Human Africa
on Apr 11, 2017 in: Photographs, Africa, art, women
You’re my human Africa. From Graham Greene’s The End of the Affair (1951)Filed under: Photographs Tagged: Africa, art, Brazil, face, Graham Greene, museum, Sao Paulo, women...
The Centre of the World
| Blog URL: | http://centreoftheworld.wordpress.com |
| Blog Tags: | architecture, London, photography, art, city, books, music, poetry, world |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Location: | LONDON |
A collection of photos and found items combined with literature and poetry from around the world (but mainly in London)... | |
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Fun and Such
on Apr 3, 2017 in: Photographs, photography, UK
If I didn’t care for fun and such, I’d probably amount to much. From Dorothy Parker’s Enough Rope (1926)Filed under: Photographs Tagged: Dorothy Parker, dream, Margate, photography, pleasure, poem, UK...
Unpossessed Places
on Mar 29, 2017 in: Photographs, architecture, photography
Arriving at each new city, the traveler finds again a past of his that he did not know he had: the foreignness of what you no longer are or no longer possess lies in wait for you in foreign, unpossessed places. From Italo Calvino’s Invisible Ci...
Lesser Detritus of Empire
on Mar 20, 2017 in: Photographs, photography
The difference lies in the fact that in Istanbul the remains of a glorious past civilization are everywhere visible. No matter how ill-kept, no matter how neglected or hemmed in they are by concrete monstrosities, the great mosques and other monument...
I Dream
on Mar 6, 2017 in: Photographs, art, London, photography, UK, video
I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do. From Haruki Murakami’s Sputnik Sweetheart (1999)Filed under: Photographs Tagged: art, gallery, Haruki Murakami, London, modern art, photography, Tate, UK, video...
Losing Her Shape
on Feb 21, 2017 in: Photographs, art, photography
She was afraid of losing her shape, spreading out, not being able to contain herself any longer. From Margaret Atwood’s The Edible Woman (1969)Filed under: Photographs Tagged: Argentina, art, Buenos Aires, dismorphia, distorted, impossible, MAL...
Infinite in its Claw
on Feb 17, 2017 in: Photographs, photography
Every bird that flies has the thread of the infinite in its claw. From Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables (1862)Filed under: Photographs Tagged: Austria, crow, Les Miserables, park, photography, snow, tree, Victor Hugo, Vienna...
