Ottawa, September 16, 2023

Focal matter

September 22, 2024 Paul Politis 0

Poetry by Pablo Neruda And it was at that age . . . poetry arrived in search of me. I don’t know, I don’t know […]

Montreal, July 29, 2024

Visible world

September 8, 2024 Paul Politis 0

“Thoreau got up each morning and walked to the woods as though he had never been where he was going to, so that whatever was […]

Almonte, Ontario, July 20, 2024

Out in the world

August 25, 2024 Paul Politis 0

“What freedom! Just being out in the world, shooting whatever spoke to me or suggested itself to my eye. Actually, learning to listen to what […]

Montreal, April 21, 2024

Under the sun

August 21, 2024 Paul Politis 0

“Don’t censor yourself. Go ahead and photograph anything around you that seems interesting. Don’t compare yourself. People think ‘this has been done before’, and you […]

Ottawa, March 14, 2024

Utopia’s pill

August 8, 2024 Paul Politis 0

“We are moving into a period of bewilderment, a curious moment in which people find light in the midst of despair, and vertigo at the […]

Ottawa, April 12, 2023

Yadda

May 26, 2024 Paul Politis 0

Look over there, it’s Ray K. Metzker: “The elusive is what we seek, be it of the heart or the mind. The artist learns to […]

Montreal, May 26, 2023

Ill-designed world

May 19, 2024 Paul Politis 0

“An artist never works under ideal conditions. If they existed, his work wouldn’t exist, for the artist doesn’t live in a vacuum. Some sort of […]

Ottawa, August 12, 2023

Going home

March 31, 2024 Paul Politis 0

“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… […]

Ottawa, December 24, 2023

Making pictures

March 27, 2024 Paul Politis 0

“…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 […]

Ottawa, October 8, 2023

Events

March 24, 2024 Paul Politis 0

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 […]