{January Drear by Amy E Thompson & Jolie Buchanan}
January Drear is a collaboration between Amy E. Thompson and Jolie Buchanan and part of their Haiku for You series.
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Amy E. Thompson is the writer behind the blog Whisperings of Trees
Aamora member Jolie Buchanan is a painter, potter & photographer; Enjoy her website or her work here on Aamora.
A scarf can be many things . . .
A means of oppression; upholding of gender roles.
A natural part of daily life.
A way of avoiding unwanted attention.
A way of creating mystery & intrigue.
A way of preserving & defending cultural identity in foreign, sometimes unfriendly, surroundings.
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Aamora member Peter Voigt, an amateur photographer from Copenhagen, Denmark, is our first & official Doodle-King. View his website, photographic work on JPG Magazine, circle him on Google + or visit his other aamora contributions.
Through photography, I have been exposed to the power, beauty, and diversity of nature. Living in Arizona, I come across scenes daily that allow me to share the smallest of details to the most grand of displays with others.
Photography opens my eyes to how delicate our world can be and I hope to inspire others to notice too.
- Audrey Kanekoa-Madrid
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Find Audrey’s work on her website Rainshadow Images, her Facebook Page or right here on Aamora
Aamora Project Triptych: Solo in Photography
Leanna Lomanski with Curves
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Aamora guest Leanna Lomanski is a photographer in Lethbridge, Alberta; Enjoy Leanna’s work by viewing her portraitures, her fine art website or blogs O Snap! & Sometimes The World Is Black & White.
Project Triptych
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American photographer Carol “Cookie” Holmes lives in eastern North Carolina. In this series, Carol incorporates a 1947 Kodak Duaflex with a modern Canon 350-D for TtV’s (Through-the-Viewfinder Photography). To view more of her work, visit her blog, or her compilations: (1) Through The Viewfinder (2) Passion, Heart, & Soul
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{Kremlin}
. . . His eyes got big when he saw my camera and then he started yelling at me. Photos were prohibited!
I took photos of candles. He looked extremely worried. I gathered it was going to be his neck for leaving his post. He forced me into the churches main chamber; a large group of French tourists & indians were praying on a floor covered with pine needles & candles.
Two rough looking Chamula elders grabbed my arms; they escorted me through the church & out the front to a gatekeeper with a police radio. They screamed at me, demanding to see my camera. I showed them the candle photos; they commanded I delete them.
{Elpotrero}
Looking really worried, angry and upset, one with a cowboy hat & radio had a look like he’d caught a good sized fish. He called the police; they answered back that they were on their way.
{Ruina}
They demanded my passport. The cowboy hat demanded money; I told him no. I told him I didn’t take photos inside the church and that I just took photos of some candles by the bathrooms and that I’ve now deleted them.
He grabbed for my camera. I yanked it back. I’d done nothing wrong. If they didn’t want photos taken by the bathrooms they should put up a sign. He pointed to the sign above the church, I again explained I didn’t go inside the main part of the church.
My heart was racing a million beats a second. I was glad the police were on the way. Hopefully I could find one who spoke English and explain that I knew & respected their rules.
The cowboy hat said I needed to pay for going inside the main part of the church. They dragged me through the church against my will. I had no intention of going in. He was now saying I took photos inside the main part of the church and changing the story.
I began to wake up and realize there was no way in hell the police were going to take the side of a filthy American gringo; as soon as they got there it’d be all over.
At best I would get out with only being held and some money extorted… perhaps even lose my camera. At worst… well, I didn’t want to think about that. I started walking. They yelled for me to stop. I told them great and have them come and get me.
{Orange Crush}
Soon I was around a corner and had dodged into a shack. It looked like they sold tequila but no one was in there. I took out my ball cap, put on my sunglasses, and put on my over-sized rain coat and went back out onto the street. The collectivos were by the main plaza.
I noticed one full collectivo heading out and flagged it down. They squeezed me into the front by the driver to collect just one more fare and we were off.
Whew! That was a close one!
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Austin, TX based member Skip Hunt is a wandering soul attempting to break the chains & surf free atop wavelengths within the visible spectrum. View his website, travel blog, tumblr, or aamora.com.
Through photography, I have been exposed to the power, beauty, and diversity of nature. Living in Arizona, I come across scenes daily that allow me to share the smallest of details to the most grand of displays with others.
Photography opens my eyes to how delicate our world can be and I hope to inspire others to notice too.
- Audrey Kanekoa-Madrid
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Find more on her website, Rainshadow Images, her Facebook or Aamora
Orti, allotments or community gardens,
Each one a microcosm of local culture,
Have always fascinated me.
Every time I wander past our local “orti” I find some new detail to photograph.
Here, every season has it’s own feel and colours.
(Aamora’s Project Triptych fever has come to the “orti”, too!)
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Catharine Amato, artist & founding aamora member, grew up in England & now spends winters near Milan & summers in Tuscany. View more of Catharine’s wonderful work on her website, JPG Magazine or aamora.
Project Triptych
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Triptych Solo in Photography:
Jim Ford with Leaf
Note: Triptych Example = 550 pixels width x 1694 pixels tall
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Jim Ford is from Upstate, NY, a photographer with a special motto: “Wandering is one of my passions; where it leads me is not as important as what I see along the way”. View Jim’s work on his Flickr photostream or aamora.
Project Triptych
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