In the moment
*** “Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures […]
Articles by Paul Politis
Trespassing
“It is possible that, through horizontal and vertical lines constructed with awareness, but not with calculation, led by high intuition, and brought to harmony and […]
Wilderness
“Midway in our life’s journey, I went astray from the straight road and woke to find myself alone in a dark wood. How shall I […]
A generous medium
“I am afraid that there are more people than I can imagine who can go no further than appreciating a picture that is a rectangle […]
Love you
“I am inhabited by a cry. Nightly it flaps out Looking, with its hooks, for something to love.” ― Sylvia Plath, Elm
That persistent dread
The End The flame that lured me through the pain Of frantic pleasure has flickered and gone out. My rigid fingers scream with gout, And […]
That elusive wonder
This is expressed so well. Whenever I look through my past work I remember distinctly which photos were the result of ‘the gasp’: “And there […]
Surveillance (black and white photo)
I didn’t even see the guy in the far left corner watching me until I looked at the photo later on my computer. I […]
All stripped down (black and white photo)
Well, you know in your heart what you gotta bring No big mink coat, no diamond ring Well, take off your paint and take off […]
Machines of Loving Grace (black and white photos)
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace by Richard Brautigan I like to think (and the sooner the better!) of a cybernetic meadow where […]
Old Friend (black and white photo)
I recently came upon this translation of a poem by Hermann Hesse which I like a lot: Pruned Oak by Hermann Hesse Oh oak tree, […]
Silhouette Reflection (black and white photo)
Something to read from something I am reading: “It is a longing for the heroic, for a greater seriousness of life than ordinary human beings […]
