Category: Photo

Paul Cézanne said « Avec une pomme, je veux étonner Paris » (I want to surprise Paris with an apple) more than 100 years ago and realism on a sill life was seen as ordinary if no ingenuity was found on it. His drawings sometimes have déformation and it gives a sense of existence. A question is how to follow him with a still picture. Of course, I have no clear answer now and probably will not find it.

セザンヌは「りんごひとつでパリを驚かせたい。」と言ったらしいが、あの歪んだ静物画が圧倒的な存在感で今も世界を驚かせていることは間違いない。

A contribution to A Photo a Week Challenge: Still life (sort of) by Nancy Merrill Photography.

I like a sentence used in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, “know where your towel is”. I don’t intend to spend several lines to explain what it is but, in short, it means well-prepared. This time I chose a picture from my stock. I had no preparation. I didn’t know where my towel was. Just, the sun went down to the tower when I was at the sea. If I took this picture with calculated way, I would say something here but not. Actually, I took it by accident. However, as you may know, the photographer needs to know the timing, what will happen next.  

陽が塔に沈む時、ただ偶然通りかかったというだけではある。

A contribution to A Photo a Week Challenge: Timing is Everything by Nancy Merrill Photography.