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The “Waters” of Versailles

October 11, 2014 • 1 Comment

The Greek god Apollo drives his chariot up from the sea in a cauldron of pulverized water. Happenstance This was a fortuitous visit today to this most enchanting place, now a World Heritage Site, where I had spent many hours in the gardens during an earlier time in my life, but never experiencing at that time the enchantment of seeing the f...

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Anti –Gravity!

October 04, 2014 • Leave a Comment

Amazing! The latest New York taxis “hover” with anti-gravity engines, eliminating the need for wheels, saving the metropolis billions per annum in road maintenance costs and eliminating gas emissions. The absence of friction allows a huge increase in speed and thus a much-reduced number of vehicles, given the rapid turnaround times. This assists in...

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La Serenissima

September 26, 2014 • 1 Comment

The Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute, taken from where the canal Rio de Palazzo o de Canonica empties into the Lagoon. Bucket List Words are inadequate to express my emotional reaction to my first visit to Venice. To know that a place is absolutely magical and to delay for decades before journeying to see it, particularly when time, mon...

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Stark Beauty

September 18, 2014 • 1 Comment

I have been trying to capture the stark beauty of this building for years and am still not content with the results I am getting. Obsession? Some things get stuck in your psyche and gnaw at your memories and thinking. I was already working in La Defense when this building grew out of the earth and took its place among the varied behemoths...

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Super Moon Redux

September 11, 2014 • 1 Comment

Since the moon changes position significantly from day to day, this month I had to design another point-of-view to capture it with a Parisian monument, as it rose at azimuth 89°, almost exactly due East. I calculated that it would rise underneath the Eiffel Tower and set myself up on the opposite bank of the Seine:- A Little Astronomy I n...

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