Tag: Markets
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Artful food, glorious food
Betel leaves and fish on sale at the market in Magwe, Myanmar The colours, the textures, the shapes, the considered placement of objects, creation of forms and the patterns definitely spoke to the artist within. Artistic flair flourishes in the most unexpected places, just waiting for an artist and photographer to see more than food,…
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Cupid awake and asleep
Reflections from a window provide a modern take on Morris Burke Parkinson’s late Victorian photogravures of four-year-old Josephine Anderson, copyrighted by the photographer in 1897. Parkinson’s work is highly stylized and dramatic with something of a staged effect, typical of Pictorialism, a style of photography made popular by Henry Peach Robinson in the 1860’s. The…
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Betel leaf
What an enticing way to display this vine leaf, in a market at Magwe Myanmar. Betel leaf can be used to wrap foods such as peanuts or shrimps for a nutritious snack, cooked or added to salads. Not to be confused with betel nut which is the fruit of the Areca palm. Pattern and colour…