Taking Panorama Shots when Travelling
Years ago I discovered these wonderful little throw-away cardboard cameras that shot great panoramas. They didn’t have much range of focus; essentially the only things in focus were at least […]
Category Archives: Art
Toledo es El Greco, El Greco es Toledo
When I arrived in Toledo the first time, the bus dropped us at the road below the city and we began a long magical trudge upwards through the winding medieval […]
Three-Dimensional Collages of Stone and Plaster in India
In India, many of the buildings and other structures appeared to be three-dimensional collages. Plaster and mirror ‘collage’ in the Amber Palace just outside of Jaipur. If I was trying […]
Puerto Vallarta: The Art Walk
There are many superb art galleries in Puerto Vallarta but the bulk of them are clustered around the Centro Historico, and on Wednesdays 6:00 to 10:00 they sponsor an Art Walk. Some examples of the […]
One Word Photo Challenge: Elephant Art
Most of the elephant art I’ve encountered has been in Asia where elephants have been part of daily life for eons. A carved elephant at U Bien Temple in Bagan, Myanmar. Painting […]
Repurposing Weapons in Laos & Cambodia
From 1964 to 1973 the US dropped millions of bombs in Laos and Cambodia, a ‘secret’ part of the war against Vietnam and Communism. A country with very few resources, Laos has […]
Aviles, a Little Town Trying to Live Up to Its Big Art Reputation
October 8th, 2014. Aviles, a small industrial town on our way to the Picos de Europa, was blessed with a super-modern art gallery, the Centro Niemeyer. Niemeyer’s super-modern curvilinear design housed a broad empty […]
