Ottawa, July 4, 2023 (photograph) by Paul Politis

Kuboaa

January 6, 2024 Paul Politis 0

“Despite my alienation from myself at that moment, and even though I was nothing but a battleground for invisible forces, I was aware of every […]

Ottawa, May 12, 2023 (black and white photograph) by Paul Politis

In the world

November 12, 2023 Paul Politis 0

“It’s a pleasure for me. The process of photographing. Being physically in the world, eyes open, attentive, sensing, and at some point, connecting. To be […]

Ottawa, June 11, 2023 (black and white photograph) by Paul Politis

Incognito

October 31, 2023 Paul Politis 0

“For the perfect flaneur, for the passionate spectator, it is an immense joy to set up house in the heart of the multitude, amid the […]

Ottawa, April 2, 2022

Y Pues Nada

June 19, 2022 Paul Politis 0

“We have not chosen this time. We cannot help it if we are born as men of the early winter of full Civilization, instead of […]

Chicago, August 25, 2019 (black and white photograph)

That elusive wonder

December 18, 2021 Paul Politis 0

“Wonder, and its expression in poetry and the arts, are among the most important things which seem to distinguish men from other animals, and intelligent […]

Ottawa, April 19, 2021

Surveillance

December 8, 2021 Paul Politis 0

  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 […]

Yo (colour photograph)

On camera

July 5, 2021 Paul Politis 0

The other day, I picked up my copy of Art & Fear and started reading at a random page. It’s one of those books where […]

Ottawa, November 10, 2020

Balancing chaos

June 21, 2021 Paul Politis 0

“It’s very spiritual because you’re suddenly seeing the coherence and the interconnectedness of everything — left to right, top to bottom, front to back. It’s […]

Ottawa, May 7, 2018

Feedback loop

December 5, 2020 Paul Politis 0

  “Technique must be solid, positive, but elastic, must not fall into formula, must adapt itself to the idea. And for each new idea there […]