Kia ora tatou: In the comments on the last post, Peregrina talks of wabi sabi and quotes Edward Fowler in “One Hundred Things Japanese”. Of sakura, Fowler writes: ” … the short-lived blossoms affirm most profoundly the Japanese aesthetic: that what is beautiful in nature and in human life rarely lasts, that evanescence itself is [...]

Kia ora tatou: My gay friends use the phrase coming out, when you realise your sexual orientation, and are comfortable enough with it to go public, to stand by it and be what you are. What has this to do with photography? Read on. My dear friend Denis La Touche recently asked me that question: [...]