Tag: photojournal
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Pre-architectures
There are moment in life when the need to be close to something light, airy, primary, and quiet grows so big that it is a blessing to stumble, often by accident, upon exhibitions, books, music… that fill that precise need. I spent last Sunday afternoon with forensic architecture and The Nebelivka Hypothesis. It put my…
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Thoughts on pinhole photography
“Why take photos with a pinhole camera?” a friend asked. This came to mind: One – allow yourself to be out of control, at least to some extent. Two – stretch time. It’s only after some waiting that you’ll see what you caught on film. Expect nothing and get surprised. Every time. Three – be…
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Attention
I searched for guitar lessons and put out the word and then other words and other words and in the end I felt that I had found the right tune even without the guitar.
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A Jam
The organisers of the conference on ‘The Challenges of Urban Planning in Contemporary Dakar’ announced that it had been postponed for two hours due to heavy traffic on the Corniche, and that the delivery of parasols should be arriving any minute.
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Townspeople
By nightfall we would meet in New York City. But first we had a few chores to do, like washing and feeding the sheep.