February 2012
10 posts
Western press photo
This World Press Photo of the Year 2011 was taken by Samuel Aranda. There are many categories and as many winners, but there is only one big winner, and Aranda’s photo it was. A post on the New York Times’ Lens blognoted that the image “has the mood of a Renaissance painting” - which, of course, is true. And that’s exactly one of the problems here. Jim Johnson already noted that the image in fact...
“Cos’è necessario?
E’ necessario scrivere una domanda,
e alla domanda allegare...”
– Wislawa Szymborska
“La gioia di non essere io
il lupo dei loro agnelli.
Mi sento in pace con loro...”
– Wislawa Szymborska
