”
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The Benevolent Voyeur
“In Erwitt’s work,” writes Darran Anderson, “we find the revelatory thrill of the benevolent voyeur; a position occupied not just by the photographer but also by the viewer and, very often, the subject.”
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Behind the Image:
A Bulldog in New York
“I don’t know of any other animals closer to us in qualities of heart, sentiment and loyalty,” Erwitt once wrote of dogs. Here, we revisit the story behind the comical photograph of a bulldog on its owner’s lap — a shot that he had to hastily borrow a camera to capture.
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Elliott Erwitt:
A Retrospective
Currently on view at La Sucrière in Lyon, France is a major retrospective of Erwitt’s work, featuring 215 black and white and color photographs. The exhibition reflects the diversity of subjects addressed throughout his career and the profound unity of Erwitt’s work.
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Beside the road
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Working from a Train
The commute from Den Haag to Leiden by train.
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Leidse Hout
The Leidse Hout, a local park.
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Advertising (Empty) Space
Empty spaces along a motorway used for commercial expressions. Empty spaces is the theme of LAPC #277.
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Autumn Paths
The Leidse Hout, another cycle track on a dijk.
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Light Travels
The Leidse Hout, another cycle track on a dijk.
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Autumn Paths
Autumn is coloring the trees in the local park Leidse Hout.
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Layered Panorama
Two prints from the same panorama source on the iPhone. Choose your favorite! LAPC #276 is ‘looking up/looking down’.
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In betweens
Lens Artists Photo Challenge #276 is ‘looking up/looking down’. Road side view while not driving myself.
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Windmill
Lens Artists Photo Challenge #276 is ‘looking up/looking down’. Road side view while not driving myself.
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Clouds in my sunrise
Lens Artists Photo Challenge #276 is ‘looking up/looking down’. Road side view while not driving myself.
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Autumn Leaves
Lens Artists Photo Challenge #276 is ‘looking up/looking down’. Leaves on a window.
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Autumn Leave
Lens Artists Photo Challenge #276 is ‘looking up/looking down’. Leaves on a window.
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Tree Line
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Lines of Trees
The Netherlands, Abbenes – November 2023
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En Passant: Amsterdam South Axis
From a drive by, Amsterdam Zuidas.
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Somewhere, over the Rainbow
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Autumn Paths
Lens Artists Photo Challenge #275 is ‘filling the frame’. Each photo fills a frame of course, but this is about focussing a subject, and eliminate distraction.
A cycle path along a railroad in Autumn, two days ago I showed a version in monochrome. Yesterday the color version. Today in color featuring a cyclist. Feel free to make up your own story, or pick your favorite.
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Autumn Paths
Lens Artists Photo Challenge #275 is ‘filling the frame’. Each photo fills a frame of course, but this is about focussing a subject, and eliminate distraction.
A cycle path along a railroad in Autumn, yesterday I showed a version in monochrome. Today the colors and a slightly different feel. Feel free to make up your own story, or pick your favorite.
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Autumn Paths
Lens Artists Photo Challenge #275 is ‘filling the frame’. Each photo fills a frame of course, but this is about focussing a subject, and eliminate distraction.
A cycle path along a railroad in Autumn with some added atmosphere in monochrome. Feel free to make up your own story.
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Garden in Autumn 8
Lens Artists Photo Challenger #274 is ‘asymmetry’.
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Garden in Autumn 7
Lens Artists Photo Challenger #274 is ‘asymmetry’.
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Garden in Autumn 6
Lens Artists Photo Challenger #274 is ‘asymmetry’.
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Garden in Autumn 5
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Garden in Autumn 4
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Garden in Autumn 3
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Asymmetry Autumn
Lens Artists Photo Challenger #274 is ‘asymmetry’.
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Garden in Autumn 2
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Garden
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