Towards Liberating Women from Corsets At the end of the 19th century, it was customary for ‘properly’ dressed women to spend their days imprisoned in ornate dresses with padding and layers of underclothes including corsets which restricted movement and were very confining. It was Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel who used her fashion genius of design and … Read more
Poetic Timing Three days after Pablo Neruda was hospitalized with cancer in his native country of Chile in the autumn of 1973 after having been very ill for some weeks before, he died of heart failure on September 23rd at the age of 69. However, it wasn’t in just any month that Neruda’s final days … Read more
Taking a photograph is always a compromise between the available equipment and the quality of the light. In the middle of the day with the sun overhead, there is plenty of light but things do not usually look at their best. Waiting for the right light isn’t an option if the subject will not hang … Read more