Photography
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Sofia Gubaidulina *X 24 1931 — The Life You Give
Sofia Gubaidulina, born October 24, 1931, Chistopol, Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic [now Tatarstan, Russia]), is the composer whose works fuse Russian and Central Asian regional styles with the Western classical tradition. During her youth, Gubaidulina studied music in the city of Kazan, the capital of her home republic. She had lessons at the Kazan…
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Partagás Serie E No. 2
Only seldom do I light a Cuban cigar, although I have plenty in my humidor — some for years. There is an unpredictable sense of joy or celebration which will guide my hand to choose one on a given day. Today, just as unpredictably, was a sad day. Thus it feels as if the choice…
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Dahlia
Garden dahliaPinnate dahlia
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Another Japanese in the Neighborhood
Katsura tree Japanese Judas Tree Katsura Vine Weeping Katsura Tree Caramel tree
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For the mere sensuality in the thought conveyed by Mrs. Herbert in “The Draughtsman’s Contract” (1983, Peter Greenaway)
just to see what it feels like to do it, and connect the action a bit with the viewing of the film, I wanted to do this for a few months.
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sky scrapping
111 West 57th Street by SHoP Architects (2022)The skinniest skyscraper in the world with a staggering ratio of 24:1. The SHoP Architects-designed luxury tower, which tapers to a pencil-like top, has only one condominium per floor. Situated in an area known as Billionaire’s Row, it faces Central Park to the north and Lower Manhattan to…
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Claudius
Clouds are masses afloat. Cloudy is when clouds block the sun, and impart a state on some souls, by which a lesser joy is present. Claudius — I will say — is when clouds take on an attractive aesthetic power onto the eyes, seeming to be a single body, almost an institution, and do not…
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Retaining the unique beauty of the fruits from golden rain trees as photographic documents, that is the best I am willing to do
They can easily be used for decoration, as many do with dried flowers and branches. Their fruits may be roasted, and eaten. The most I will do is capture them in pictures.
Sila Blume 