tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post6482058297929790646..comments2023-09-24T09:46:20.734+02:00Comments on Magic Lantern Show: Out Wandering Around...Owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-68368164956560069042011-09-03T09:15:04.750+02:002011-09-03T09:15:04.750+02:00Here's a vote for the color version of the clo...Here's a vote for the color version of the clown. That big red nose just draws the eye into the shot.<br /><br />I'm shocked that the beautiful ceramic cross has not been stolen. Unless it's nailed down, it wouldn't last two days here. I confess that even I would be tempted to take this beautiful thing home.<br /><br />I share your appreciation of cemeteries. As I've mentioned ad nauseum at ODP, the local cemetery was designed by Frederick Law Olmstead, a fact that continues to awe me. Contrary to the practice of the times, it was designed to be open to all--all religions, races, classes, which makes me proud.<br /><br />Years ago a visit to the Louisville Cemetery and Arboretum in Kentucky opened my eyes to the wider function of a cemetery. We often visit our own because it is a peaceful and beautiful place to walk. Some folks even come to picnic. Rich in history, art, architecture, and flora and fauna, we see something new and interesting every time we go. <br /><br />Yes, sometimes we even think of death. We think about the loved ones who have gone before us and about our own eventual end. It's touching rather than scary or depressing. Visiting the graves of others, reading a bit of their history, somehow feels like an act of respect, even with those we don't know. While my own plans are for cremation, the idea of having a stone marker to commemorate my short time on the planet is a pleasing one.Oakland Daily Photohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04352365270299187377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-17852023577500228242011-09-02T14:02:00.373+02:002011-09-02T14:02:00.373+02:00I am awestruck
You are a Sage.I am awestruck<br />You are a Sage.Springmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09094132506583563094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-42153464980138858342011-09-02T05:03:46.145+02:002011-09-02T05:03:46.145+02:00I thoroughly enjoyed this post. Thank you! And I...I thoroughly enjoyed this post. Thank you! And I, for one, would love to see another three years... :)Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-67222037962549955832011-09-01T07:24:29.345+02:002011-09-01T07:24:29.345+02:00Coucou Owen
Quand je suis allée en Arles, il y av...Coucou Owen<br /><br />Quand je suis allée en Arles, il y avait le travail de Maya Goded et..... d'autres photographes mexicains dont Iturbide. Un travail en N&B de très grande qualité!!!!<br /><br />Il y a très longtemps, quand je faisais de l'argentique, je me souviens être allée au cimetière, pour faire des photos avec mon 6X6, il y a une atmosphère particulière, n'est-ce pas?Le Journal de Chryshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15014558373916241325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-53120835106423156702011-08-31T19:33:43.777+02:002011-08-31T19:33:43.777+02:00Dear Pliers...
Hi ! It seems like ages ! Hope all ...Dear Pliers...<br />Hi ! It seems like ages ! Hope all is ok with you... we must catch up... I've been crazy stupidly busy these past several months, will have to tell you all about it the next time we can chat...<br /><br />The new banner photo is from down in the south end of the Massif Central, near Florac, an area that was just named "Patrimoine Mondial" or World Heritage Site by UNESCO in June. La Grenouille and I spent two glorious weeks there in July, and then we were out in Brittany for a few weeks in August.<br /><br />Am happy to see out and about the cybersphere...let's talk soon...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-61290387270131219172011-08-31T15:05:29.735+02:002011-08-31T15:05:29.735+02:00I like your new banner photo, Owen, in addition to...I like your new banner photo, Owen, in addition to the latest additions to your ever-expanding collection!The Pliershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09877106616685886293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-89072553153083938512011-08-31T04:18:10.948+02:002011-08-31T04:18:10.948+02:00Hi Catherine, good to see you back in circulation ...Hi Catherine, good to see you back in circulation after your very long move halfway 'round the world. Hope all is falling into place for you in the new homestead, it's not easy to change countries... I hope the adaptation period goes smoothly...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-55188886229475326102011-08-31T04:16:20.525+02:002011-08-31T04:16:20.525+02:00Bonjour Roger, merci mille fois pour ta visite ici...Bonjour Roger, merci mille fois pour ta visite ici, cela fait très plaisir de voir de nouveaux visages passer la porte de la lanterne magique... et suis plus que content si les images du cimetière t'ont plues... sauf la dernière... bien que, j'avoue, j'aimais surtout la pancarte en grosses lettres, noir et blanc, très formelle, concernant le bac aux detritus... comme si il fallait prévenir de ne pas le remplir avec d'autres déchets. Cela m'a fait penser fort à un autre panneau de cimetière qui disait : "Interdiction de déposer des ordures en dehors des poubelles placées à cet effet" ... Vue que parfois on traite certaines personnes d'être des ordures, je trouvais cela assez drole, en tout cas, surprenant pour dire le moins. Merci encore en tout cas, et à bientôt j'espère. J'aime bcp tes oeuvres de land-art.Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-702988582644153302011-08-31T04:07:03.741+02:002011-08-31T04:07:03.741+02:00Ah, Stickup, you and Lynne, eating chocolates... m...Ah, Stickup, you and Lynne, eating chocolates... my favorite chocolates are the ones with cherries in liquor syrup in them... Hopefully someday we'll all be able to get together and go for a photo walk... I'd love to get back out to California someday before too long. So many places I want to go. Where there's a will, eh? Take care, and watch out for wildfires... !Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-1452526569488785642011-08-31T04:03:43.054+02:002011-08-31T04:03:43.054+02:00Hi Laurie,
Now that is a wonderfully succinct comm...Hi Laurie,<br />Now that is a wonderfully succinct comment... short and sweet. Oh, and one part I left out for the time being about Sunday afternoon is that I also went back, as it was on the way, to find that tree photographed a year ago that was busy eating a metal sign which had been nailed to it. The tree and the half eaten sign are still there. I took another photo or two, but visibly it hasn't changed much since the first time. Anyway, am glad you enjoyed this...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-44235540693270680582011-08-31T04:01:11.219+02:002011-08-31T04:01:11.219+02:00Hey Myth, that's for sure, we know that we are...Hey Myth, that's for sure, we know that we are here, but we don't know when we're leaving, so best to make the most of it while we can. Many thanks, your thoughts here mean a lot to me, I know you have a long and rich experience in life and art, if some of this connects for you, then I am floating on clouds...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-59207381524688415622011-08-31T03:57:32.964+02:002011-08-31T03:57:32.964+02:00The footnote photo has been posted...The footnote photo has been posted...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-21138946835319842852011-08-31T03:47:01.562+02:002011-08-31T03:47:01.562+02:00Hi Robert, really appreciate your company here, yo...Hi Robert, really appreciate your company here, your thoughts... it was just a sort of a "day in the life" type post, summing up what took place Sunday afternoon, or most of it... with a few reflections added in. Am happy if this clicked with you at whatever level; blogging is strange in that respect, one puts things out in the blogosphere, and then wonders if it's going to connect with anyone... I'm alway happily astounded when comments come back saying that this or that post worked for somebody... one cannot work in a vacuum, not for long anyway. As for the clown, my gut feeling about needing to get back there and photograph it quickly was justified, because I went back there today on my way to work, and already someone had torn off much of the old posters, to put up new ones, leaving only part of the clown's face, which I photographed again... am adding it as a footnote to the post...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-64239924610599328222011-08-30T20:50:45.807+02:002011-08-30T20:50:45.807+02:00I prefer the black and white version of the poster...I prefer the black and white version of the poster - it enhances the juxtaposition somehow, plus I really like that fading face that is vanishing...very spooky.Greetings from the Riviera...Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06255193476024745869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-12408287338050831522011-08-30T19:17:37.003+02:002011-08-30T19:17:37.003+02:00Très bonne série de photos sur le sujet des cimet...Très bonne série de photos sur le sujet des cimetières si particulier et dont tu te sors, très bien.<br />Je n'aurai pas mis, pour ma pat, la poubelle qui n’apporte pas grand chose à ton travail.<br /><br />RogerLE CHEMIN DES GRANDS JARDINShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04692507137734264498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-39610827407984158772011-08-30T17:26:47.161+02:002011-08-30T17:26:47.161+02:00I never know what I'll get when I get here, bu...I never know what I'll get when I get here, but it's always something surprisingly unique and deliciously entertaining. As for the clown, I have to go with the colorful one with hip hop spilling out of his brain. Good eye on that one. That's just too much! Beautiful cemetery shots! I especially love the all the rusty bits. You take the very best photo walks!!!Stickup Artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00028394186285973772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-65822184256251642012011-08-30T16:58:38.642+02:002011-08-30T16:58:38.642+02:00Wonderfully wonderful, Owen!Wonderfully wonderful, Owen!Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00006665414059398782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-51468626481646091502011-08-30T15:03:43.119+02:002011-08-30T15:03:43.119+02:00You know, you've posted some great stuff all a...You know, you've posted some great stuff all along, but to me this is one of the best. All the images and all the words provoke a lot of thought and feeling. The layered embellishment of living, and the brevity of it.mythopolishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03164758700393086005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-45747056464356667112011-08-30T14:47:26.375+02:002011-08-30T14:47:26.375+02:00Owen, this is a very big post. i have come back
a ...Owen, this is a very big post. i have come back<br />a couple of times. the clown picture for me<br />works both in colour and in b+w. the colour shot is beautiful and funny. but the b+w brings out the eyes in the clown<br />opposite to the the sun glasses of the rappers. the b+w seems more a statement to me. more and more i am leaning toward b+w in my stuff so this might be a little one sided. great stuff here in both and i am happy you have asked the <br />question!<br /><br />i love your graveyard stuff very much. the faded pictures of faces and the plastic and the dying flowers all makes one ask questions. we step back<br />and ask ourselves about living and dying.<br /><br />this is a great post Owen and somehow the two themes here really work together.<br /><br />~robertall ways 11 o'clockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08768261761650923716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-58734203699844512852011-08-30T14:33:25.645+02:002011-08-30T14:33:25.645+02:00Chère Karine,
Après passage à Un Jour l'autre ...Chère Karine,<br />Après passage à Un Jour l'autre jour, ma voix est restée éteinte pendant de longues heures, mais elle commence à revenir, petit à petit... un crapaud doit croasser quand même :-)<br /><br />Je ne peux que partager pleinement tout ce que tu dis sur les cimetières, ce sont des lieux très émouvants... toutes ces histoires des vies qui se terminent, parfois trop tôt, beaucoup trop tôt...<br /><br />Ce cimetière se trouve sur un tout petit chemin peu fréquenté entre le hameau de Mongresin dans la forêt de Chantilly, et le village de Orry la Ville, dans les champs. Il y a des tombeaux surprenant dedans. Le cimetière à Vineuil St Firmin est égalemment surprenant dans la richesse de l'histoire qu'il contient, cela vaut largement une visite... des personnes ayant travaillées au Chateau de Chantilly sont enterrées là. Et puis aussi le cimetière qui est dans Chantilly près de la gare est plein d'histoire du coin...<br /><br />Merci infiniment pour ta gentillesse et ta compréhension.<br /><br />Désolé pour le clown, j'ai des sentiments mixtes moi aussi, mais j'aime le graphisme de telles affiches, colorées, et ici le contraste entre clown et rappeurs était trop fort à résister pour moi, il allait de soi que je devrais faire cette photo...<br /><br />Je te souhaite une belle journée, voire semaine, ensoleillée...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-47699099975953145922011-08-30T14:20:19.170+02:002011-08-30T14:20:19.170+02:00Hey Adam, ah, evil clowns, yet as children we thou...Hey Adam, ah, evil clowns, yet as children we thought they were hilarious in their big shoes and red noses... Stephen King certainly helped to vilify them, but others have too...<br /><br />As for cemeteries, I would be extremely saddened to see more of the old graves disappearing here in France, for me they are the heart and soul of French cemeteries, all the old art. I've visited a cemetery or two in Germany, not many, but for me they held none of the charm and beauty of French cemeteries. Yes, it would be a shame for the old graves here to get re-cycled too soon, although I understand that space is an issue. In Paris things got so bad a couple of hundred years ago that many of the old cemeteries were emptied of their bones, which were then sent to the catacombs. Guess I better not lose too much time then in my documentary work... still have many many thousands of cemeteries here in France yet to visit. If I could get a grant for funding maybe I could do it full time for a few years... know any potential sources of funds for such a project ?Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-63673919782157625082011-08-30T14:11:58.319+02:002011-08-30T14:11:58.319+02:00Steve, the clown was most certainly dreaming, prob...Steve, the clown was most certainly dreaming, probably imagining how he could borrow some hip hop ideas to modernize his routine a bit, make it more appealing to today's urban/suburban youth ??? Or he was having some sort of nightmare ?Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-32127751822026918322011-08-30T13:12:43.231+02:002011-08-30T13:12:43.231+02:00bonjour owen adoré !
j'adore ta réponse à jeff...bonjour owen adoré !<br />j'adore ta réponse à jeff et je suis pareil que toi :-) il y a quelques jours nous sommes allés avec edouard au cimetière, pas loin de chez nous, où tu sais et nous avons âssé un moment à méditer notamment sur l'existence, le bonheur d'être sur cette terre et le bonheur d'aimer ! nous y avons vu la tombe d'un petit garçon de 9 ans et il est certain que cela fait réfléchir !!!<br />il y a toujours des enfants dans les cimetières et c'est ce qui me fait le plus mal, souvent je pleure (même en t'écrivant je suis très émue) et je pense à mon petit garçon que j'aime profondément !<br /><br />quant à la photo de clown, je suis désolée je ne les aime pas du tout ! ni les cirques sauf celui du Soleil : http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/en/welcome.aspx que je suis allé voir !<br /><br />j'espère que tu as retrouvé ta voix mon cher owen suite à ton passage chez moi :-) merci pour tes "nons mots"<br /><br />bisou bisou bisou:: Karine ::https://www.blogger.com/profile/14136116349598940204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-5434753572495804582011-08-30T10:16:20.596+02:002011-08-30T10:16:20.596+02:00Owen - clowns should always be in colour, to bette...Owen - clowns should always be in colour, to better show the evil in them!<br /><br />Concerning cemeteries, I read an interesting article recently about how many of them are now full, and how this poses an important question about what role the dead should play in our lives. In French cemeteries, you find all these rusting remnants and fading photos, but in Germany for example, graves generally only survive for around 30 years before being replaced by another. This is clearly the more practical solution, but are we all ready to accept that?Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-74943547970928588842011-08-30T08:50:32.269+02:002011-08-30T08:50:32.269+02:00So is the clown dreaming of hip hop or just a lick...So is the clown dreaming of hip hop or just a lickle bit of drum and bass?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.com