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Flow (black and white photograph)

The impulse for beauty can force its way through every boundary

November 4, 2020 Paul Politis 0

“Everything that is beautiful is orderly, and there can be no order unless things are in their right relation to each other. Of this right […]

Self Reflection (black and white photograph)

Fear gone like an operation. Something else grew in its place.

July 23, 2020 Paul Politis 0

“It had started the night before when he had wakened and heard the lion roaring somewhere up along the river. It was a deep sound […]

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He’s talking in a funny language

July 16, 2020 Paul Politis 0

Ester: What’s he saying? Johan: How should I know? He’s talking in a funny language. Because he’s frightened. – from The Silence screenplay, Ingmar Bergman

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Men are even lazier than they are fearful

July 12, 2020 Paul Politis 0

“In his heart every man knows quite well that, being unique, he will be in the world only once and that there will be no […]

A Clean Well-lighted Place Photoblog

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    A man in a van

    June 9, 2025
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    Two photos

    June 5, 2025
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    Midas touch

    June 2, 2025
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    A man and a fan

    May 29, 2025
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    May 26, 2025
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    Three photos

    May 22, 2025
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    Panorama de Paris / Ballet (2 photos)

    May 18, 2025
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    Shadow dance (2 photos)

    May 15, 2025
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    May 12, 2025
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    Solitary pursuits

    May 8, 2025

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