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On the Olive Tree, Harmony, and Subjugation
Olive Tree ii. Paros, Greece, 2010. 280x350mm, from enlarged 8×10 inch original negative. Platinum-palladium (1:1) print on Revere. Looking where I may walk, the horizon erupts. Symbol of peace, sprouting from wisdom and prestidigitation (how a goddess wins the people’s hearts), the olive tree also becomes humankind’s leeward desert. Xerxes burned the sacred olive tree…
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Head. Ganesh. Hand.
Head. Ganesh. Hand. Bhujodi, Gujerat, India. 1995. pt-pd print on vellum.Contact print from original negative, 8×10 inches. I am rebuilding my blog, and in the process, deleting old material and reposting what I now think of as more interesting material. This, from July 20, 2015, is the first of a series of musings about prints…
Pradip Malde
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