Lectio #41 Budapest, Hungary 2011

A shelf in one of the many used bookstores in Budapest.

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Billboard Painter New York City, New York Ernst Haas 1952

I saw this on Luminous-Lint today. Haas took this the same year I was born. He was a great black and white photographer but also a pioneer in color photography. I do believe this image has held up well over the years; certainly better than I have. I love the colors and shapes and the fact that it looks like a total abstract image–at first.

Ernst Haas Billboard Painter, Broadway, NYC 1952

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Oh! Paris, France 2013

An interesting name for an art gallery; it sort of guarantees some sort of initial “buzz” for the exhibited work.

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Simply Elegant Paris, France 2013

A simple wall shelf and it’s shadow at Maison La Roche, a house in Paris designed by Le Corbusier (one of the pioneers of modern architecture). While this image was converted to black and white the shelf and wall itself where in fact shades of gray as well; so the whole structure creates what appears to be a simple two-dimensional abstract composition.]]>

Lonely at the Top Versailles, France 2013

A view up the stairs in the “back yard” of the Palace of Versailles.

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The Guardian Bozeman, Montana 2013

I always called these things gargoyles, but then just read that it’s more correctly called a grotesque; the term gargoyle being reserved for grotesques that function as rain spouts. Grotesques and gargoyles are traditionally thought to ward off evil and otherwise protect those it guards. We placed this grotesque on a boulder along a trail that runs through the woods up back of our house several years ago. Time has not made it any less grotesque. Given their protective powers, what is this one guarding us against? Well, these days I wished it scared off the spruce bud worms that have been attacking our trees relentlessly. Alas it doesn’t seem to be doing the job as they keep coming back each spring. So far though it seems to be doing a good job preventing forest fires and a host of other maladies we haven’t been visited with (yet).]]>

Just Not Into You #3 Versailles, France 2013

While the photos from the last two days seemed to at least suggest mutual feelings of aversion, this one is more one sided. The goose is definitely into the woman (or at least her sandwich), but the woman’s definitely not into the goose.]]>

Just Not Into You #2 Paris, France 2013

Lot’s of apparent negativity in this photo, although as with yesterday’s photo I believe the couple really was into each other. Based on the way they were behaving both before and after the photo was taken, I’d say they were just caught with misleading looks on their faces that didn’t really have the implications they seem to. While (undoctored) photos technically don’t lie, this is another example of how they can certainly mislead.]]>

Just Not Into You Paris, France 2013

I think this young couple was actually quite into each other, but for some reason the look on their faces suggest otherwise; something more akin to an in-your-face confrontation between two angry opponents.]]>

Family Resemblance Paris, France 2013

I’m sure it’s just a coincidence but you have to wonder what strange, mysterious connection there is between the Saint-Sulpice Catholic church and the robot C3PO from Star Wars. Or, maybe I’ve been too influenced by all the Saint-Sulpice myths generated by the novel The Da Vinci Code.

C3PO

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