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„We live our daily lives in a constant exchange with the set of daily appearances surrounding us – often they are very familiar, sometimes they are unexpected and new, but always they confirm us in our lives. They do so even when they are threatening: the sight of a house burning, for example, or a man approaching us with a knife between his teeth, still reminds us (ungently) of our life and its importance. What we habitually see confirms us.
Yet it can happen, suddenly, unexpectedly, and most frequently in the half-light of glimpses, that we catch sight of another visible order which intersects with ours and has nothing to do with it.
The speed of a cinema film is 24 frames per second. God knows how many frames per second flicker past our daily perception. But it is as if at the brief moments I’m talking about, suddenly and disconcertingly we see between two frames. We come upon a part of the visible which wasn’t destined for us. Perhaps it was destined for — night-birds, reindeer, ferrets, eels, whales… Perhaps it was destined not only for animals but for lakes, slow-growing trees, ores, carbon…
Our customary visible order is not the only one: it co-exists with other orders. Stories of fairies, sprites, ogres were a human attempt to come to terms with this co-existence. Hunters are continually aware of it and so can read signs we do not see. Children feel it intuitively, because they have the habit of hiding behind things. There they discover the interstices between different sets of the visible.
Knock! Knock!
Who’s there?
Guess who!“
John Berger: „The Shape of a Pocket“, N.Y. 2001, pp. 4
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Viele Grüße aus Eu
;-) !
VGc
Dave.
Dave.
Thanks for your comment
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Roberto!!
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Yet it can happen, suddenly, unexpectedly, and most frequently in the half-light of glimpses, that we catch sight of another visible order which intersects with ours and has nothing to do with it.
The speed of a cinema film is 24 frames per second. God knows how many frames per second flicker past our daily perception. But it is as if at the brief moments I’m talking about, suddenly and disconcertingly we see between two frames. We come upon a part of the visible which wasn’t destined for us. Perhaps it was destined for — night-birds, reindeer, ferrets, eels, whales… Perhaps it was destined not only for animals but for lakes, slow-growing trees, ores, carbon…
Our customary visible order is not the only one: it co-exists with other orders. Stories of fairies, sprites, ogres were a human attempt to come to terms with this co-existence. Hunters are continually aware of it and so can read signs we do not see. Children feel it intuitively, because they have the habit of hiding behind things. There they discover the interstices between different sets of the visible.
Knock! Knock!
Who’s there?
Guess who!“
John Berger: „The Shape of a Pocket“, N.Y. 2001, pp. 4
Equipment:
Leica R 7+ everything necessary
digital: Lumix fz 50
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what I love
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Quantxx, 11.03.2009 at 11:14h
Mille Grazie, seagaul
DirK Arenz, 24.02.2009 at 22:30h
Na sowas, da sticht mir mein Gewissen ins Hirn. OK. Aber ehrlich: wenn ich eine Leica hätte, würde ich wahrscheinlich gar nicht mehr arbeiten gehen.Viele Grüße aus Eu
°°° celle °°°, 11.01.2009 at 9:38h
danke dir, herr F !;-) !
VGc
Dave Hare , 29.08.2008 at 15:47h
Tough!! I got there first :)) Thanks for the comment!
Dave Hare , 26.08.2008 at 15:05h
Thanks, we were on a mountain in Switzerland with mist swirling all around us. |
Roberto Alegre , 3.06.2008 at 23:18h
HolaThanks for your comment
Regards
Roberto!!
Quantxx, 15.05.2008 at 23:09h
Indeed…
Dave Hare , 13.05.2008 at 23:32h
Thanks for your comment, she did look good |
Diana Bodea, 5.05.2008 at 23:17h
Thank you so much for your kind words Seagaul, i really appreciated! keep on doing the great job!Mark Page, 4.04.2008 at 12:52h
Thanks so much for your comment
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