Rainy day, bridge, approaching demonstration.
Women (and men) from Kurdistan asking for intervention in their region of origin.
There are 15,000 Kurdish in Switzerland
A rainbow in the sky of Basel at the end of the demonstration.
Reality changes at the speed of 1/8000 seconds.
What flows freezes.
Water changes into glass filled with air bubbles.
Falls turn into transparent laces.
Water drops freeze in the air.
Shapes form like clouds in the sky.
and water foils design their transparencies.
Pictures shot with D800 + 70-200 VRII at 1/8000 secs at the Preilerbach (Vals), where one of the most famous Swiss waters is bottled. Click on each picture to magnify.
Many thanks to Romano Zerbini, curator of Photobastei, who gave me the opportunity to explain today what’s behind my exhibition: The green point of view.
What is near-infrared photography ?
Can we define The Green point of view as conceptual art?
How do plants perceive reality via near-infrared sight ?
What creates the peculiar atmosphere in near-infrared pictures ?
Which new concepts can we develop out of The green point of view?
Of this and more we discussed today at Photobastei. Thanks to the public for questions and new ideas! The green point of view is open until the 5th of April!
Every year around 100 visitors in Jerusalem get trapped by the so-called syndrome of Jerusalem, “a psychosis characterised by an intense religious theme that typically resolves to full recovery after a few weeks or after being removed from the area” …
Beside the Hagia Maria Sion Abbey, where the Holy Mary died.
The road to the Greek Orthodox cemetery, close to the location of the Last Supper of Jesus Christ.
Olive trees in King David’s garden beside the Walls of Jerusalem.
The tower of King David and Jewish graves on the outer side of Jerusalem Walls
In the narrow streets of Jerusalem …
… on the roofs above the Arab Souk towards the Western Wall.
At the Western Wall, remnant of the ancient wall that surrounded the Jewish Temple
Into the Western Wall Tunnel, the closest point to the Holy of Holies
With such historical places and prominent names, it is easy to understand where the Jerusalem syndrome comes from. I personally got a déjà vu after crossing the Jaffa gate, closeby David’s tower. Next stop: a day in Jerusalem!
Through the desert where Satan tempted Jesus for 40 days and 40 nights …
you can meet the ruins of an abandoned settlement at the side of the motor road:
a black, hot ribbon that cuts through a couple of check-points to reach the shores of the Dead Sea.
Pools of water evaporation
stretch from Israel border East to Jordan, at the other side of the Dead Sea.
Enjoy the colours and shapes of this waters containing 34% of salt (10 times more than Mediterranean sea)
and its atolls made out precipitated salt
Relax by floating on the water surfaces
but keep this extremely salty water out of mouth and eyes… otherwise …
Click on each picture to magnify. Pictures shot with D800 plus 70-200 f/2.8 or 16-35 f/4
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