Italy-based photographer Gustav Willeit shares a series of stark landscape shots that provoke the sense of awe that man feels when faced with the greatness of nature.
“Kintsugi (金継ぎ?) (Japanese: golden joinery) or Kintsukuroi (金繕い?) (Japanese: golden repair) is the Japanese art of fixing broken pottery with lacquer resin dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum a method similar to the maki-e technique. As a philosophy it speaks to breakage and repair becoming part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise.” (wiki)
When the Japanese repair broken items, the damaged area, the cracks, are filled with gold. They believe that when something’s suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful.The traditional Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with a strong adhesive spray, then with gold dust, is called Kintsugi.The result is that pottery is not only repaired but is even stronger than the original. Instead of trying to hide flaws and cracks, these are accentuated and celebrated as they now have become the strongest part of the piece. So, not only is there no attempt to hide the damage, but the repair is literally illuminated. Kintsukuroi is the Japanese term for the art of lacquer repaired with gold or silver, meaning that the object is more beautiful for being broken.
Superbly hypnotic, and also deserving the absolute absolute best, by the excellent English Ian Wright, for the 8th monochrome today after, for example, another superb image, Takanori Mutoh’s. Very close in spirit, by the way, to Itsuka Dokokade’s image a few posts ago.
If grandmothers around the world had a rallying cry, it would probably sound something like “You need to eat!”
Photographer Gabriele Galimberti’s grandmother said something similar to him before one of his many globetrotting work trips. To ensure he had at least one good meal, she prepared for him a dish of ravioli before he departed on one of his adventures.
“In that occasion I said to my grandma ‘You know, Grandma, there are many other grandmas around the world and most of them are really good cooks,” Galimberti wrote via email. “I’m going to meet them and ask them to cook for me so I can show you that you don’t have to be worried for me and the food that I will eat!’ This is the way my project was born!”
The project, “Delicatessen With Love”, took Galimberti to 58 countries where he photographed grandmothers with both the ingredients and finished signature dishes.
He acted as photographer and stylist during each shoot with the grandmothers, taking a portrait of both the women and the food they made for him.
From top to bottom:
Inara Runtule, 68, Kekava, Latvia. Silke €(herring with potatoes and cottage cheese).
Grace Estibero, 82, Mumbai, India. Chicken vindaloo.
Susann Soresen, 81, Homer, Alaska. Moose steak.
Serette Charles, 63, Saint-Jean du Sud, Haiti. Lambi in creole sauce.
The photographer’s grandmother Marisa Batini, 80, Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy. Swiss chard and ricotta Ravioli with meat sauce.
Normita Sambu Arap, 65, Oltepessi (Masaai Mara), Kenya. Mboga and orgali (white corn polenta with vegetables and goat).
Julia Enaigua, 71, La Paz, Bolivia. Queso Humacha (vegetables and fresh cheese soup).
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