As a former surfer, Paul Bobko had plenty of time to observe waves of all shapes and forms. It was during this time that he found his inspiration for his series Water Landscapes-Suspended Energy.
About the project:
In his magnum opus, Gravity’s Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon introduces us to the German concept of Brenschluss in the telemetry of the flight of the V2 rocket. The rocket is propelled by its engines and travels along its parabolic arc. At a certain point the engines turn off, this flameout is called brenschluss. At brenschluss the rocket’s ascendancy is checked by gravity, and before it begins to fall to its target on earth, it hesitates for just a moment. After this moment gravity and momentum alone, not a rocket engine, define the inexorable trajectory of descent to its inevitable, calamitous end.
So to do Paul Bobko’s Water Landscapes-Suspended Energy photographs allow us to see that very moment of hesitation when the force of nature that is the ocean wave, ceases to be propelled by the surging forces of the ocean floor. The ocean suddenly lets go and sets it free, it hesitates at this moment of release, then crashes on the shore, liberated, but spent. Bobko shows us this very moment of hesitation, before the explosion. The outline of the explosion is clear and coming, but it hasn’t happened yet, it is, as yet, prelude…the power is still coiled in the curl, frozen for this second. Light comes glowing through that watery tunnel, foam is leaping from its crest, escaping and ecstatic. The menace is limned in the terrifying flexing of its form. It is most exhilarating to see the noun become the verb.
An Afghan military cadet holds a bouquet of flowers during a ceremony for women graduating at officer level from the Kabul military training centre.
For those who were interested in following more blogs related to Muslim women, badassmuslimahsis a pretty good one with a lot of photos and news.
Into a Roma family
Photo: Sandro Weltin / © Council of Europe
“It’s the first time in European history that Roma have been even recognised. Until now we have been treated like a fringe group, like a social phenomenon, a social problem. It’s the first time in history that the European governments have recognised the Roma as a trans-national minority that lives everywhere in the European countries with a common problem - and that something has to be done to improve the living conditions of this group.”
Mr. Rudko Kawczynski, President of the European Roma and Travellers Forum
« C’est la première fois dans l’histoire de l’Europe que les Roms sont reconnus. Jusqu’ici, nous avons été traités comme un groupe marginal, comme un phénomène social et comme un problème social. C’est la première fois dans l’histoire que les gouvernements européens reconnaissent les Roms comme une minorité transnationale qui vit dans tous les pays européens avec un problème commun, et que quelque chose doit être fait pour améliorer les conditions de vie de ce groupe. »
Mr. Rudko Kawczynski, Président du Forum européen des Roms et des Gens du voyage
Council of Europe, Dosta! campaign for Roma rights
Go beyond prejudices, discover the Roma
Dépassons les préjugés, allons à la rencontre des Roms
YESS
I love it when I get a new debit card and they order me to destroy the old one! It’s so fun… I pretend I’m being evil…
I thought you might enjoy this out-of-context reference photo.
In other news, I think I am wearing too many fandoms today. They’re clashing…
My friend Melissa posted photos she took at Abunai, and there are a bunch of Kigo pics! I know this is relevant to many of my follower’s interests. XD
Apparently “crossplay” (Crossdressing+Cosplay) is extremely popular in the Netherlands. I saw a lot of genderbent versons of characters running around, but this group was by far the best. Marlin (aka Mario… er, Maria? XD) also lives in Amsterdam and said she’d take pics of locations for me! What a nice gal!
Also, there was a gaggle of trolls running around. I took pics of these two when they passed my table. I don’t read Homestuck, but I know a lot of you guys do. I was pleased that when I showed Ingrid. Out of all the billions of trolls, I happened to snap her two favorites. Is this what they call… destiny?
