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      • Reflections on France
        09/30/08
        Brooklyn

        It feels good to be home again. I spent a good part of yesterday walking around, meeting friends and running errands and it was just another reminder of the powerful link I have to this great city. It will always be my home, of that there can be no question.


        Leav

      • HCB Quote of the Week #52
        09/27/08
        Paris

        I am here in Paris getting ready to head out on a flight towards New York. It has been a great month here and I hope you have enjoyed the images. See you on the other side!


        Cheers! © Damaso Reyes

        In photography, visual organization can stem only from a de

      • The Savage Coast
        09/25/08
        Rochefort-en-Terre


        Yesterday I traveled to the Cote Sauvage or Savage Coast here in Brittany. The place lived up to its name with dramatic vistas of wave battered coastline. It really was amazing to stand at the very end of France and look over the distant horizon towards America, w

      • Fest-Noz in Elven
        09/24/08
        Rochefort-en-Terre


        On Saturday there was a traditional Fest-Noz in Elven, just a few kilometers away. An evening of music and dance the Fest-Noz provides an opportunity to both preserve and celebrate local culture. If you just wandered in one might have thought that one was in Scotl

      • Out and About
        09/23/08
        Rochefort-en-Terre

        It was a busy weekend. Once again the sun was shining and on Sunday several of us took the opportunity of visit an arts festival at Gorvello. There was some traditional dancing and music and well as lots of food and drink. I was pretty wiped out from the night before bu

      • Small Town Circus
        09/22/08
        Rochefort-en-Terre


        One of the things I like most about spending time in small towns are the festivals and circuses one can find. Last week there was a small family circus in Pluherlin, a village within walking distance. So I packed my camera bag and went for a stroll down the road.

      • HCB Quote of the Week #51
        09/20/08
        Rochefort-en-Terre


        The sun is shining here in western France and I am out shooting! As always, here is your HCB Quote of the Week!


        The Gulf of Morhiban. © Damaso Reyes


        "They . . . asked me:
        "'How do you make your pictures?'

      • Dinner with Madame Klots
        09/18/08
        Rochefort-en-Terre


        All is well here in Western France and as my time here dwindles I am shooting more and more. But that does not mean that I do not have time to, as we say, have a good time. Last week Madam Isabel Klots invited several of the American artists in town for dinner and

      • The Song of Brittany
        09/16/08
        Rochefort-en-Terre

        On Sunday I had an opportunity to hear some traditional Breton singing at Café Gorvello, just a few towns over. Imagine American idol on a much smaller scale. The event was a local competition for a regional signing festival to be held later next month. Dozens of local

      • A trip to Gavrinis
        09/12/08
        Rochefort-en-Terre

        Earlier this week several of the artists here took a trip to the nearby island of Gavrinis which contains a megathic tomb which dates back to 3,500 B.C.E. Just a short ferry ride through the Gulf of Morbihan, Gavrinis is an interesting example of Europe’s wonderfully pr

      • Photo of the Day #55 (Memory)
        09/11/08
        Rochefort-en-Terre


        Anniversaries are interesting things. The further we get from the date the harder it is to remember why we are trying to remember. This date means many different things to many people. Some see it as an excuse for war; others remember a pain that tore their lives

      • Photo of the Day #54
        09/10/08
        Rochefort-en-Terre

        They say the world is going to end today.

        Or not. Sometimes it is hard to know who or what to believe.


        Turn on the juice! Geneva 2007.

        Just kidding. While some members of the tinfoil hat society believe that our friends at CERN ar

      • Walking and Talking
        09/09/08
        Rochefort-en-Terre

        One of the nicest ways to get to know a place is to walk. Perhaps it comes from having grown up in New York, that most walkable of cities, but I do enjoy spending time on the streets of whatever city or town I happen to be in. Rochefort-en-Terre is no exception and I ha

      • HCB Quote of the Week #50
        09/06/08
        Rochefort-en-Terre

        Just cruising around France, don’t mind me! Please enjoy your HCB Quote of the Week!


        Stairway to heaven. Rochefort-en-Terre, France 2008 © Damaso Reyes


        Only a fraction of the camera's possibilities interests me - the marvelous mixt

      • Photo of the Day #53
        09/05/08
        Rochefort-en-Terre

        The rain is hiding the sun here in France and there are demographic clouds on the horizon for the European Union as well. Eurostat recently released a study which finds that the soon death rate in the E.U. will surpass the birth rate. In just seven years, as we read in

      • Scenes of Rochefort-en-Terre
        09/04/08
        Rochefort-en-Terre



        I have spent the past few days exploring the lovely town that I will be staying at for the next three weeks. Most, if not all of the homes are at least a few hundred years old, a perfect example of how Europe’s history is literally embodied in its towns and

      • Photo of the Day #52
        09/02/08
        Rochefort-en-Terre


        Greetings from France! Sorry it has taken me so long to post, but it was a long flight and train ride to get here to Rochefort-en-Terre. Of course it was totally worth it. Brittany is amazing and I actually managed to get over to the coast and shoot a few images o

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