Archive for June, 2007

Photography as a framing art

Kia ora tatou: If you are interested in the idea of framing and photography’s place in the depiction of reality, you may want to read this essay. As thre authors say, Photography, Painting or even Cinema, have a limited capability of saying anything meaningful about reality. Their value as artistic mediums isn’t in their descriptive [...]

Hymn to a passing elemental

I have seen Summer’s fire slump slowly sideways, slide into the cooling embers of the year. I have witnessed The last fragile fingernail of autumn’s grasp, A red-rimmed leaf, Release its grip, Slip slowly to earth and lie smiling, Face-up under the yellowing sun Coming later each day around the corner of the house. I [...]