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AmberGreen — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 21:00:40 +0000

Why does it seem everyone is either aspiring to be a writer or photographer or both??? I love photography and would love to make a living as a photographer/artist. To have my works of “art” hanging on people’s living room walls would be great. But it seems I’m not the only one with photography dreams, which sucks. Then there is the dream to be a writer or write a book of some kind. It seems thats the ”cool” thing to do this day in age. Even blogging I’m finding is extremely popular. I blog not to be a writer or work on my writing skills. I write to entertain myself and if anyone reads this crap well more power to you. Hopefully we are on the same page with my thoughts and beliefs. And I apologize for the horrible grammar and sometimes spelling, luckily I know where spell check is. I also blog to rant, sometimes you just need to vent!

Monthly best Machfud Ef

Blogger Spot — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 08:37:44 +0000

Triple Machfud Ef_My love lives in my dreams & enlightens my days.
From Jakarta> Indonesia
“I remember everything and I’m happy”

Triple Machfud Ef_My love lives in my dreams & enlightens my days.
From Jakarta> Indonesia
A memorable afternoon

Triple Machfud Ef_My love lives in my dreams & enlightens my days.
From Jakarta> Indonesia
Waiting for you, behind the mangroves

Triple Machfud Ef_My love lives in my dreams & enlightens my days.
From Jakarta> Indonesia.
She had a dream of a dream

Triple Machfud Ef_My love lives in my dreams & enlightens my days.
From Jakarta> Indonesia
“a lady waiting, dressed in a loose robe of crinoline, her secret lover”

Triple Machfud Ef_My love lives in my dreams & enlightens my days.
From Jakarta> Indonesia
A princely Profile

Triple Machfud Ef_My love lives in my dreams & enlightens my days.
From Jakarta> Indonesia
She hides behind a thin green veil.

Triple Machfud Ef__My love lives in my dreams & enlightens my days. From Jakarta> Indonesia

Triple Machfud Ef like a light breeze and fragrant brings the culture and sensitivity diGiacarta in his works. His women are often framed by delicate foliage, flowers, of with the background of swampy forests, or by the rivers of Cakung or of the Kali Malang, of by the Indian Ocean or by the Java Sea. The light Machfud often uses is full and wide. Other times, a slight shadow calls to the mystery, most occult. His models are also international, and they wear clothes Indonesians. The Indonesian models, however, for skill, delicacy and grace are the best, beautiful as rare porcelain dolls, mysterious, like fairies of the woods. The back grounds are often skilfully recreated, the atmosphere is dreamlike, fairy, originating from an ancient world and uncontaminated. Triple Machfud Eph has often photographed the local villages, capturing the expressions tired and tested, of the peasant women, the fatigue of the men huddled up their bundles, putting on bicycles or rickshaws: called becak, wearing the traditional cone straw hat tip called in Japanese: sugegasa. In the images of Sawarna, the sky of a thousand shades, reigns supreme on ‘Indian Ocean, and on the sharp rocks that emerge victorious from the sea. The surreal gothic mood often the prerogative of Indonesian artists, is always present in fashion and artistic photos. And there is never a clear border between dream and reality Cappuccino Dada

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Triple Machfud Ef__Il mio amore vive nei miei sogni ed illumina I miei giorni Machfud Triple Ef come un vento leggero e profumato porta la cultura e la delicatezza diGiacarta nelle sue opere . Le sue donne sono delicate spesso incorniciate da fronde ,fiori, o con lo sfondo delle foreste paludose , o dai fiumi Cakung o Kali Malang ,o dall’oceano Indiano o dal mare di Giava . La luce che Machfud spesso adopera è piena ed ampia. Altre volte una leggera penombra invita al mistero ,all’occulto quasi. Le sue modelle sono anche internazionali, ed esse indossano vestiti indonesiani. Le modelle indonesiane ,però,per bravura ,delicatezza e grazia sono le migliori ,belle come rare bambole di porcellana ,misteriose ,come esseri fatati dei boschi. I fondali sono spesso sapientemente ricostruiti, le atmosfere sono oniriche ,fatate ,provenienti da un mondo antico ed incontaminato. Machfud Triple Ef ha spesso fotografato i villaggi locali ,catturando l’espressioni stanche e provate, delle contadine,la fatica degli uomini che si addossano i loro fagotti ,inforcando le biciclette o i risciò : chiamati becak ,indossando il tipico cappello di cono di paglia a punta, chiamato in giapponese :sugegasa. Nelle immagini di Sawarna ,il cielo dalle mille sfumature, domina incontrastato sull’ Oceano Indiano ,e sugli scogli appuntiti che emergono vittoriosi dal mare. L’animo surreal gotico spesso appannaggio degli artisti indonesiani ,è sempre presente nelle foto fashion e artistiche. E non vi è mai un netto confine tra sogno e realtà Cappuccino Dada

Mohamad Tajik

Blogger Spot — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:12:02 +0000

Best photos of the month
Photographer artist:Mohamad Tajik
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=331325883608352&set=a.329305360477071.73716.133539543386988&type=1
From:Teheran>Tehran> Iran
He lives in :Teheran>Tehran> Iran
Photo Title: “A story that lives on in the holes left by bullets “
Photo taken :Kabul>Kabul>Afghanistan
Source:https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150670888832636&set=a.462282527635.247244.590042635&type=3&theater
website:http://www.mohamadtajik.com/

The Afghanistan since November 2001 is under U.S. protection, they did establish the president still in office: Hamid Karzai, but the threat of Taliban Mujahideen fundamentalists, still rooted to the south to the border with Pakistan, is always present, and terrorist attacks continue. This chilling photo for the apparent normality, was shot in Kabul by the talented Iranian photographer: Mohamad Tajik. The woman clothed with the “Borghaa” Chador (the traditional hijab for women in Afghanistan) passes in front of a wall riddled by shots of the Taliban, quietly. Getting used to the pain,to the horror, can become normal? The woman hidden and protected by borghaa, is a blue ghost,that with a rapid step, try to go unnoticed, the head is slightly bent, how he had to hide a face “shamefully” beautiful.
The beauty, being female, it is a shame? The woman that passes in front of an ancient wall pierced as it was volcanic material,seems she has stopped from long time to ask these questions to herself. The whole history of Afghanistan is in those holes, the feuds between fundamentalists and less fundamentalist mujahideen will not end easily, they are old and stale by decades as these walls, which cause no mercy to anyone.
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L’Afghanistan dal novembre del 2001 è sotto la protezione degli Stati Uniti, che hanno fatto insediare il presidente tuttora in carica :Hamid Karzai,ma la minaccia dei Mujaheddin integralisti telebani, ancora radicati al sud del paese al confine con il Pakistan, è sempre presente ,e gli attentati terroristici continuano. Questa foto agghiacciante per l’apparente normalità ,è stata scattata a Kabul dal bravissimo fotografo iraniano :Mohamad Tajik. La donna vestita con il “Borghaa” Chador (il tradizionale hijab per le donne afgane) passa davanti ad un muro crivellato dai colpi dei talebani, con tranquillità. Abituarsi al dolore ,all’orrore, può diventare normalità? La donna nascosta e protetta dal borghaa , è un fantasma blu che con passo veloce, cerca di passare inosservata ,la testa è leggermente china, come dovesse nascondere un volto “vergognosamente ” bello.
La bellezza ,l’essere femminili , è una vergogna? La donna passa davanti ad un muro antico perforato come fosse tufo,forse ha smesso da tempo di farsi queste domande. Tutta la storia afgana è dentro quei buchi,le faide tra mujaheddin fondamentalisti e meno fondamentalisti non finiranno facilmente, sono vecchie e stantie di decenni,come questi muri ,che non impietosiscono più alcuno
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Sanjay Kumar

Blogger Spot — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:25:12 +0000

Best photos of the month
Photographer artist:Sanjay Kumar
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=330810096993264&set=a.329305360477071.73716.133539543386988&type=3&theater
From:New Delhi>India
He lives in :New Delhi>India
Photo Title: “this is a man”
Photo taken :New Delhi>India
Source:https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4145294999865&set=a.4121949456241.215325.1508468795&type=3&theater

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Henri Deterding __. “The future belongs to those who are virile, to whom it is a pleasure to live, to create, to whet their intelligence on that of the others”
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The Latins distinguished the concept of man “homo”: man in general, than the “vir”, the “vir” was the virtuous man, the virile man,the male, but also the husband, the hero. What distinguishes an ordinary man from a hero? From a special man? The answer can be given by his partner, by his children, by the people with whom he shares the same work. Hardly, all give the same judgment. One thing is for sure a vain man, too grateful to himself, narcissistic, superficial, will never be a “vir” but only a male person. The guy in the picture, photo cleverly converted into black and white, by the young photographer Sanjay Kumar, is a man who seems to have doubts about his future, about his strength, but a man who is challenged is a real man. The shadows of this photo are few, the white prevails, the arm and the hand of the boy, hide half his face, half of us, half of our personality that we all discussed. The gaze is fixed to the camera, the boy looks over the lens. The day is to begin with new challenges!
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Henri Deterding __. “Il futuro appartiene ai virili ,a coloro per i quali è un piacere di vivere, creare, stimolare la loro intelligenza a quella degli altri”
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I latini distinguevano il concetto di uomo “hŏmo”:uomo in senso generale, da quello di “vir “, il “vir” era l’uomo virtuoso,il virile ,il maschio,ma anche il marito,l’eroe. Cosa distingue un uomo qualunque da un eroe? Da un uomo speciale? La risposta può essere data dalla sua compagna,dai figli ,dalle personeconle quali condivide lo stesso lavoro. Difficilmente, tutti daranno lo stesso giudizio. Una cosa è certa un uomo vanitoso ,troppo riconoscente verso se stesso,narcisista, superficiale, non sarà mai un “vir” ma solo una persona di sesso maschile. Il ragazzo nella foto , sapientemente convertita in bianco e nero ,dal giovane fotografo Sanjay Kumar ,è un uomo che sembra avere perplessità riguardo il proprio futuro ,la propria forza,ma un uomo che si mette in discussione,è un vero uomo. Le parti in ombra sono poche ,prevale il bianco,il braccio e la mano ,nascondono metà volto ,la metà di noi ,la metà della personalità che tutti mettiamo in discussione. Lo sguardo è fisso verso la macchina fotografica,il ragazzo guarda oltre l’obiettivo. Il giorno sta per iniziare con nuove sfide!
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Svetlana Peric-In

Blogger Spot — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:32:45 +0000

Svetlana Peric-In the infinite distances of time I lose my self__ From Switzerland>Europe
The safe flight of an eagle

Svetlana Peric-In the infinite distances of time I lose my self__ From Switzerland>Europe

Last brush of afternoon of azure, comes the blue night

Svetlana Peric-In the infinite distances of time I lose my self__ From Switzerland>Europe
Blue Sunset

Svetlana Peric-In the infinite distances of time I lose my self__ From Switzerland>Europe

Svetlana Peric-In the infinite distances of time I lose my self__ From Switzerland>Europe
Mountain road

Svetlana Peric-In the infinite distances of time I lose my self__ From Switzerland>Europe
The clouds are taking over the whole valley

Svetlana Peric-In the infinite distances of time I lose my self “I like to see world through a camera.Photography is my great love and passion… I like to make my own world through my photos… it´s a beautiful world from my imagination. I like to give the people sense of peace, calmness, happiness and harmony , in my pics.” Svetlan Peric Born in Bosnia, EX Yugoslavia… Lives in Baden , Switzerland. The black and white photos have a touch of expressionist, the mist, the distant object thrown into a cold and bare landscape. Color photos have the same emotional tension can breathe waiting in silence, something will happen or has already happened. Cappuccino’s Dada.

Svetlana Peric-Nelle infinite distanze io mi perdo A Svetlana Peric piace guardare il mondo attraverso il suo obiettivo,che diventa subito frutto della sua capacità immaginativa,il suo proposito è quello di trsmettere un senso di pace e calma ,felicità ed armonia. Le foto in bianco e nero hanno dei tocchi espressionistici,la nebbia ,l’oggetto in lontananza scaraventato in un paesaggio nudo e freddo.Le foto a colori hanno la stessa tensione emotiva si respira attesa nel silenzio ,qualcosa accadrà o è gia accaduto.

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Recycled Wonders

Blogger Spot — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:38:42 +0000

Recycle Use:love>Useless:no love… I don’t throw you>reuse:love! – The art of recycle.

Hardware Only – Wine Bottle Wall Flower Vases
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http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/product_view/harvestmoonshoppes/4688889/3_-_hardware_only_-_wine_bottle_wall_flower_vases/housewares/home_decor/vases

The vegetable garden hung on the wall

Bottles put downward create fascinating, and minimal hanging flower pot.

Large bulbs form small ethereal jars with highly effective
Source:

http://www.good.is/post/make-it-by-monday-7-diy-vases-for-spring-flowers/
— con Claudia Angela Shan, Indiainternational Herald Photoclickersteam, Fotographic Art PhotoJournal e altri 15

Mohammed Shaheen

Blogger Spot — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 13:27:24 +0000

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Anish Kapoor__ “Red, of course, is the colour of the interior of our bodies. In a way it’s inside out, red.”
Anish Kapoor__ “Rosso, naturalmente, è il colore di tutto ciò che è dentro al nostrocorpo. In un certo senso è il nostro rovescio…il rosso.”
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Best photos of the month
Photographer artist:Mohammed Shaheen
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=329643657109908&set=a.329305360477071.73716.133539543386988&type=1&theater
From:Trichur>Kerala> India
He lives in :Trichur>Kerala> India
Photo Title: “Do you remeber the girl with the red dress? “
Photo taken :Trichur>Kerala> India
Source:https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=206518639452135&set=at.204407549663244.38005.139057336198266.100002483967881&type=1&ref=nf

As Kapoor says regardless of the history and symbolism connected to the red red is the color of blood blood circulation the movement that we have inside, when we are agitated or are sexually attracted to someone our blood flows stronger the pressure increases.
But also externally, red is a color provokes strong reactions the red produces movement. Moreover, due to the layered symbolism for centuries about the meaning of red red is linked to the feeling of passionate love, even mystical love, the Passionist priests Christians have a heart as a symbol (though this heart is white on a black ) surmounted by a cross. The Red recounts many symbols sexual and attractive: the mouth, the enamel red, red shoes, a tight red dress.
The beautiful girl photographed by Mohammed Shaheen is lying on the ground, almost in ecstasy, her dress is wrinkled and appears to slide on the ground, as was blood. Next to the girl some apples, biblical symbol of transgression and sin, of human passion that abandons itself all that is earthly, temporary and beautiful. The beauty passes, passions end, a red dress remains frozen in time, is a shell instead of the content, fading slowly. “Remember the girl in red at the hotel some time ago? Remember that face she had? Remember her name?” How many girls or guys we have seen wearing something red? It was so long ago, we do not remember well the face or name, but only a fleeting flame, a red dress fluttering, and blacks hair floating in the air … nothing more … only traces of red

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Come afferma Kapoor indipendentemente dalla storia e simbologia legata al rosso ,il rosso è il colore del sangue ,della circolazione sanguigna,del movimento che abbiamo dentro,quando siamo agitati o siamo attratti sessualmente da qualcuno il nostro sangue scorre più forte,la pressione aumenta.
Ma anche esternamente, il rosso è un colore provoca reazioni molto forti ,il rosso produce movimento . Data inoltre la simbologia stratificata da secoli sul significato del rosso ,al rosso è legato il sentimento dell’amore passionale,anche dell’amore mistico ,i preti passionisti cristiani,hanno come simbolo un cuore (anche se, questo cuore è bianco su campo nero) sormontato da una croce. Il rosso richiama molti simboli ,sessuali ed attrattivi:la bocca,lo smalto rosso,le scarpe rosse,un abito aderente rosso. La bellissima ragazza fotografata da Mohammed Shaheen è distesa per terra ,quasi in estasi,il suo vestito è stropicciato e sembra scorrere sul terreno ,come fosse sangue . Accanto alla ragazza alcune mele ,simbolo biblico della trasgressione ,del peccato ,della passione umana che si abbandona a tutto ciò che è terreno ,temporaneo e bello . La bellezza passa,le passioni finiscono,un vestito rosso rimane immobile nel tempo,è un guscio che al contrario del contenuto ,appassisce lentamente. “Ricordi la ragazza vestita di rosso in albergo,qualche tempo fa? Ricordi che faccia aveva? Ricordi il nome?”Quante ragazze o ragazzi abbiamo visto indossare qualcosa di rosso? Era tanto tempo fa,non ricordiamo bene il viso o il nome ,ma solo una fiamma che fugge ,un vestito rosso che svolazza, e ,capelli neri che fluttuano nell’aria…nulla più…solo tracce di rosso — with Jaun Rizviand Mohammed Shaheen.

Rajiv Kumar Solanki

Blogger Spot — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 13:23:18 +0000

Best photos of the month
Photographer artist:
From:New Delhi> India
He lives in :New Delhi> India
Photo Title: “You happen to know where the ducks go in winter ? “
Photo :taken GANDHI GHAT>BARRACKPORE> WEST BENGAL> INDIA.
Source:https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4004337877503&set=a.1424049091896.59633.1552825053&type=1&theater

“By any chance you happen to know where they go? The ducks, When it gets all frozen over?”
Holden Caulfield, of the novel “The Catcher in the Rye” in 1951, written by J. D. Salinger, he wondered where the ducks go in winter. The man in the beautiful picture of the golden pond of Solanski observes and wonders … what? Have you ever played when you were little to “what is thinking the man who walks down the street?” He is a man or a woman, you will not see them , ever again in your life, and they are walking fast with their thoughts, they pass in front of you, and you, for a moment, would steal from their thoughts!The thoughts of this man seem to sway with the gentle force of the waves stirred up by the ducks and swans. Who among us has not spent one afternoon of his life to the city park, lost in thought, front of the lake (artificial or natural, which it is)? Who among us has not thought you could stop time, in a rarefied spring afternoon, with the screams of children who become dirge, and the memories that with the desires, blend into the muddy water, when present , future and past mingle in concentric circles, such as those caused by the ducks, when it is not winter, and they, almost hieratic, are floating in the lake.
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“Per caso non è che sapete dove vanno? Le anatre… quando tutto diventa ghiacciato”
Il giovane Holden, del romanzo “The Catcher in the Rye” del 1951, scritto da J. D. Salinger ,si chiedeva dove andassero le papere in inverno. L’uomo nella bellissima foto di Solanski osserva il lago dorato e si chiede ,…cosa? Avete mai giocato quando eravate piccoli al: “a che cosa sta pensando l’uomo che cammina per strada? ” Lui è un uomo o una donna ,che non vedrete mai più nella vostra vita, e che camminano veloci con i loro pensieri,loro passano davanti a voi, e voi per un attimo vorreste rubarglieli quei pensieri . I pensieri di quest’uomo sembrano ondeggiare con la lieve forza delle onde smosse dalle papere e dai cigni. Chi di noi non ha passato un pomeriggio della propria vita al parco comunale,immerso nei propri pensieri ,davanti al lago (artificiale o naturale che sia)? Chi di noi non ha pensato di poter fermare il tempo,in un rarefatto pomeriggio di primavera ,con le urla dei bambini che diventano nenia ed i ricordi che si fondono nell’acqua melmosa con i desideri ,quando futuro presente e passato si mescolano in cerchi concentrici come quelli provocati delle papere ,quando non è inverno e galleggiano quasi ieratiche nel lago.

— with Rajiv Kumar Solanki and Claudia Angela Shan.

Mayank Sharma

Blogger Spot — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 13:19:08 +0000

Best photos of the month
Photographer artist:
From:Bhilai Nagar>Chhattisgarh>India
He lives in :Chirimiri>Madhya Pradesh >India
Photo Title: “Come on, a collective hug!”
Photo taken :Chirimiri>Madhya Pradesh >India
Source:https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3854981858880&set=a.3048898507300.157314.1408346843&type=1
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Leo Buscaglia__Everybody needs a hug. It changes your metabolism.
Leo Buscaglia__Tutti hanno bisogno di un abbraccio. Cambia il metabolismo.
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Hatred is like a passion of love, burning everything,often until self-destruction, the embrace is a transmission of heat, an emotional boomerang, it it is love, affection, friendship. A hug means I am here for you and I hug you stronger, so you’re not afraid of anything. In this shot the brilliant Mayank Sharma portrays a series of pairs of salt and pepper, from a perspective that seems to recall a group of psychotherapy session or even a flash mob about love. A small flash mob made of salt and pepper, but an important gesture evocative.
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L’odio è come una passione d’amore ,brucia tutto, spesso fino all’autodistruzione,l’abbraccio è una trasmissione di calore ,un boomerang affettivo ,è amore,affetto amicizia . Un abbraccio significa io ci sono per te e ti stringo forte affinchè tu non abbia paura di niente. In questo scatto il geniale Mayank Sharma ritrae una serie di coppie del sale e pepe,da una prospettiva che sembra ricordare una seduta psicoanalitica di gruppo o addirittura un flash mob sull’amore. Un flash mob piccolo fatto di sale e pepe ,ma un evocativo importante gesto.
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Sachidanand Dixit

Blogger Spot — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 13:14:50 +0000

Best photos of the month
Photographer artist: Sachidanand Dixit
From:Varanasi>Uttar Pradesh>India
He lives in :Kathmandu> Nepal
Photo Title: “The slowness of the bodies in the water of the Ganges “
Photo taken :Varanasi>Uttar Pradesh>India
Source:https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1557968862008&set=a.1507623043394.66698.1018840673&type=3
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Gozzano Guido__. Towards the cradle of the world. Letters from ‘India_1914 (free translation of Monkey Rama Dada).

“Proseguiamo, passiamo dinanzi ad un’altra piattaforma di roghi – sono molte, ma quasi tutte deserte in quest’ora – altri templi, altri palazzi dominanti il fiume dall’alto come castelli feudali. Strana città rimasta intatta nei millenni, intatta nella sua pietra e nella sua fede! Altre città favolose esistono al mondo, dinanzi alla quale si esalta la nostra fantasia; ma solo il fantasma di quelle che furono. Benares è oggi qual’era nella notte dei tempi ariani. Quando in Grecia si celebravano i riti dionastici, quando a Roma le feste arvali, quando Tebe offriva olocausto a Ita, Benares già splendeva sulla riva del Fiume-Dio, come oggi; come oggi la sua folla scendeva nelle acque sacre a meditare il mistero del divenire.”

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Sachidanand Dixit, with this amazing shot, manages to convey the sense of mystical and highly spiritual about what is happening: the faithful Hindus perform ablutions in the river, with slow movements, covered by the muddy, which makes them like plastic figures. The place is the west bank of the Ganges in Varanasi: the only place where the eternal cycle of death and rebirth can be changed, this cycle is the Samsara.
The river Ganges (we deal with it again after the photo of Pratik Karmakar is to Hindus what Mecca is for Muslims.
Varanasi (Benares or Banaras the oldest) is the Sacred City of the Hindus. “Every Hindu, at least once in his life, should have gone to Varanasi and here must immerse themselves in the sacred river Ganges at least 5 different ghats. The ghats are flights of stone stairs that end in the water of the river (source Wikipedia). “
Water is by definition the purification, rebirth, but also the dynamism and fluidity of the transformation, it is the place of the interchange. Mother Earth, Mother Water, Mother Nature, the terrain and huge elements , they always have attributes in the female way ,with their immense belly where contain and calm the spirits, when they are restless.
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Sachidanand Dixit ,con questo suo sorprendente scatto,riesce a trasmettere il senso mistico e altamente spirituale di ciò che sta accadendo:i credenti induisti compiono abluzioni nel fiume ,con movimenti lenti ,coperti dall’acqua fangosa, che rende le loro figure plastiche. Il luogo è la riva occidentale del Gange a Varanasi:l’unico posto al mondo in cui il ciclo eterno di morte e rinascita può essere cambiato,questo ciclo è il Samsara.
Il fiume Gange (ce ne occupiamo di nuovo , dopo la foto di Pratik Karmakar https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=373482109367063&set=a.258471200868155.59063.152877621427514&type=3&theater) è per gli induisti quello che la Mecca è per gli Islamici .
Varanasi (L’antica Benares o Banaras) è la Città Sacra degli Induisti. “Ogni Induista, almeno una volta nella sua vita, deve essersi recato a Varanasi e qui deve immergersi nel sacro fiume Gange almeno da 5 diversi ghats. I ghats sono delle rampe di scale di pietra che terminano all’interno dell’acqua del fiume (fonte Wikipedia)” .
L’acqua è per antonomasia la purificazione ,la rinascita ,ma anche il dinamismo,la fluidità la trasformazione, è il luogo dell’interscambio. Madre terra,madre acqua,madre natura ,gli elementi terreni ed immensi ,hanno sempre attributi al femminile ,con il loro grande ventre, ove contenere e calmare gli animi ,quando sono inquieti.
Cappuccino Dada

— with Claudia Angela Shan andSachidanand Dixit.

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Bare Urban Citizen

andelino — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:47:12 +0000

In the name of Art, Erica Simone rode the subway, shoveled snow, window-shopped, borrowed books from the Library, and bought cigarettes naked … and “Nobody Seemed Surprised.”

What you’re looking at here is creative expression in its most primal and raw form. Also, the stark-naked physique of Parisian photographer Erica Simone. Who, armed with only a tripod, remote-shutter camera and quick-release bathrobe, makes a profound statement on the hypocrisy of materialism, censorship and individuality—while riding the train to the Bronx in her birthday suit.

You see, this 20-piece, uninhibited exhibition was not only designed to serve as the perfect backdrop for your third date, but also to shine a light on some of society’s biggest plights. Like delis that discriminate against the shirtless, shoeless and pants less.

And when you eventually bump into Erica you should absolutely feel free to ask her any questions that might pop into your head. She’s not exactly shy.

On the heels of an exciting new solo show at Dash Gallery in Soho, Jason Stopa caught up with photographer/artist Erica Simone. Her recent show entitled “Nue York: Self-Portraits of a Bare Urban Citizen,” is comprised of photographs that critique traditional values in American culture. The show will be on view from April 14 – April 28th, 2011. Each work seems to resonate with a particular strain of postmodern thinking “namely that contemporary life is filled with things familiar and strange all at once.”

Jason Stopa: What sparked this project? Was it an experience, an epiphany?

Erica Simone: I was shooting the runways for fashion week a few years ago and began to observe how we use fashion and clothing as a way of portraying our status and image as human beings. I started to ponder what life would be like if we didn’t have clothes to silently communicate our lives with each other… “if we were naked.” From there, it became a conceptual artistic idea, which eventually moved into a self-portrait project.

JS: In that sense does it have anything to do with banality?

ES: No it’s not about banality but it is about a casual and free-spirited attitude towards the body.

JS: Was this originally conceived as a project or as a fully constructed art piece?

ES: As a project and I sat on it for a while. I then changed the idea from it being about other people to just photographing myself. What if I photographed myself in some sort of mundane situation, but in the nude? At first, I didn’t know what I was going to do yet. So I just picked a place and waited.

JS: Waited?

ES: Waited for no one else to be around really. I didn’t want to create a spectacle or scene. I would just wait for the right shot. It’s not about nakedness or exhibitionism. It’s more about being uninhibited, being free. People ask me “What’s it like to be naked in the street?” American media has tried to sensationalize it, which is very different from the international media.

JS: What was your upbringing like?

ES: My parents are both liberal. My mother collected photography and had Irving Penn photographs in the house, lots of nudity too. Nudity was treated as normal, I learnt that sex and the human body is not some taboo. It has taught me to be uninhibited and comfortable with my body. I’d hope that regardless of my body shape or type, I would still feel comfortable doing a similar type of work.

JS: What about the performance vs. the photograph, what are reactions to each one? Has it been positive and negative?

ES: I don’t see it as performance really because my goal is not to shock people in the street, but more so to capture an iconic image that will be interesting, entertaining and humorous.

JS: Is it a subversion of expectations though. It seems that you are using the body as a sort of catalyst for interaction.

ES: Yes. I’m interested in people’s reactions and discussions, whether negative or positive. The body is a way to get at those reactions. The reactions have been all over the board. I have definitely received some pretty bizarre messages as result. But I’ve also had reactions from women who feel empowered. They felt that it gave them a boost. “Like they could say yes I appreciate what you’re doing and it helps me appreciate myself more.”

JS: On your website you display a range of interests from fashion to conceptual works. I’m curious what your relationship to the fashion world is now.

ES: I’m not criticizing the clothing/fashion industry. I’m not necessarily being positive or negative about it. There are so many other things that I’m trying to communicate about the work. If I were incredibly rich, I wouldn’t spend lots of money on clothes. I like to be stylish, but there are so many other things that are important in the world. In New York you have so many fashionable people and models. Yet people are still so conservative when it comes to their bodies. In other countries, people don’t find nudity to be so shameful. After all, it’s how we are born. I don’t really understand why something that is so natural should be treated as taboo or even illegal.

JS: That brings up an interesting point about the arrest photo.

ES: That is probably the most important picture in this series for me. I wasn’t actually arrested. I staged a scene. I wanted to make a play on society. The fact that one can be arrested for public nudity seems like a violation of human rights. It just doesn’t make any sense, that’s how we are born!

JS: Good point. Anything you want to get across in closing?

ES: I’m not trying to change anyone’s mind in terms of wearing clothes. We need them for society to function. All I’d like is for people to take a step back and look at nudity as a simple part of being human and not particularly about sex or erotica, nor as something offensive.

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