SW Thailand
Photography is a matter of measure. When the interrelated elements of the image are correct we capture time, spirit and place in an unforgettable moment that stays with us a lifetime.
When the first signs of fall greet me with a cooler day heralding autumn, I find myself looking at my old slides of yesterday when unexplored horizons still existed with amazing places in their touristic infancy awaiting our attention so that they could irretrievably change for the worse.
I cherish my memories and make them come alive again through the photographs I took back then. You need not go far to enjoy the benefits of a staycation. Just look into your old photographs.
The beauty of making photographs for me is that years and decades later you can remember an entire day because of a single image taken on a particular day.
You remember what lead up to that image and what came after you finished making a photograph. Sometimes the surprise is in finding pictures that seemed all too common when taking them, only to dazzle you now and make you ever so glad you took them.
The images here are from up to 35 years ago when Kodacrome ruled the waves. It was the film of choice for those who wanted that something extra in the quality of their photography.
The look has changed now, but these old images, in their fading glory, have both a nostalgic quality and a feeling of yesteryear in their tonality.
Sitges, Spain
I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell - you see, I have friends in both places.
Fez, Morocco
“I hoped that the trip would be the best of all journeys: a journey into ourselves”
Paris, France
Chang Mai, Thailand
Kerala, India
India
Florida
Rabat, Morocco
“When you have completed 95 percent of your journey, you are only halfway there.”
Kerala, India
Colombia
It is not down in any map; true places never are.
Cyprus
I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they now do.
Nepal
Color in certain places has the great value of making the outlines and structural planes seem more energetic.
Kathmandu, Nepal
“A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.” – John Steinbeck
Bali
Morocco
Paris, France
I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places.
When you are younger, the camera is like a friend and you can go places and feel like you're with someone, like you have a companion.
Thailand
How hard it is to escape from places. However carefully one goes they hold you - you leave little bits of yourself fluttering on the fences - like rags and shreds of your very life. ~Katherine Mansfield
Nepal
My memory of those places is better than my pictures. That's why I get much more satisfaction out of shooting thematic work that has to do with an idea that I'm searching for, or searching to express.
Mexico
Bali
Hospitals are places that you have to stay in for a long time, even if you are a visitor. Time doesn't seem to pass in the same way in hospitals as it does in other places. Time seems to almost not exist in the same way as it does in other places.
Nepal
I choose the places I go to carefully and wisely. I'll rarely go to a shopping mall anymore.
Morocco
So when I became interested in photography and further being inspired by the work that I saw of Ansel and others, it was a natural extension to go back to these places that I knew as a kid and explore them with my camera.
Bali
“To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.” – Aldous Huxley
Thailand
London, England
New Delhi, India
Bali
“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Malaysia
Mexico
Morocco
Remember that imagination is the faculty of the soul and that when it suggests new pathways to us we are being invited to explore the territory of the soul in ways that will certainly change and re enchant us.
- Caitlin Matthews
Thailand
Life is notes under our fingers -- we just have to figure out what notes to play.
- Jamie Fox
Morocco
Paris
And that's the wonderful thing about family travel: it provides you with experiences that will remain locked forever in the scar tissue of your mind. ~Dave Barry
Malaysia
Nepal
Living an authentic life and finding self fulfillment often comes by fulfilling both your life calling and life purpose.
Spain
Mexico
To know the road ahead, ask those who are coming back.
- Chinese proverb
Java, Indonesia
I met a lot of people in Europe. I even encountered myself. ~James Baldwin
Morocco
“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” – St. Augustine
“A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.” – Tim Cahill
sw Morocco
Half the fun of the travel is the esthetic of lostness. ~Ray Bradbury
Mexico
“I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.” – Mark Twain
Thailand
Afghanistan 1977
Afghanistan
“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller
NYC
NYC
“Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travelers don’t know where they’re going.” – Paul Theroux
Mexico
“If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.” – James Michener
India
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
- Danny Kaye
Paris
India
20-India
I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad. ~George Bernard Shaw
India
India
“A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” – Lao Tzu
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Comments
every one speaks more than a thousand words.
You have given us a treasure here,
I hope it stays here for a very long time
so I can keep coming back
and looking
and loving
your exquisite talent
rated with love
HUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
Absolutely beautiful!
Luv Nepal's colorful images too, luv capturing the smiley faces when I was there.
*R*
Last year I scanned family photos, some from the early 1900s, and when I enlarged them and looked at them on the monitor, I could see the expressions and features in a way I never could before, looking at a small photograph. It was amazing and eye-opening as well.
What wonderful stories you must have to go with these photos. Thank you for sharing them with us.
Rated and shared on FB.
R
♥R
You calm and soothe with beauty.
Shut politico clowns up pacifiers.
I'll visit my neighbor with high-speed.
Never dress up as a raggedy stuff doll.
Get up close to phony to pull chin hair.
&*+= Kerry with 3 piza pies? respect.
You calm and soothe with beauty.
Shut politico clowns up pacifiers.
I'll visit my neighbor with high-speed.
Never dress up as a raggedy stuff doll.
Get up close to phony to pull chin hair.
rated
(photographers United)
Your photos are beautiful; thank you. I especially enjoyed the Leibovitz quote. I'm off today with my camera friend; she's a Canon PowerShot SX20 IS that runs circles around me.
SagCap
Saludos Poetas, Ustedes Dos ~
ELO ... such an audio flashback.
Thank you for the passport to magnificence.
every one speaks more than a thousand words.
You have given us a treasure here,
I hope it stays here for a very long time
so I can keep coming back
and looking
and loving
your exquisite talent
rated with love
RomanticPoetess, The world would not be the same without you and I hope the relationship and sharing last because I do not know what I would do if I didn't get a message from you. Probably be sing that ELO song Can't get you out of my head. ThX
Linda Seccaspina, Oh thats so nice I still regret we never got the chance to meet and greet in MTL. Cheers and more my prolific one of excellence.
froggy, Thanks for being this fantastic for me too. Your good and then some maybe even super excellent, THX
Little Kate And now I know you are absolutley beautiful in both your mind and soul. Live long and prosper my dear one.
Thoth, You are the color of my soul and i cherish that many times over and over and over again.THX!
Miguela Holt y Roybal, Well the secret is practice...How do you get to Carnigy Hall ? Practice my fine friend.
Golden Phoenix, I feel so golden now Phoenix and I really want to hug you for days for this.
tg within One day when your in town I shall share all the delights of making these images and more. Thanks again for posting that!
clay ball, Oh your marvelous for saying that and I thank you dearly and sincerely.
zanelle, Yes the camera is the most powerful friend anyone can have and it seems today everyone has one. Thanks again.
Matt Paust Now I am the one agog and I thank you dearly for it.
Dr. Spudman44 Oh so glad you enjoyed that. I almost did not take that images because I thought anyone would so glad I did now over 30 years later.THANKS DrSpudman44
janicephelpswilliams, Oh that is so marvelous and then some. Wish I could have told some of the tales that go along with these but it would have taken so long and streached on for days. Thanks from the bottom to the top of my heart. Your a real dear! Thanks!
Out on a limb, Oh you make me want to cry...Thanks again and again.
Jonathan Wolfman and your equally marvelous for saying that JW. THX BIG time.
scanner, The great deserves the greatest and indeed your as great as your words! THX
Susie Lindau, Your so kind and good. Thanks for posting that bit of loveliness here.
Harry's Ghost, Anytime my dear ghost...THX
divorcedpauline, Just like you my dear.THX
A Persistent Muse, I am so glad your persisitent because I really appreciate everything you say..and do.
FusunA, Thanks so much and then some F. May the rest of your summer be filled with the best wild flowers too.
Art James Your, words and meanings are always a thrill to read, Keep on keeping on my pal AJ.
(photographers United)
dunniteowl, Oh now thats the spirit and more. Your so fine for saying that. Thanks 10 fold.
Belinda T. It is indeed my pleasure and thanks for enjoying and commenting back too!
fernsy and all of these words work equally well for you too my dear! THanks again!
Stacey Youdin, Your so very welcome too! Thanks
Y, So glad you liked this.My sentiment exactly.Thanks
SagCap, Yes with a friend like this in hand one can go just about anywhere. Your also using the updated version of my current camera as well so we are like brothers.Thanks!
SagCap
sophieh, Thats superb thanks so much S.
Erica K, Oh that leaves me speechless but with huge hugss and good thoughts for you now!
Dicky Neely, Oh I should have used the Beatles magical mystery tour tune then. Your good and Thanks so much!
Sarah Cavanaugh, I am sure life in Cedar Grove is not that bad to begin with but hey, if I can make it better than so be it and Big Thanks too!
trilogy, Oh what a nice thing to say..Your the Greatest.
Joan H.Now I am the one who is stunned.Thanks so much!
Inverted Interrobang, Hey anything for you that charms your day! Thanks again and then some.
Scarlett Sumac, So gald you enjoyed this and more. I really appreciate all that you write and all that you do to.
AtHomePilgrim, And you just so magnificent for saying that too!Thanks again and again and then some too.
--Annie Leibovitz
"When you are you on a Saturday morning in August in Phoenix, Algis's blog is like a friend and you can go places and feel like you're with someone, like you have a companion."
--mhold
What a gift--in every sense of the word.
thank u.
places, things, moments, stark realizations,
i will never see, though i have an
eye that sort of freezes things into tableaus
tiresome to others, and me, i admit..
once in awhile...
those images burn into brain with vigor.
--Annie Leibovitz
"When you are you on a Saturday morning in August in Phoenix, Algis's blog is like a friend and you can go places and feel like you're with someone, like you have a companion."
--mhold
mhold, Oh that is just so fantastic...When can we get married ?
Keka, And you a gift in every sense of the word too for making such a fine statement that I am actually blushing with thanks!
jramelle, Well now you have put me into the field of awe and wonder and I thank you dearly for it and more.
mistercomedy I really appreciate what you said about the book. I too hope one day this does happen but the way things are going they are going to crucify me.
James M. Emmerling Glad you stopped by and I hope you have some images that stuck with you because this is from a time when life was cheap and the cell phone was not on the horizon.
VariousArtists So glad you pointed that out because over the early years I did not take alot of images because of this reason . Now I wonder just how much I lost out on because trying to out think an images does not work in hindsight. Thanks VA and more.
JJ-Dalton So glad to have done this for you.I am actually delighted that you had a nice time and more. These images are from my humble beginnings where I knew not much and am still trying to learn more. Thanks again and again.
Algis Kemezys
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Con Chapman, Yes that image too is one of my favorite memories because after this was taken I went swimming with the dolphins and had an excellent time doing that.
(I don't understand why so many images didn't load though...is there a bandwidth limit from the hosting site?)
bbd, Oh that is so fine of you to say. I wonder too about these images that are posted and why they keep dropping out.You ask a great question. I wonder if it is that. Unfortunately the original images are back in the hardrives of a computer used many years ago and I have yet to reconnect it and extract those images.
These are fabulous, Algis, I'm glad you get such a fabulous vacation just by looking at your photos...that first one in Thailand is so surreal, and I love the Cyprus shot with nude goddess or someone in front, horny old laughing Pan in back. (That is Pan?)
Brilliant framing there, friend. : )
On a tangent, I've been wondering, when you were in Turkey, did you happen to go to Catal Huyuk (sp?) ? It's the largest Neolithic site in the Near East with successive layers of habitation going back to 7700 BC or something...
I am currently fascinated with it.
Just wondering...
Then, everything else was spectacular at the very least.
Your bicycle photo is my fave.
But, I want to shadow you on this trip and the next and the next!
Christine Geery, Your really fantastic for saying that too. THX
Just Thinking...,That statue I think is of Augustas. He has a slight erection too. The other place yes indeed I know of it. I have not been there but it does pertain to Cow worship and shows how cow worship was part of the fabric of their lives at that time. There is an even older place Gobecky teppie, that dates back 15,ooo years and was then a garden of eden. This is SW just above Syria. Turkey is really packed with treasures and more.
Megan McDonald, Yeah but at least you can still see them by clicking through. Thanks again for the fine comment.
Just Cathy, That you can and thanks for joining me now and in the future.
I googled and found some stunning images....of "gobekli tepe" ? Never had heard of it before, thanks so much!
I contend it was not pure worship of cows, but their symbolism as life giving, their horns and face shape outline mimic the uterus shape as well. Cows, Minoan bulls, were worship symbols, -- but it was goddess worship, I believe-- not because I'm referring to a source, but that's what I believe.
Future generations might think we worship shiny discs (CDs)....Sun symbol worship? Moon symbols? Garbage worship?
Now, the word worship looks funny after writing it too often. : )