Orange and Green in Mexico
When I did a search for orange and green a bunch of photos taken in Mexico over the last few years showed up. Mexicans seem to have an affinity for orange […]
Masks in Mexico
Mexico has a long history of wearing masks to represent different characters. Mixtec mask on a wooden face at the Portland Art Museum in Oregon, US. The Mixtecs occupied the […]
Meandering Around the Murals of Main Street in Vancouver
Lately I’ve been walking around Vancouver’s neighbourhoods checking out the murals. Plus any other oddball thing that catches my attention. I made my way down Broadway past the old Bow […]
Grönemad on the Bohuslän Coast of Sweden
Grönemad is a tiny town along the Bohuslän Coast of Sweden, a place to stop at on our way to Grebbestad. The typical granite cliffs of the Bohuslän Coast with the […]
Exploring Symmetry
The latest Lens-Artists Challenge is ‘Symmetry’ and so I have been looking at it with a new eye, and finding it everywhere! Vertical Symmetry Here the axis runs vertically through […]
Old Doors in Den Gamle By in Aarhus, Denmark
Den Gamle By in Aarhus is a museum that contains several of historical ‘villages’ reconstructed from different time periods in Denmark. There are many examples of different types of old […]
Colourful Buildings along the Canals of Nyhavn in Copenhagen
On our first day traipsing around Copenhagen we walked along the harbour front and then turned into the canal area of Nyhavn with its colourful buildings. Many of the buildings in […]
Corn, the Base of Mexican Life
Corn (maíz) was the basis of agriculture in all of Mesoamerica. The Aztecs had a corn god called ‘Centeotl’; the Mayan’s ‘God of Maize’ was called Yum Kaax. He was usually […]
Tracking Down Photos with Negative Spaces
When I first looked for photos with negative spaces in them the only ones I noticed were all silhouettes. This is my second attempt, this time with non-silhouettes. Big negative […]
Interaction of Positive and Negative Space in Malaysian Silhouettes
When I’m working on a painting I’m constantly thinking about the interactions between positive and negative space. With my photos not so much… In fact, as I go through my […]
