Category: night
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are, bure, boke #4
Tokyo, September 2011 #1–2 Mexico City, February 2018 #3 Singapore, February 2016 4–6 Johor Bahru, February 2016 Hanoi, February 2016 Frankfurt, March 2016 #1–4 Frankfurt #5–6 Berlin March 2016 Berlin, March 2016
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are, bure, boke #2
The Japanese Provoke photographers’ slogan “are, bure, boke,” or “rough, blurred, out-of-focus” applies to many of my images. Some of these effects are intentional, more are not. Many people would dismiss these simply as “bad pictures,” but another view is possible: Photography is painting with light! The blurs, the spots, those are errors! But the errors…
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curves #1
Curves are everywhere, softening the horizontals and verticals, but these photographs were all taken in Calgary, Alberta between 2016 and 2020. #1 rear view of Kane’s Harley Diner, Inglewood #2 our Renfrew backyard on 27 December 2016 #3 our much missed Luci #4 overlooking Bottomlands Park and Deerfoot Trail from Renfrew #1 from the footbridge…
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are, bure, boke #1
The Japanese photographers associated with the Provoke group, whose best-known member was Daido Moriyama, espoused an aesthetic of “Are, Bure, Boke,” or “rough, blurred, out-of-focus.” There can be many reasons for blurry images – too low a shutter speed, too wide an aperture, camera shake, reflections, errors in focusing, a dirty lens – but the…
Camera lucida 