capturing in prose
The challenge was about ‘It’s Tricky’. It was 7 days ago but who decides a week has 7 days?
Time to time, I take those type of pictures just for fun imaging the Genie may appear out of the bottle. Though eventually nothing happens every time, it’s not a problem. That’s because it is always fun.
時々単に楽しみのためにこんな写真を撮るのだが、なかなか魔法は現れない。
There are a lot of signs of coming spring here and there but a few trace of winter is still left. Winter at Yokohama is somewhat sharp and dry and it is far from softness. On the contrary, winter in Brittany was soft and damp. A distance of 9994km between two places is too huge to imagine the differences.
鋭く乾いた横浜の冬の空気を感じながら、一方でブルターニュの柔らかで湿った空気を思い出す。9994kmの距離は、その違いを想像するには遠すぎる。
Hydrangea macrophylla was originally from Asia, typically Japan, and brought to Europe. It is said that it was brought through the silk road a thousand years ago. It blooms in June to July in Japan but in August as well in Europe.
Dead petals are also beautiful, don’t them.
Lens Artists Challenge #236 – East Meets West
（日本語のテキストは英語の後に）
I was born in an inland city. Exactly saying, the nearest beach was not so far, just 2 hours from my parents house, but I believe that the sea was a sort of exotic place that I could not visit without preparation. After growing up, needless to say, I learnt that I can go there at anytime. Still a sea is my special place and I like to see boats.
日本に住む限りは海が遠い場所などないに等しいわけだが、海なし県に生まれたというだけでどういう訳か海が遠く特別な場所と感じてしまうものだ。大人になって海に行きたければ行けば良いと理解したものだが、それでも海は特別な場所で船を見ているのが好きなのである。
Sometimes I found myself taking pictures of water without reasons perhaps because I felt somehow fear on it and still do. Whether it is blue or grey, the water always obscures the sense of time. Nobody knows what was under water and who was looking into. Even still I took pictures of it without curiosity but with beauty delight.
Here are my two favorites that have not been published yet.
水になんとなく畏怖の念といった感覚を覚え、それが故に写真を撮りたくなってしまうことがある。水は、それがどんな色であれ、時間をも覆い隠すものだ。そこに何があって、それを誰が覗き込んでいたかなどわかるはずもない。だから好奇心というよりもその美しさから写真を撮るのである。
LAPC #231 – Favorite Images of 2022
l'atelier tanu | tagnoue 