A nice B.B.C. image of an Israeli soldier praying in the shadow of a military tank
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May 7, 2008 • 1:25 am 3
The town where only the animals have stayed back
“The town of Chaiten, south of Santiago in Chile, has been evacuated, leaving only animals, following the eruption of the Chaiten volcano for the first time in recent memory…”
The picture does not call for celebration because the residents have left the town on account of a volcanic eruption leaving only the animals behind .The picture is lovely one but what about the animals? It hurts to think .
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May 2, 2008 • 5:43 am 0
Dance at dawn
I love this Moris folk dance(in England) being performed at dawn. The dance with the sticks is so much like the Garba dance practiced in India.
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May 1, 2008 • 10:20 am 0
Dust and ash
BBC NEWS | In Pictures | Day in pictures
A labourer carries dust and ash at a brick factory on the outskirts of Bhubaneshwar, India.
I love this picture from the BBC Day in Pictures.Especially the rich tone and hue of the brick dust with the ebony-skinned worker in beautiful contrast.
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April 4, 2008 • 12:15 am 0
Warming the milk
I love this BBC picture of an old man stirring the milk for its wonderful perspective. The background stone wall with its delicious brown hues with a graduated tint has brought in sharp focus the old man’s face lit up partially in the ambient light. The quiet dignity of the man is striking.
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December 12, 2007 • 5:45 am 0
The old man in the snow
The picture by the BBC photographer is strikingly beautiful.Especially the tonal quality of the picture suggesting the gray decrepitude of the old man walking in the snow.
BBC picture of the day
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7138481.stm
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December 5, 2007 • 2:32 pm 0
Children watching the sea in Mumbai
Picture by Rajen Nair.
Slum children watch the sea at the posh Marine Drive in Mumbai on the Children’s Day .
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November 16, 2007 • 6:20 am 0
Children in uniform
I like the way the children stand there in their uniforms entirely absorbed in their own world,their body postures reflecting a total unconcern for the world :
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November 7, 2007 • 2:48 pm 0
Peace returns but not progress
A beautiful picture,a telling account of life in Afganistan where peace has returned ,but not progress:
BBC Pictures
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August 8, 2007 • 1:35 am 0
Irony in photography
One of the most powerful techniques used in poetry and drama is the use of irony,called dramatic irony.The dramatic irony emanates in drama, out of the interplay of the actions of characters as they unfold.The Greek tragedies are good examples. Shakespeare’s plays use the technique effectively .The irony unfolds as the characters move inexorably towards their fates .In photography the use of dramatic irony is not feasible as the photograph deals with a single spatial situation and a juxtaposition of several situations in different points of time is not possible. But a photograph can still employ a plain type of irony with equal effectiveness.
I have come across this beautiful photograph in the BBC’s daily news in pictures.
A man is dead and he was a pauper and it is necessary to raise money for his funeral.And what do the neighbours do raise the money ? They play cards while perhaps keeping all-night vigil near the dead man’s casket. Death is serious business and in order to deal with it one has to deal a pack of playing cards ! Delicious irony.
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