Dear Reader (2024-03-01),You may want to either grab a beverage of your choice or skip this post entirely as the there are a lot of words and the images for this post are for illustration purposes – they don’t stand alone as images outside of … Continue readingFive Stans 15
Dear Reader (2024-02-26),In today’s post we begin exploring Tajikistan. My written thoughts on this country are still a bit of a jumble. So while I go through de-jumbling iterations, I have started editing the photos for this country. All of today’s images are from a … Continue readingFive Stans 14
Dear Reader (2024-02-19),My last post (Five Stans 12) said we would now be bound for Tajikistan. That is true, but the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan was closed in September of 2023 as the two countries were fighting over water and land. At this point … Continue readingFive Stans 13
Dear Reader (2024-02-18),Before we leave Kyrgyzstan bound for Tajikistan here is one more post from Kyrgyzstan. A tour like this has a guide that is with us for the full length of the tour. In our case her name was Kara, and she can be … Continue readingFive Stans 12
Dear Reader (2024-02-10),In today’s penultimate Kyrgyzstan (and then we’ll change to the next Stan) post there are multiple points of interest: ~ 01 to 04 – we drive first to Uzgen, a UNESCO World Heritage site,~ 02 – an out of focus, possibly over-processed image … Continue readingFive Stans 11
Dear Reader (2024-02-08), Shadows Passing has its official opening this evening February 8, 5:00 – 9:00 pm.cSpace Marda Loop – 3rd Floor1721 29th Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta T2T 6T7Liquor will be available for a fee In today’s post we go for a long drive in … Continue readingFive Stans 10
Dear Reader (2024-02-05),My fledgling (installation / exhibition), Shadows Passing (see end of this post for further information) has now been set free into the wide world to fly on its own. So until the next sparkly object, I shall return to the “Five Stans”. The … Continue readingFive Stans 09
Dear Reader,Shadows Passing is Live. Yesterday (January 30), I completed the installation of my exhibition “Shadows Passing” that is part of this year’s Exposure Festival. As I mention in my Artist’s Statement, “I want to create an experience that cannot be replicated digitally and is … Continue readingShadows Passing Is Live
Dear Reader (2023-11-05),First of all, I did warn you about me getting distracted by a new sparkly project. Actually the project for next year’s Exposure Festival has been a work in progress for a while. Now, there is a degree of urgency to get things … Continue readingFive Stans 08
Dear Reader (2023-10-29),In today’s post we continue exploring the Karakol region of Kyrgyzstan by going for a 3 / 4 hour walk along a dirt road, and up a sandstone hill. In this pleasant wander:~ We stop on the return trip to photograph a Golden … Continue readingFive Stans 07
Dear Reader (2023-10-28),First of all to my new subscribers, thank you for joining me in my small corner of the interweb. To my pre-existing subscribers, thank you to you too, for sticking around. It is so nice to know you are out there in the … Continue readingFive Stans 06
Dear Reader (2023-10-23),Since I last wrote, I have completed the first set of experiments for my Exposure Festival 2024 Exhibition, “Shadows Passing”. I am excited by the project, and I look forward to showing you the results next February. In today’s post we travel from … Continue readingFive Stans 05
Dear Reader (2023-10-18),In today’s single blog post, or pair of Facebook posts I re-label myself and we visit a desert canyon. As some of you know from my new Cartes de Visites, and some of you may have noticed on my website, I no longer … Continue readingFive Stans 04,
Dear Reader (2020-10-13),In today’s single blog post, or trio of Facebook posts (because FB doesn’t sort consistently) the journey continues. Over the course of 4 weeks, 6 other travelers, me, and the tour guide travelled over 6,400 km. Outside of the two memorable overnight train … Continue readingFive Stans 03
Dear Reader (2023-10-09),I think that a collection of architects was invited to bring out their toy boxes to play in Astana. But before we get there, it is fitting that after yesterday’s Mosques and Minarets, we begin today’s exploration with a brief visit to an … Continue readingFive Stans 02