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The Tales of Ink and Light intertwine words and photographs to bring you unique stories and poems.
Like the guitar harmonises with the voice in a haunting song, words and pictures work together to offer a pause, maybe a laugh or a moment to consider…
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An Open Book: Dorothea Lange - Politics of Seeing
[TIL #44] "The discrepancy between what i was working on in the studio … and what was going on up the street was more than i could assimilate."
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A few words by Henry Cartier Bresson
[TIL #43] a bit like Yoda, only taller and French
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An Open Book: Anders Petersen
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A few words by Henry Cartier Bresson
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Let's talk please, you don't have to do this! I’ll pay my own ransom!
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The woman who was (much more than a) migrant mother
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An Open Book: Dorothea Lange - Politics of Seeing
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An experiment with expired film
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Joyful crowd on Freedom Avenue calls for promises to be held
[TIL #42] At 50, the carnation revolution is young at heart and hungry for social justice
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Let's talk please, you don't have to do this! I’ll pay my own ransom!
[TIL #38] Jumping into the void: it’s not about the metaphor
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Why are we still calling it 'colonial'?
Thoughts on feeling the icy fingers of colonial spectres around my neck
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The museum of photography of Charleroi
A hike through the history of photography and an abundant feast
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the cost for the road i chose
the clouds cleared up just as i reached the top of the hill that place with the panoramic view over the seven hills of the city i had been chasing…
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Into the warm night i walk.
What is online manure good for?
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Tales of Ink and Light
Tales of Ink and Light
In the Tales of Ink and Light, words (the ink) and photographs (the light) work like the guitar and the voice in a folk song: they intertwine to bring you unique short stories and poems about the beauty and strangeness of the world we live in.

Touches of Ink and Light

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A few words by Henry Cartier Bresson
[TIL #43] a bit like Yoda, only taller and French
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The woman who was (much more than a) migrant mother
[TIL #39] Looking at the role of photographed persons in the making of images
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Just be part of the chaos of life for a moment
An immersion in the agitated life of Pettah Market, Colombo, Sri Lanka
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An experiment with expired film
And a few pages from a photography workshop by Graciela Iturbide
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A stroll in Yangon (2017)
And a beautiful portrait of a simple man.
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An Open Book

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An Open Book: Dorothea Lange - Politics of Seeing
[TIL #44] "The discrepancy between what i was working on in the studio … and what was going on up the street was more than i could assimilate."
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An Open Book: Anders Petersen
[TIL #40] « Photography is not about photography. It is about life. »
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An open book: Harry Gruyaert's India
"India is a mystery of which you can bear witness."
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Graciela Iturbide
'the ordinary is the real source of the extraordinary.'
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A life in East London
a beautiful, slow portrait of a man
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Contes d'encre et de lumière

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Dans une nuit bienveillante, je marche.
[TIL #41] À quoi sert tout ce fumier numérique ?
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Il manque toujours quelque chose.
Des tranches de vie, des instants qui passent, quelques petites choses d'une journée ordinaire.
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La simplification d'Evora
A propos de tout ce que l’on choisit de ne pas inclure dans le cadre et de photographies qui posent calmement une question.
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C'est juste la lumière
Lorsqu’un critique a écarté cette image, j’ai dû retourner au fichier original pour vérifier si je m'étais rendu coupable d’un crime de traitement…
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La porte rouge : faire droit à un rien de folie.
Ralentis et secoue ton appareil photo : cela peut être la voie vers des images plus profondes.
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