In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Today Was a Good Day.”
Shot the photos above two years ago in New Jersey, U.S.A. but up to now when I look at these photos, the same meditative feeling that I experienced when I first saw it remains the same: I feel good and calmed by the quiet elements in the photos. I can stare at it for long, enjoy and wallow on the serenity the scene evokes.
Door to the Interior Room of Hagia Sophia
Displayed in one of the Corners at Hagia Sophia
One of the Exit Doors
Shot in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Literally, on the Move — these two people are miles away –Manila and New York City — yet they surely share and practice the philosophy of independent living… They do not confine themselves in the comfort of their homes, nor in their shells. Afterall, they are part of us, and should be treated like anyone else in an enabling society.
This is Abner Manlapaz. I first met him in an Indignation rally of Persons with Disability [PWD] demanding the government to respect the rights due to them. He is the President of Independent Living Foundation. He is one of the participants in the docu that I am currently doing on Apolinario Mabini, our hero who himself was a PWD. Mabini was the Prime Minister, First Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Chief Adviser of Emilio Aguinaldo, the First President of the Philippine Republic in 1898. This photo was shot at Mall of Asia, Pasay City in Metro Manila where Autism Walk was held a couple of years back.
I do not know this man. But he caught my attention because in the crowd, he was the only one going around on wheelchair. And since I advocate for PWDs, I felt quite happy for him because he could move like anyone else around him. This was shot in Times Square St., New York City.
Great coincidence!!! I just realized now that aside from being on wheelchairs, look at what they are wearing! Red t-shirt and blue jeans; both wear eyeglasses, and their heads?? Aren’t they nearly the same?
The Non-Handicapping Environment is a must in all places in the world. Here in our country, NHE has been introduced but the idea should ripple around, especially in Southeast Asia where PWDs should be given as much importance, priority and equality as any of the so-called abled individuals. They should be given opportunities, chances to prove their ability and capacity, and the right to co-exist with others.
Shot at Riyadh Airport on the way to Istanbul
Waiting for its flight sked???
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A threshold is a point of entering; that point just before a New beginning… Once you pass this point at Fort McHenry, a Historic Zone, it will be the beginning of a journey into the Past. [Shot in Baltimore, Maryland]
We will never jump this way again!!! And may not pass this way again either!
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In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Reward.”
Varied-coloured sticky but delectable and yummy-looking candies are rolled to a stick…
… by this young Turkish man
… He gets “rewarded” for it by the young lady who looks appreciative of his effort and dexterity in making the lollipop [?]- Turkish style. Sorry! I forgot the name but I did ask the man what he was selling.
Of the photos above,
I love the language of hand transaction — of giving and receiving
conveying an act
of stranger’s two-getherness even just for moments.
Shot on the road leading to Hagia Sophia Mosque in Istanbul.
Following the Rule of Thirds: Three Chico Fruits, Rule of Thirds Composition, as well as element placements: the wood bench [background], white platito [middle ground] and the 3 fruits [foreground].
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In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Rule of Thirds.”
A boy in front of love padlocks “littering” the fence of a wishing well located inside the compound of the National Shrine of the Mother of Perpetual Help in Baclaran, one of the most popular pilgrimage sites in the Philippines.
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The photo was shot last Ash Wednesday, February 18 in Baclaran.
Remembering September 11
New York Public Library
The Actor’s Chapel
The Rockefeller Center
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