Archive for the ‘B&W Photography’ Tag

Vermillion Cliffs Juniper Tree   Leave a comment

Utah Juniper in Vermillion Cliffs National Monument — Image by kenne

Monument Valley   Leave a comment

Monument Valley — B&W Image by kenne

Monument Valley

Carefully placed over time

As if time had stopped.

— Kenne

Tucson Time   Leave a comment

A Tucson Sunset — B&W by kenne

The power of stories

and sunsets become

daily escape hatches

from the tragic realities 

of human existence.

— kenne

Signpost On The Hill   Leave a comment

Doubtful Canyon Signpost — Panorama by kenne

A lonely sign
on the hill
has no
directions
if it did
we would
be doubtful.

— kenne

Christmas Past: Holidays In New Orleans   2 comments

Royale Street in New Orleans (December 2014) — Image by kenne

For years, after celebrating Christmas with family and friends,
Joy and I would go to one of our favorite ‘getaways,’ New Orleans.

Big Easy dreaming
Strolling through the French Quarter
Existential being.

— kenne

Death Comes On The Rocks   2 comments

Death Comes On The Rocks — Image by kenne

They lay on the rocks

Dead pines humming in the wind

High on the mountains.

— kenne

Subway In The Sky   1 comment

BoliviaCable Cars Connect El Alto Plateau With La Paz In The Valley — Images by kenne

A PAZ and EL ALTO, Bolivia — In these two cities, geography and rank stand in inverse relation. La Paz — the seat of government, old money, and a lighter-skinned elite — sits in a valley. Above it on a high plateau is the frenetic city of El Alto: poorer, younger, and generally darker-skinned. La Paz has always looked down on its upstart younger sibling above.

Now, that relationship is being challenged, and this urban Möbius strip, where down is up and up is down, is getting a new twist. A mass-transit aerial cable-car system, a cross between a ski gondola and an elevated train, is being installed to better connect them, chipping away at the physical barriers and possibly some of the psychological ones. Read more here.

Cable Cars-B&W-72Subway In The Sky

 

Blues Festival   Leave a comment

Eddie Turner -- 09/14/12Blues Festival — Image by kenne

Missing live music

Summer festivals canceled

No blues on the move.

— kenne

Storm Fence   Leave a comment

Outer Banks 2013Storm Fence — Image by kenne

Today the sea is calm.

Shadows move on the sand.

Tonight the winds blow.

The moon on the water.

Moon beneath the winds.

Stars stay on the night.

— kenne

Crushed   Leave a comment

Outer Banks 2013Crushed — Photo-Artistry by kenne

I stood up to you

Yesterday.

What will I do

Tomorrow?

My heart goes away.

Blue Corpus Christi.

— kenne

Ten Years After The Aspen Fire   2 comments

Rose Lake July 2013Ten Years After The Aspen Fire (July 31, 2013) — Images by kenne

Rose Lake July 2013

Moonscape   1 comment

Moonscape- Old CarsOld Cars Abandoned By The Man On The Moon — Image by kenne On His Recent Visit.

 

 

Tree At The Wave   1 comment

The Wave March Tree-2012-03-21-Edit-2-B&W-72Tree at The Wave — Image by kenne

You can photograph trees

over and over and over

and tell a different

a story in everyone.

— kenne

Wearing Facemasks In Public   3 comments

School Boy --2-Edit-B&W-72Okinawan School Boy (1967) — Image by kenne

I was stationed on the Japanise island of Okinawa for 18 months, 1967-68. During my stay, it was not uncommon to see some people wearing facemasks. This was something I was not use to seeing, so I asked why?

I was told that the person probably had a cold, and out of respect for others, they were hoping to not spread their germs. “Out of respect for others, ” I thought. How nice and novel. It told me a lot about the people of Okinawa. Since then, I have noticed that when I see someone wearing a facemask in public, they are of Asian descent. 

Now that the world is experiencing a pandemic, it would be nice if we all showed respect for others by wearing a facemask in public. One of the things we have learned about this virus is that we can have it and not experience any systems, yet spread the virus. By showing respect for others, we can stop the spread of COVI-19. Wouldn’t that be novel?

— kenne

Girl Scouts Learn About Nature   Leave a comment

Girl Scouts-72Girl Scouts In Sabino Canyon (11/12/14) 

One girl looks

at my guide

another

at her own —

so much to learn.

Together

we share

nature’s beauty.

Never too early

or late to start —

some by

asking questions,

others speaking

without a voice.

— kenne

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