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- Dennis Bartlett
- Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
- The cameras: 1. Panasonic Lumix FZ8, 7MP, 12x optical 2. Samsung i9000 cellphone 5MP 3. Kodax Z915 10x optical, 10Mega pixel, small enough to drop in your pocket There are times when it is not prudent to be carrying a camera, and the cellphone is so convenient. The pictures: The images presented here just reflect life as it was at that moment. Some of the shots, especially with the Lumix aspire to photographic art, others are just the flash glimpse of a moment. As such, some are pixelated, some blurred - for this I make no apology. These are just what I saw when I saw it. The person: biker, bipolar, bizarre, believer.. with an eye for a good pic and a curiosity to boot! The pictures: A unique look at life. Things seen. Places been. Blog: Trambellings (link at bottom of page) Life: Born in Zimbabwe, traveled the world, awesome experiences humbling ones too. my passion in life is to take a camera and a motorbike wherever to capture those moments that pass most folk by. Enjoy the show! I surely do...
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Dennis - Thank you so much for your comments. It's nice to be reminded that failure - so long as it is followed by additional effort - is not failure at all, but experience. You're exactly right about children being allowed to fall as they learn to walk, but adults being denied the same privilege...oddly, I've helped two children (my own) learn to walk, but that never occured to me. You have indeed lifted my day, and I thank you humbly.
ReplyDeleteAs far as these photos from Malawi, I must say, I feel so ruddy oblivious to the lives and concerns of others, ensconsed in a comfortable, warm apartment (that I complain wildly about), well-fed (complaining that I'm "fat") and well-dressed (complaining that I'm forced to shop at Target for my kids' clothes rather than a more upscale store), and I appreciate your jarring me back to reality. How very appropriate for the new year, to be actively more conscious of the plight of others. My husband served a mission for our church for 2 years in El Salvador in Central America, and remembers well seeing "markets" just like in your photos, rabid dogs running to and fro, women paid to fan the flies away from the racks of meat hanging on hooks...but I personally have never experienced such a thing, and feel, looking at your photos, like I'm only beginning to understand.
So thank you, Dennis. I plan to check back often, and appreciate your mixture of art and reality as a reflection of humanity.
To put the comment above into perspective, this is the post I left on her blog...
ReplyDeleteHi Jessica, apologies for hijacking the comment box, but I couldn't find any quicker way to drop a thank you.
So... thank you for your comments on Random Shots.. a blog is such an odd thing, one is able to communicate with people one would never even notice were they in the same room.
I've never done the mommy / daddy thing, but I have a healthy respect for it. Your comment on trying and failing - I would rather say that those who don't try do not know what it is to reach, to not be tall enough, but to reach again, and again, until that wall is in the past and a new one is found to challenge and encourage us to be thankful we live.
There is nothing about failure, or even just
failing, in there anywhere. It is ok for babies to stand and flop down and try again, but somehow its not ok for adults... how odd is that?
So, (1) thank for dropping by - I've put a couple more pics up - I'm writing this from Blantyre, Malawi, where I'm on a business trip - in an attempt to communicate Africa to an uncomprehending world ;-)
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(2) anyone who gets that small smile staring up at them from a cot can never say they are failing. You're doing just fine, girl! Just fine!
WOW, thats the only thing I can say
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