quote for the day

"As for the Japanese man, who never stops photographing the world: what does he see? He doesn't even see the two elements he is trying to capture, his traveling companion and the monument that the companion is blocking out. The Eiffel Tower is there to show that this guy spent a day in Paris. But by cracking the same wide, impersonal smile in front of every monument on the face of the Earth, he is destroying the intimate nature of the moment. The Japanese man becomes as timeless as the tower itself. You'd think that the Eiffel Tower was being photographed as a backdrop for a smiling Japanese guy."

Dany Lafferriere

how cool is this?

Leonardo da Vinci's 'The Mona Lisa' reduced & remixed down into 140 exact circles of colour. Makes no sense close up. Makes every sense from the other side of the room.

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once upon a time...

Years ago, I had this idea that the best way to photograph a scene like a wheatfield was to use a moving image. Unfortunately, at the time, there was only movie film, and the fledgling video camera.
Nowadays, my dream has been made available. Click on the above photo to see an example (since blogger didnt cooperate here), then go to the main site for more.