Palo Verdes In A Black and White World — Image by kenne
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Palo Verde Yellow In Black and White 1 comment
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B & W Sunset Behind the Tucson Mountains — Photo-Artistry by kenne
The fading sunset
In shadow of “A” mountain
Over the city.
— kenne
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Rope Swing — Black & White Image by kenne
A rope swing hangs still
Under the large live oak tree
Releasing the soul.
Against the blue sky
In a valley of slate green
Under which dreams rise.
— kenne
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Joshua Tree Fruit — Black & White Image by kenne
Joshua Tree
branches reach skyward like arms to Heaven
alone between sand and sun
waiting for an answer
— Rhonda Johnson-Saunders
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Reston, Virginia Town Center Mall — Image by kenne, taken around midday, June 11, 2013.
An open-air venue where concerts take place under this structure in the summer
and in the winter it becomes an ice skating rink. — kenne
Man Decides by Anshumali Baruah
Lines on paper, stand out
The lines transform into concrete
Glass and steel find their places.
A domain is defined.
Man walks into this domain
Feelings of acceptance or refusal accompany him
A fate is decided.
The domain constructed:
Finds its fulfillment in its users
Users and activities act as one
Thus giving this domain a meaning:
A sense of being built.
But if this purpose falter
The domain degrades
Leaving a void in its place.
A pain for the creator
Irreparable to the user.
But would it not be wiser:
To include man as the lines are drawn;
To indulge him in the choices;
And thus arrive at a successful domain
Creating harmony for all?
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Butterfly and Flower — Graphic Sketch 2 comments
Butterfly and Flower (Graphic Sketch) — Photographic-Artistry by kenne
Everyone on the face of the Earth
has a treasure that lies waiting for them.
— Paulo Coelho
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Puerto Peñasco Beach 2 comments
Puerto Peñasco Beach (February 2018) — Image by kenne
Morning cup of joe
Sun shining on the calm sea
Walk along the shore.
— kenne
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Holiday On the Patio — Organic Photography by kenne
Shape
is everywhere
you look,
unless you
count air.
A photographer
is first a viewer
looking for
contrasts
in shapes.
Different
kinds of shapes
convey
different
massages.
Decide
on the message
before
capturing
the moment.
— kenne
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Like An Old Tree 4 comments
Authentic Imperfection — Image by kenne
Like an old tree
standing
along the desert trail
we are not perfect —
growing
old together
recognizing
our imperfection
each step of the way
becoming
more perfect by
authenticating
our imperfection
staying
vulnerable together —
embracing
our essence.
— kenne
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Does It Matter . . . 3 comments
Saguaro Cactus In Sabino Canyon — Black & White Image by kenne
“Does it matter whether one is required to complete the work
or whether one is free to desist from the work
if you must meet a final art that certainly you did not make?”
*****
“Philosophical problems are conceptual confusions
that arise when a form of utterance appropriate
to one mode of discourse is mistakenly used in the wrong context
Confusions must be unpicked employing ordinary uses of language.”
— from Tom Turner’s Notes
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One Of My Early Black And White Photographs 3 comments
“A Rainy Evening” (Normal, Illinois) — Image by kenne
Photography in the 20th Century
was all about film photography
Ektachrome was my choice,
however, occasionally I shot in B&W.
“A Rainy Evening” is a B&W
photo taken in 1974, by
definition a vintage image
having been captured before 1980.
I rarely used B&W film
with my first SLR camera,
a Canon FTb QL that I still have.
“A Rainy Evening,” is a print
recently rediscovered,
by Mary Ann, inspired
by the lighting and
reflections of the moment.
I have no idea of the settings,
but it is reasonable to say
a very slow shutter speed with
a fairly low f-stop.
I’m not sure anybody cares
just one of many photo
projects taking me
to where I am today.
— know
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The Cloud Above, Death Below 2 comments
The Cloud Above, Death Below — Image by kenne
When death comes
The ribs are exposed
Standing tall.
— kenne
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Southwestern Still Life — Image by kenne
Wall Shadows
A break with the sun
Not complete, only partial
A heat compromise.
— kenne
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“Connected Disconnection” — Image by kenne
Connected Disconnection
Trapped in a tailspin
with a loss for words
arms reaching out
in a world of disconnect
trying to reconnect.
Turning
reaching,
falling up
in a down world
Trapped between
the what I do
and how you react
in a world of disconnect
trying to reconnect.
Disconnected connection
over what I think
and how you feel
is this our existence?
trying to reconnect.
Still without words
the act of connecting
becomes a disconnect
is it all an illusion?
trying to reconnect.
Falling in
falling out
always looking
for the answers
trying to reconnect.
Finding the words
hanging up
on the answers
connected disconnection,
connected disconnection.
Turning
reaching,
falling up
in a down world
Connected disconnection —
disconnection.
— kenne
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“The Outpost” (Doubtful Canyon Cattle Ranch) — Image by kenne
Various Outposts
You traded places
with the mystery — fire-torn, insulated leaves,
the steady eyes of the huckleberry — (Haven’t you
been sad most of your life? Come on,
all those outposts in the middle . . . they say the end
of growth is that you’ll suffer “purely” . . .)
One night, remember? No envy or hope.
What you sought
was here, what was done
could not be undone by you: there was the owl,
the night’s vice president,
the tangled sheets of moon —
— Brenda Hillman
