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Going home
“I don’t know the meaning of this journey I was forced to make, between one and another night, in the company of the whole universe…
Making pictures
“…To be a photographer, one must photograph. No amount of book learning, no checklist of seminars attended, can substitute for the simple act of making
Events
A few more quotes from Ray K. Metzker: “I approach photography in the context of art, as a key to understanding. It is my connection
Dance
I recently got a well-worn copy of Unknown Territory: Photographs of Ray K. Metzker, which I’ve wanted for a long time. “I recognize the desire,
Beyond the fragile geometry of space
https://www.paulpolitis.com/photographs/beyond-the-fragile-geometry-of-space/
In arbitrary space
“The only attitude worthy of a superior man is to persist in an activity he recognizes is useless, to observe a discipline he knows is
The fugitive pleasure of circumstance
https://www.paulpolitis.com/photographs/the-fugitive-pleasure-of-circumstance/
Tale of a houseplant
“Formerly, yes, art and culture, and the Apollonian and the Dionysian and all that, seemed terribly important. But today I’m satisfied if I can turn
https://www.paulpolitis.com/photographs/tale-of-a-houseplant/
Winter scene
Reading Rosshalde by Hermann Hesse. “He did not think about it, he deadened his thoughts with constant work. His feeling was: you can go at
Like a southern bird that stayed north too long
https://www.paulpolitis.com/photographs/like-a-southern-bird-that-stayed-north-too-long/
Kuboaa
“Despite my alienation from myself at that moment, and even though I was nothing but a battleground for invisible forces, I was aware of every
Play
“The pleasure we derive from the representation of the present is due not merely to the beauty with which it can be invested but also
In the world
“It’s a pleasure for me. The process of photographing. Being physically in the world, eyes open, attentive, sensing, and at some point, connecting. To be
Like a cure for all things under the sun
https://www.paulpolitis.com/photographs/like-a-cure-for-all-things-under-the-sun/
Incognito
“For the perfect flaneur, for the passionate spectator, it is an immense joy to set up house in the heart of the multitude, amid the
Passer-by
“Tomorrow I too — this feeling and thinking soul, the universe I am to myself — yes, tomorrow I too will be someone who no
Geometry of the abyss
“I am the outskirts of some non-existent town, the long-winded prologue to an unwritten book. I’m nobody, nobody. I don’t know how to feel or
https://www.paulpolitis.com/literature/geometry-of-the-abyss/
From this broken hill 2
https://www.paulpolitis.com/photographs/from-this-broken-hill-bw-2-montreal-may-2023/
From this broken hill 1
https://www.paulpolitis.com/photographs/from-this-broken-hill-bw-1-montreal-may-2023/
Urban scrawl
“There is the world, and then there is a photograph. A photograph is not the world, it’s a completely different thing.” — Henry Wessel
https://www.paulpolitis.com/photographs/urban-scrawl-two-photos/
Under construction
“The fact that a man who goes his own way ends in ruin means nothing … He must obey his own law, as if it
Parliament chicken
I was playing with the curves on the front gate on Parliament Hill here in Ottawa when this guy — who is in the most