Category: photo challenge

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.

It was totally unexpected record breaking day. I was at Paris for business and my personal appointment was scheduled a few weeks ago. There’s no reason to change the day of rendez-vous except one crazy forecast. The French weather agency « Météo-France » was saying it would be going to be an exceptionally hot day. Indeed it might be true but nobody knows. 

The result was quite simple. It took 42.6 degrees Celsius (108.7F) officially and a thermometer of the town read 47C (117F). 

42.6度という気温はさすがに厳しく、陽の光の当たるところを歩き続けるのは無謀すぎた。体重は1日で1.5kg減少。大きなペットボトル1本分の水分が体から抜けたことになる。

A contribution to A Photo a Week Challenge: Unexpected by Nancy Merrill Photography.

The WordPress editor seems not to work properly time to time now and I have no enough time to explore what is going on. Let’s twist away.

A contribution to A Photo a Week Challenge: Twisted by Nancy Merrill Photography.

after spending a glorious summer day,
picking my way carefully,
with my uncertain memories of pink shadow,
still I’m looking for something solely

秋にはまだ遠いというのに
すでに夏の終わりの影がどこかでまとわりつく

A contribution to A Photo a Week Challenge: Shades of Pink by Nancy Merrill Photography.