‘Funky Fungi’
…strange scenes in the shadows…
Funky Fungi
Month: September 2020
Morning Magnolia
‘Morning Magnolia’
The Baths, Before Swimming Season VII
Parnell Baths, Auckland NZ. (August 2020)
The final post in a series of photographs of Auckland’s iconic outdoor salt water pools.
Opening day for the summer season is a few weeks away but these shots capture the pools whilst closed.
Admittedly, there is something a little sad about the empty pools and surrounds but it’s an opportunity to concentrate on their shape, structure and colour (great shades of blue – my favourite colour!). And of features that are normally submerged by water.
I really enjoyed taking the time to fossick around the pools without the throngs of keen swimmers who will surely arrive when the pools are filled and the weather warms up.
And in that sense, the shots are not so much about the down time but the anticipation of what is to come. Bring on summer!
As always, thanks for dipping in!
The Baths, Before Swimming Season VI
Parnell Baths, Auckland NZ. (August 2020)
The Baths, Before Swimming Season V
Parnell Baths, Auckland NZ. (August 2020)
The Baths, Before Swimming Season IV
Parnell Baths, Auckland NZ. (August 2020)
The Baths, Before Swimming Season III
Parnell Baths, Auckland NZ. (August 2020)
The Baths, Before Swimming Season II
Parnell Baths, Auckland NZ. (August 2020)
The Baths, Before Swimming Season
Parnell Baths, Auckland NZ. (August 2020)
This Side Of The Grave (Gothic View)
‘This Side Of The Grave (Gothic View)’
This Side Of The Grave
‘This Side Of The Grave’
Symbols Of The South Pacific
‘Symbols Of The South Pacific’
A Fijian masi (or tapa) cloth detail.
Mesmerising geometric symbols, telling tales from islands in the Pacific.
Repetition of pattern and bold signifiers, in traditional form, but somehow modernist.
Art that, in the way of all good art, is redolent of its origins but transcends place and time.
Old Iron Fleur-de-Lys
‘Old Iron Fleur-de-Lys’
…found in a graveyard, a rusted and unyielding flower…
ebb then flood 