Tag: photography
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An ode to Greek cats
The day has come where I pay tribute to cats, the true owners of the internet, a fact well known. And not just any cats, but the sweetest cohort of feline workers in the Greek hospitality industry. Sea, sunshine, summer farniente, history, traditions: they know what the tired traveller is looking for and can gently…
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L’inattendu parcours d’une feuille sèche
Paris, Boulevard Haussmann, novembre 2020 Capture d’un “déplacement dérogatoire” qui m’a exceptionnellement permis d’élargir le périmètre des sorties quotidiennes, cette image sortait d’emblée d’un autre monde. Cause d’une halte imprévue dans un parcours aux pas comptés et par trop utilitaire, elle dispose élégamment les éléments d’une histoire, à consommer sur place ou à emporter. Sur…
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Odds and ends, odds and beginnings
This dwelling seemed practically ready to host oddsandlens, and it made me come back here, to make sure the virtual residence had all the letters still in place. The last post of this (very modestly productive) year had to honour the place – at the Southern tip of Louisiana – that was so generously offering…
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Urban symmetries
Taken at the very beginning and at the very end of the same walk, these photos seem to build up to a story. A story about two captive sunflowers, looking for the sun, and about the sun, itself fenced behind clouds, sending them a message of hope at the end of the day.