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Here is where I record my thoughts and experiences, most of which are from my time abroad and travels. Where I share and exchange insights on off-the-beaten-path destinations and translated literature. Where I discuss photography and societal observations.
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Beware of Pity is the only novel written by Stefan Zweig – who is renowned for his short stories and biographies. I had come across Stefan Zweig only earlier this year, while reading up on translated works by writers such as Antal Szerb and Sándor Márai, as well as books published by the excellent Pushkin Press.…
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We visited the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam two months ago. The museum had reopened to much fanfare in April following a decade-long restoration. I don’t usually go to museums and have limited patience for browsing art exhibitions (photography exhibitions are in a different realm in which I could dwell for hours). This is not because I dislike…
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Nothing Gold Can Stay Robert Frost Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf, So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day Nothing gold can stay. I came across this poem this evening and thought…
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For my project during the Magnum Photos workshop, I had considered focusing on Ludwigshafen – a city that is less than 30 minutes by train from Heidelberg – before eventually deciding on the disused tobacco machines instead. I spent a few hours on the first afternoon of the workshop taking photos around the city’s infamous central…
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Just a week ago, I was in Heidelberg having a most inspiring time during a four-day Magnum Photos workshop in Heidelberg that was organised in conjunction with the 5th Fotofestival Mannheim-Ludwigshafen-Heidelberg in Germany. During the workshop, there were three afternoons designated for shooting. I didn’t take any photos of the machines on the third afternoon as it was a…
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