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Sunday 13 March 2011
Sunday Selections
It feels lovely to decide to return to Kim's Sunday Selections even if in England I find myself a little late. This week I have chosen some photographs from a very vivid memory of a walk in China. One evening I went to get fruit and food from the nearby village. It was a short walk away from the school along a road, through emptiness to the eventual buzz of small, local streets. It was so incredibly humid outside that my camera lens, directed at the hazy scene, immediately was coated in a shiny layer of wetness. This short walk became an intrepid adventure and the poor quality of the photographs capture something of the magic of the feeling, the hesitation and curiosity.
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Who says blurry photographs aren't good anyway?
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I have just finished reading Neil Gaiman's book Neverwhere. It deals with a world that is there but isnt seen, your photos especially the one of the cart, remind me of the story. I am pleased you are back, I missed you last week :)
ReplyDeleteOne of my favourite little books is 'The Soul of the World - A modern book of hours' (edited by Phil Cousineau with photographs by Eric Lawton) and there a several images in it that are similar to both Shop Front and Passing Cart taken in China too. I like the ethereal quality of them...
ReplyDeleteYou're right - the haziness does add to the atmosphere! And these photos are very evocative.
ReplyDeleteI have some similar ones I took of my dog at his first hydrotherapy session. The camera steamed up the instant I took it out, but I got some shots... distorted and hazy, but they immediately bring back the humidity and the splash of the water!