by R.I. Pienaar | Aug 8, 2004 | Uncategorized
I have been viewing Asya’s work for a year or so now and never stop being moved by it, she takes self portraits, there is not really much I will say about it, they are unique and people interpret them in their own way. Her http://www.myownself.com/ site does not unfortunately change much, I wish there were more new work added.
DP Review has a interview with her that gives insight into how and why she makes these photos.
I’m an ambidextrous, color-blind math grad student, 22. I have two master degrees and I’m two years away from my Ph.D. in Bioinformatics. From time to time I want to ditch my college and do photography but I’m afraid I appear to be a coward and of course such attitude doesn’t lead to anything except mediocrity, to be generous.
by R.I. Pienaar | Aug 6, 2004 | Photography
I thought I mentioned this excellent online photography magazine before, but it seems I did not. It is a bimonthly online magazine that showcase works from fine arts and documentary photographers, some very good work to be found here. This months issue has a good set of photos taken in the Tate gallery in London.
by R.I. Pienaar | Aug 5, 2004 | Front Page
Since last night I saw some domains are acting up, turns out the whole of .web.za is fubar. Got this from them:
“Yes we have moved .web.za off to new nameserver’s and it seems there are some teething issues with regards to some other NS’s picking up the entries, things will probably act up for 24-48 hours and then resolved itself.”
by R.I. Pienaar | Aug 5, 2004 | Photography
I spent 2 days in Norwich this week, it is a great place. Not too big, not too small but filled with history. It has a fantastic Castle and Cathedral built with rock from Normandy almost a 1000 years ago. It is almost impossible to look in any direction without seeing a few big old churches – today it has more than 35 large churches, it had 52 at some point.
Many of these are closed due to the decline in church going folk, turned into book shops, museums or galleries. I have some good photos of some of these churches that I will put up here in the next few days. Apart from all this ancient history there is also a lot of really characterful locations throughout the city. The photo here is from a old book shop called The Scientific Anglian, as far as I can find out it was forced to close down when the owner could not afford the alterations that was needed to comply with a new set of health and safety laws.
by R.I. Pienaar | Aug 3, 2004 | Front Page
Tonight I saw The Mission in Norwich and as always they were FANTASTIC, I really liked this gig they had a good atmosphere however their set was much shorted than the previous ones I have been to. They were supported by 2 bands, The Faces of Sarah and NFD.
NFD is the reason I took time off work, came to Norwich, paid a hotel and it was absolutely worth every second of it. NFD is better known as Fields of The Nephilim, they have reformed under a new name now. Their new album is due out in October and if tonights set is anything to go by it is going to be fantastic. The music is as powerful as I remember it, was a real step back into almost 10 years listening to them tonight. They finished the set with an absolutely amazing version of Psychonaut and it fit in perfectly with their new music, which should give anyone who know them a good idea of what is to come!
The Faces of Sarah was a very big surprise, they were also very good and you can see they take inspiration from Fields and a few other bands, they were great, together with NFD they really set the bar very high for The Mission.
UPDATE: I have uploaded some photos from the gig here, these were taken with my little Canon iXus.
