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this gang of Adelie penguins gave me a great opportunity for quite a series of entertaining photographs as they zoomed busily about their icy playground. This photo has become a symbol of connection and friendship among my own personal group of nearest and dearest friends.
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WEEEEE!
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In 2003 I experienced a life changing event when I travelled to Tanna in Vanuatu in the Melanesian Islands of the Pacific Ocean with two friends. Tanna is populated by about 10,000 Ni Vans who mostly live in subsistence farming communities. Tourism infrastructure and foreign investment have been limited to less than 50% which has largely preserved their way of life from too much foreign influence. The last time foreigners descended on mass was in WWII when the American soldiers practically took over a few of the islands. This overwhelming influx of the modern world on a traditional culture permanently altered it when a number of cargo cults started up fashioning themselves on American military camps. Many Ni-Vans so overcome with the amazing technology and physical power of these soldiers decided being American must be pretty good so henceforth considered themselves adopted Americans. To show how American they were they rebuilt their villages in the style of the military camps, saluted the stars and strips and even made planes and jeeps out of bamboo. Mixed into this infatuation was aspects of ‘Kustom’ (native) religion and Christianity into a cult called the John Frum cult (short for ‘John from America’). Ever since WWII the John Frum followers have been waiting for the second coming of John Frum with his ship full of cargo for the faithful. Just before my trip the cult had become so troublsome that the army had been called in to disperse them. They did this by simply burning the village down so people would be forced to go home to their native villages (the village happened to be constructed on the side of an active volcano as well which didn’t impress the authorities much either). On their previous trip my two companions were invited to go and speak in the John Frum Village and meet their leader the prophet Fred a rare privilege for an outsider. I spent two weeks in Tanna climbed an active volcano and spent time getting to know the locals who kindly put us up in their village while we ministered to the local church. Two of the people I got to know the best were Jeremy a boy who took me under his wing and Willie an inspirationally spiritual man who was a church leader down there. I took this shot of my friends on the second last day I was there in the local river just below the village of Lonimilo. Having never been out of a western culture before experiencing village life, food, water (yuck), music (with no radio or TV the sound of acoustic guitars and singing were almost constantly in the background, yum) and living with such beautiful family oriented people profoundly effected my whole way of seeing the world. Jeremy and Willie’s smiles kind of sum the whole thing up. P.S. I don’t really see myself as a portrait/ people photographer but the bubble is such a great place to try out new things I thought I’d post it and see what people think. The shot was taken with my first ever SLR camera that I bought duty free on this trip. To get this shot I got into the river with Jeremy and Willie paranoid I would slip on the sloping bottom with my new baby, fortunately I kept my feet and got the shot, a precious memory. I’ve also been really inspired by Melinda Kerrs work too. To my great surprise this shot won the ‘B&W – Character – People Shots’ groups Indigenous People Competition in August 2008. It was also a finalist in the Black and White groups Emotion competition back in May 2008.
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Malcolm & Daddy in a tender moment. Thank you Sally for writing the beautiful poem. FATHER & SON By Sally Omar / © 2008 Sally Omar A little boy being held in big strong arms / His father holding him / Keeping him from harm A love so pure it cannot fully be explained / Like the stars and the moon / And a summer rain A little boy holding his father’s face / So protected and loved / In a strong embrace FATHER & SON / Their hearts beat together / As if they were one A father who will always be there / Showing his son / How much he cares Wanting the best for his little boy / The love of his life / His unbelievable joy FATHER & SON whisper sweet words / No one else can hear / Like the magical songs of a birds © 2007 All Rights Reserved
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WIN CHRIS WAHL ‘DEDTEDHED’ ORIGINAL ART / August 15th to Sept 15th 2008 ИГРА (pronounced IGRA) means ‘PLAY’ in Russian…. / ...and after a hard day at work, these Russian women play hard too. After many hours spent in the coal mines, there’s nothing these women enjoy more, than to dance and leap around wildly with their heavy sledgehammers. / Quite a spectacle to behold. Also in the series- /
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Here is a captured greeting between my younger son and my hubby who’s just returned home from work.
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This was taken at the same place as ‘boy alone’. I wanted to put it up because it really makes me smile and feel happy at the sheer lack on inhibition some children have – this is Abe being a conductor and singing his heart out – totally nuts!!!!! I admire this as i am and was as a child very self-conscious – so this is my tribute to those who are free-spirited!!! / (I have also put it up to put on my calender :0)) * /
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these spring flowers are popping! featured on RB homepage on 17 May 2008… thanks RB!!
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pop and grow…every colour of the rainbow….
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A Summer landscape in Holland
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This is for Stuart Chapman – is it dark enough for you? LOL!!! And for the many friends here on RB who help me and many others see light on dark days :0)
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When happiness comes from spending time ‘alone together’, that comfortable fit where you don’t need to try, or talk, you can just be. Water color paint, pen, ink, charcoal, graphite pencil and collage.
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which is YOUR kind of cherries? :) Featured on RB’s homepage on the 6th July 2008. p.s. feel free to send me a bubblemail if you want just a pair of these cheeky cherries to be on a t-shirt / card. pick your own cherry personality now!
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The original painting is oil on canvas / The original was sold. Mugs, stamps(real USA postage) and other products are available on My Zazzle Gallery / The moment Mug / / The moment USA stamps /
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Chinese character “hei” means “double happiness” in english. A symbol used in all chinese weddings.
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Title thanks to my husband… I was stumped and when I asked my husband for a suggestion for the title he said the daisies were natures beauty and shone amongst a gloomy winters day, which to him is the essence of winter. To view my work by category, please click on the pictures below… Flowers / Landscapes / Seascapes / Black & White / Sepia / Portraits / Baby .
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spring flowers + love = bliss Hi, I have the full set of alphabets for this spring flower design including numbers from 0 to 9 and symbols like !,? and &. If you would like a custom made card or t-shirt spelling out your name or a message with these letters, please bubblemail me and let me know. Cheers!
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My daughter about 6 month old.
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Evie’s legs, in happy motion. Taken during a shoot for evielala.com.au
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