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BOOK📖REVIEW

Book: The Librarian Spy

Author: Madeline Martin

Publisher: Hanover Square Press

Print Length: 401

File Size:1522 KB

Overall Rating: 5 STARS ( it deserves a bazillion stars)

Blog Rating: 5 Saltire flags

I dedicate this review to my American father Captain Julian Batlan, a man who fought bravely in France in WWII. He now resides in a veteran’s cemetery with my mom in NJ. I know he would have been proud of me reading this book.

1943-1945

Set mainly in Portugal and France.

This book is divided between two women one is an orphaned American librarian, Ava Harper. She tragically had lost both of her parents to a plane crash, due to this devastation she develops a big fear of flying. This happened five years prior, where her brother Danny then raised her and even sent her to college. Now Ava has the perfect job in her home town of Washington DC, at the Rare Book Room in the Library of Congress as a librarian. Her brother Danny ironically is with the Parachute Infantry Regiment in The Airborne Division. She and Danny were total opposites when it came to planes. Her boss gives her a wonderful opportunity to serve her country. Furthermore, how could she turn it down when her brother was jumping out of airplanes every day in this ugly war, plus he had made so many sacrifices raising her after their parents death. However due to her knowing the French and German language and previous experience with microfilm she was going to Lisbon, Portugal gathering information from newspapers and texts in neutral areas to help get intelligence on the murdering Nazis! Of course she had to face her biggest fear: conquering the Atlantic with her enormous fear of flying!

Hélène Bélanger felt a need to do something after reading about all horrors the Nazi’s were doing day after day. The rations were minimal and everyone was hungry in France. Her husband Joseph wanted her safe and did not want her to join the resistance where she could be caught, tortured or killed. Although they argued over that she thought he was a pacifist but soon finds out he is very much a hero. Yet unfortunate events follow Hélène’s family and in her husband’s absence she does join the resistance. As much as Joseph was against Hélène joining the resistance only to keep her safe she think he would of been proud of her and the work she ended up doing. They all knew the risks but these are men and women who put their lives on the line to save the innocent people of France.

Many were Jews who were being taken to work camps putting their children in orphanages for protection, though many were discovered by the Nazi monsters and also put the Jewish children to work, starved and murdered at these concentration camps. Or they just died from horrible deceases living in these caged inhumane conditions similar to Anne Frank. As the Nazis used public humiliation tactics to degrade their victims and to reinforce Nazi racial ideology for the Jews. However the brutal Nazis would torture and murder anyone attempting to hide, protect and help the Jews escape France and get them to America or England where they would be safe.

It was a horrible time in the world. Helene had given her ID to a Jewish woman but was given a new identity now known as Elaine Rousseau, she also found out her husband was not the man she thought he was. He was a hero to many and saved many lives. Now Elaine Rousseau will be with small group of people where she will find out the truth about her husband and she is officially with the resistance and eventually learned how to run a printing press. This way they put out secret messages for their allie’s to see through underground newspapers. Saving hundreds of lives these men and women were heroes and heroines and knew the risks.

This book shows both in their new positions and how both Ava and Hélène (Elaine’s) help and actions helped others no matter the cost. They also form new friendships, their losses and the humanity of their allies during such a horrible time in the world and history. It also shows how both women fought blood, sweat and tears to try to help this one Jewish family to sneak out of France and bring to America. Except she keeps getting rejected where her and her husband have already been separated for years. This is how I am ending this review as I don’t want to spoil this phenomenal read for anyone. An action packed emotional book readers definitely don’t want to miss!

On a personal note: How people followed this madman Adolph Hitler, the biggest racist in history is beyond me! This book was also personal for me with a father who was an 18 year old American Captain who fought in France and in the Battle of the Bulge. He also watched all his boyhood friends die in WWII. My father didn’t even talk about the war to my mother for the first twenty years of their marriage. I don’t usually get personal in my reviews but I felt I had to for this special novel.

This book is not only extraordinary and an absolute masterpiece but one the best books I ever read! It took me over a week to write this review. I haven’t even been able to read another book as this book really stayed with me. I think I went through two boxes of tissues, so it’s definitely emotional at least it was for me.

This is a book that readers don’t want to miss! So grab a copy and your favorite beverage and your favorite reading area and enjoy! I can’t recommend this book enough it’s absolutely incredible!

I absolutely and unequivocally highly recommend this masterpiece. A book that will stay with you long after you have read it! I can’t recommend “The Librarian Spy enough! I can’t wait to see what this brilliant author releases next!

Disclaimer: I received an advance reader’s copy from Hanover Square Press. I voluntarily agreed to do an honest, fair review and blog through netgalley. All thoughts, ideas and words are my own.

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Prix Écrans Canadiens : LES AFFAMÉS de Robin Aubert décroche cinq nominations

Les nominations des Prix Écrans canadiens viennent d’être annoncées et Les Affamés se retrouve dans cinq catégories : meilleur film, réalisation (Robin Aubert), maquillages (Érik Gosselin, Marie-France Guy), musique originale (Pierre-Philippe Côté) et interprétation féminine dans un rôle de soutien (Brigitte Poupart).

Hochelaga, Terre des Âmes mène la course avec ses huit nominations, dans les catégories de la direction artistique (François Séguin), des images (Nicolas Bolduc), des costumes (Mario Davignon), des maquillages (Kathryn Casault), de la musique originale (Terry Riley, Gyan Riley), du son d'ensemble (Claude La Haye, Bernard Gariépy Strobl), du montage sonore (Claude Beaugrand), et des effets visuels (Alain Lachance, Yann Jouannic, Hugo Léveillé, Nadège Bozetti, Antonin Messier-Turcotte, Thibault Deloof, Francis Bernard). 

Sept nominations pour La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes : meilleur film ainsi qu’en direction artistique (Marjorie Rhéaume), en images (Nicolas Canniccioni), en effets visuels (Marc Hall, Jonathan Cyr, Emmanuel Bazin, Clément Natiez, Emmanuelle Gill), en adaptation (Simon Lavoie) et en interprétation masculine et féminine dans un premier rôle (Antoine L'Écuyer, Marine Johnson).

Avec six nominations, C'est le cœur qui meurt en dernier se retrouve dans les catégories du meilleur film, de réalisation (Alexis Durand-Brault), de montage (Louis-Philippe Rathé), d'adaptation et d'interprétation masculine dans un premier rôle (Gabriel Sabourin), et d'interprétation féminine dans un premier rôle (Denise Filiatrault).

Les rois mongols obtient aussi six nominations, dans les catégories de direction artistique (Guillaume Couture), de costumes (Brigitte Desroches), de musique originale (Viviane Audet, Robin-Joël Cool, Alexis Martin), de son d'ensemble (Pierre Bertrand, Stéphane Bergeron, Shaun-Nicholas Gallagher, Maxime Potvin), d'adaptation (Nicole Bélanger) et d'interprétation féminine dans un rôle de soutien (Clare Coulter). 

All You Can Eat Buddha se retrouve dans les catégories de réalisation (Ian Lagarde), de costumes (Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette), de maquillages (Bruno Gatien), de son d'ensemble et de montage sonore (Sylvain Bellemare), et d'interprétation masculine dans un rôle de soutien (Sylvio Arriola).

Nous sommes les autres se démarque dans quatre catégories, soit en images (Mathieu Laverdière), en costumes (Julie Bécotte), en effets visuels (Jonathan Piché Delorme, Fabienne Mouillac, Alain Lachance, Caroline Guagliardo, Alexandre Tremblay, Thibault Deloof, Benoit Gagnon), et en interprétation masculine dans un premier rôle (Émile Proulx-Cloutier).

Meilleur film 

Ava - Kiarash Anvari, Sadaf Foroughi The Breadwinner - Andrew Rosen, Anthony Leo, Paul Young, Tomm Moore, Stéphan Roelants C’est le coeur qui meurt en dernier - Richard Lalonde La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes - Marcel Giroux Maudie - Bob Cooper, Mary Young Leckie, Mary Sexton, Susan Mullen Never Steady, Never Still - James Brown, Tyler Hagan Les Affamés - Stéphanie Morissette

Meilleure réalisation

Ian Lagarde - All You Can Eat Buddha Sadaf Foroughi - Ava Alexis Durand Brault - C’est le coeur qui meurt en dernier  Aisling Walsh - Maudie Robin Aubert - Les Affamés  Meilleure adaptation Anita Doron - The Breadwinner Nicole Bélanger - Les rois mongols Gabriel Sabourin - C’est le coeur qui meurt en dernier Simon Lavoie - La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes Susan Coyne - The Man Who Invented Christmas Meilleur scénario Josh Epstein, Kyle Rideout - Adventures in Public School Sadaf Foroughi - Ava Sarah Kolasky, Adam Garnet Jones - Great Great Great Sherry White - Maudie Kathleen Hepburn - Never Steady, Never Still

Interprétation masculine dans un premier rôle Nabil Rajo - Boost Gabriel Sabourin - C’est le coeur qui meurt en dernier  Antoine L'Écuyer - La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes Tzi Ma - Meditation Park Émile Proulx-Cloutier - Nous sommes les autres 

Interprétation masculine dans un rôle de soutien Sylvio Arriola - All You Can Eat Buddha Jahmil French - Boost Sladen Peltier - Indian Horse Natar Ungalaq - Iqaluit Ethan Hawke - Maudie

Interprétation féminine dans un premier rôle Mahour Jabbari - Ava Denise Filiatrault - C’est le coeur qui meurt en dernier Marine Johnson - La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes  Sally Hawkins - Maudie Shirley Henderson - Never Steady, Never Still

Interprétation féminine dans un rôle de soutien Bahar Nouhian - Ava Oluniké Adeliyi - Boost Clare Coulter - Les rois mongols Lucinda Armstrong Hall - Porcupine Lake Brigitte Poupart - Les Affamés

Meilleure direction artistique Siamak Karinejad - Ava Guillaume Couture - Les rois mongols  François Séguin - Hochelaga, Terre des Âmes Marjorie Rhéaume - La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes Sophie Jarvis, Elizabeth Cairns - Never Steady, Never Still

Meilleures images Sina Kermanizadeh - Ava Nicolas Bolduc - Hochelaga, Terre des Âmes Nicolas Canniccioni - La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes  Norm Li - Never Steady, Never Still Mathieu Laverdière - Nous sommes les autres

Meilleurs costumes Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette - All You Can Eat Buddha Brigitte Desroches - Les rois mongols  Mario Davignon - Hochelaga, Terre des Âmes Trysha Bakker - Maudie Julie Bécotte - Nous sommes les autres

Meilleur montage Kiarash Anvari - Ava Darragh Byrne - The Breadwinner Louis-Philippe Rathé - C’est le coeur qui meurt en dernier Stephen O'Connell - Maudie Simone Smith - Never Steady, Never Still

Meilleurs maquillages Bruno Gatien - All You Can Eat Buddha Marlène Rouleau - Bon Cop Bad Cop 2 Kathryn Casault - Hochelaga, Terre des Âmes  Sonia Dolan - The Man Who Invented Christmas Érik Gosselin, Marie-France Guy - Les Affamés 

Meilleure musique originale Mychael Danna, Jeff Danna - The Breadwinner Viviane Audet, Robin-Joël Cool, Alexis Martin - Les rois mongols Terry Riley, Gyan Riley - Hochelaga, Terre des Âmes  Ben Fox - Never Steady, Never Still Pierre-Philippe Côté - Les Affamés 

Meilleure chanson originale Joey Sherrett, Chris Gordon, Nathaniel Huskinson - Boost - "CTS Thief" Qais Essar, Joshua Hill - The Breadwinner - "The Crown Sleeps" Dani Bailey - Hunting Pignut – "Rid The Dark"

Meilleur son d'ensemble Sylvain Bellemare - All You Can Eat Buddha Philippe Attié - Boost Pierre Bertrand, Stéphane Bergeron, Shaun-Nicholas Gallagher, Maxime Potvin - Les rois mongols  Claude La Haye, Bernard Gariépy Strobl - Hochelaga, Terre des Âmes Matt Drake, Nate Evans, Christopher O'Brien - Never Steady, Never Still

Meilleur montage sonore Sylvain Bellemare - All You Can Eat Buddha Marie-Claude Gagné - Bon Cop Bad Cop 2 Nelson Ferreira, John Elliot, J.R. Fountain, Dashen Naidoo, Tyler Whitham - The Breadwinner Christian Rivest, Antoine Morin, Thibaud Quinchon, Guy Pelletier, Guy Francoeur - Goon: Last of the Enforcers Claude Beaugrand - Hochelaga, Terre des Âmes 

Meilleurs effets visuels Marc Hall - Le Cyclotron Alain Lachance, Yann Jouannic, Hugo Léveillé, Nadège Bozetti, Antonin Messier-Turcotte, Thibault Deloof, Francis Bernard - Hochelaga, Terre des Âmes  Marc Hall, Jonathan Cyr, Emmanuel Bazin, Clément Natiez, Emmanuelle Gill - La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes  Greg Behrens, Brendan Taylor, Jasmine Scott, Martin O'Brien - The Man Who Invented Christmas Jonathan Piché Delorme, Fabienne Mouillac, Alain Lachance, Caroline Guagliardo, Alexandre Tremblay, Thibault Deloof, Benoit Gagnon - Nous sommes les autres 

Meilleur long métrage documentaire Manic - Kalina Bertin, Marina Serrao, Bob Moore, Mila Aung-Thwin, Daniel Cross Sur la lune de nickel  - Christine Falco, François Jacob, Vuk Stojanovic Resurrecting Hassan - Carlo Guillermo Proto, Roxanne Sayegh, Pablo Villegas, Maria Paz Gonzalez Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World - Catherine Bainbridge, Christina Fon, Linda Ludwick, Lisa Roth, Stevie Salas, Tim Johnson, Diana Holtzberg, Jan Rofekamp, Ernest Webb Unarmed Verses - Charles Officer, Lea Marin

Meilleures images dans un long métrage documentaire Vuk Stojanovic, François Jacob, Ilya Zima - Sur la lune de nickel  Duraid Munajim - My Enemy, My Brother Carlo Guillermo Proto - Resurrecting Hassan Alfonso Maiorana - Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World Mike McLaughlin - Unarmed Verses

Meilleur montage dans un long métrage documentaire Roland Schlimme - Long Time Running Anouk Deschênes - Manic François Jacob, Jéricho Jeudy - Sur la lune de nickel  Benjamin Duffield, Jeremiah Hayes - Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World Frank Cassano - Sled Dogs

Meilleur court métrage documentaire Babe, I Hate To Go - Andrew Moir Take a Walk on The Wildside - Lisa Rideout, Lauren Grant, Sasha Fisher Three Thousand - Asinnajaq, Kat Baulu

Meilleur court métrage dramatique La course navette  - Maxime Aubert, Audrey D. Laroche Fluffy - Lee Filipovski Garage de soir  - Daniel Daigle, Aurélie Breton Tout simplement - Raphaël Ouellet, Annick Blanc Pre-Drink - Marc-Antoine Lemire, Maria Gracia Turgeon

Meilleur court métrage d’animation DAM! The Story of Kit the Beaver - Kjell Boersma, Josh Clavir Fox And The Whale - Robin Joseph Hedgehog’s Home - Eva Cvijanović, Vanja Andrijević, Jelena Popović Manivald - Chintis Lundgren, Draško Ivezić, Jelena Popović The Tesla World Light - Matthew Rankin, Julie Roy

Prix Découverte John-Dunning Black Cop - Cory Bowles, Aaron Horton The Devout - Connor Gaston, Amanda Verhagen Wexford Plaza - Joyce Wong, Matt Greyson, Harry Cherniak

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This article contains spoilers through all eight episodes of Sharp Objects.

Men, Camille (Amy Adams) concluded in her summation of the Wind Gap murders, get to be warrior poets. Women are resigned to asserting themselves in other ways. Adora (Patricia Clarkson), Camille wrote, embodied a specifically female kind of rage: one of “overcare. Killing with kindness.” Mistreated by her own mother and fawned over by the town of Wind Gap, Adora ossified into the most socially acceptable and protected kind of monster. She was pretty, petite, delicate. She barely raised her voice above a whisper. She was so gentle, so undemonstrative in her machinations that hardly anyone noticed she was slowly killing her daughters with rat poison.

Of course, she never did explain the teeth. Adora, strangling girls to death? Adora, physically yanking molars from the mouths of teenage corpses? Camille couldn’t quite make it fit. But she put aside what Sharp Objects had been detailing for eight episodes—Amma’s (Eliza Scanlen) tyranny, her wild oscillations between light and dark, her insatiable yen to be the center of everyone’s attention. By devoting herself to Amma and offering her sister her own kind of care, Camille was able to finally forgive herself for failing to save Marian (Lulu Wilson). By embracing the role of nurturer, Camille missed what was right in front of her, indirectly bringing about the death of yet another girl.

The 2006 novel Sharp Objects, Gillian Flynn’s debut, ends slightly differently. After realizing that her sister is a murderer, Camille has a breakdown that ends in her being embraced by her editor and his wife. Camille is devastated, but not alone. The TV adaptation, whose finale aired on HBO Sunday night, denied audiences even that token amount of comfort. As Camille finally faced incontrovertible proof of her sister’s guilt—in the form of a dollhouse floor crafted from the teeth of the dead girls—the series came to an end (with the exception of two chilling post-credits scenes that gave flashes of Amma’s crimes). The conclusion was ambiguous. Will Camille sacrifice the semblance of stability she’d found and turn Amma in? Will she immerse herself in denial, like Alan (Henry Czerny)? Or will she sink deeper and deeper into the role of caretaker, like Adora, and damn herself in the process?

One of the things that’s made Sharp Objects so enthralling over the past eight weeks is its subtext. As Kathryn VanArendonk has noted at Vulture, words are hidden in plain sight in each episode: carved into tree trunks, concealed in existing text, and—most specifically—written on Camille’s skin in the form of scars. They’re an ongoing reminder that Camille’s present reality is heavily colored by her past trauma. But they also seem to exist to inform viewers of how insufficient words can be. The word cherry, as a simple noun, can’t convey all the poisonous envy Adora barbs it with when she aims it at Camille. “That’s beautiful copy,” Camille’s editor, Frank Curry (Miguel Sandoval), tells her after she files her long, personal account of the Wind Gap killings. Her story might be poetic, but it’s fundamentally wrong.

Words can also be outright duplicitous. It isn’t coincidental that Adora and Amma’s names are both derived from words meaning “love,” even though, as characters, they embody the opposite—not an outpouring of love but an unquenchable need to absorb and consume it. The paradox of Sharp Objects is that for years, Camille has protected herself by shutting herself off from love, using her scars as armor and her emotional numbness as self-protection. In the book, she’s finally redeemed by the sincere love and kindness of Curry and his wife. In the show, we’re left to wonder whether she wasn’t safer in her previous state of emotional isolation, given the sheer toxicity of the family she came from.

Subtext aside, the finale distilled everything that Sharp Objects excelled at during its run. Jean-Marc Vallée’s direction and Yves Bélanger’s cinematography created a potent, sticky, oppressive sense of horror as Adora cheerfully and methodically set about murdering her daughter in the Crellin ancestral mansion. According to Bélanger, the show only used natural and handheld light to illuminate scenes, adding to the cloying hyper-reality of Camille’s surroundings. Marti Noxon’s script conveyed the menace of Adora’s actions by making her words as familiar and as superficially comforting as possible. “Open darlin’,” Adora whispered, leaning in to Camille, proffering her medicine. “Say ‘ah.’ You are such a good girl.”

Playing Adora, Clarkson offered one of the most indelible distortions of the Southern belle archetype since Blanche DuBois. Her performance perfectly balanced excess and restraint, delivering Adora’s loaded remarks often in whispers. The hushed volume in some scenes seemed deliberate, forcing viewers to focus entirely on Adora, which in turn conveyed how she exercised her power. But she was also a monster in the Gothic mold, leaching her venom into every scene. The finale’s slow-drip climax was thrillingly suspenseful, as a weakened Camille tried first to save her sister and then herself from Adora’s Munchausen’s-induced mania.

With Camille, Adams took a character who could easily have been a stereotype and made her deeply sympathetic, even in her most self-sabotaging moments. Camille wore her trauma and pain literally on her skin, and Adams imbued her posture and presence with that sense of vulnerability, as if the character was aware that the world would only wound her. But she also had a strange kind of power. In removing herself emotionally from Wind Gap and its myths, Camille was able to see it clearly, even through her own distorted perspective.

The only thing she missed was Amma. Scanlen, a 19-year-old Australian and relative newcomer, was so scarily depraved as Amma that it almost seemed too obvious that she was the murderer. The way Scanlen played Amma’s manipulative tendencies, her swings between sweetness and savagery, made it clear that Amma was the most terrifying sociopath of all—the one who knows exactly what people want from her. (Amma was both empowered and corrupted by the most female desire of all—the need to please.) Sharp Objects has studded itself with Easter eggs throughout its run, mostly in the form of hidden words and images. But the two post-credits scenes of Amma, victoriously brutalizing her victims and then turning silently toward the woods, captured the extremes of her personality.

If it hadn’t been for those two scenes, Sharp Objects’s ending might have felt almost comical. There was Amma’s plea to a horrified Camille, “Don’t tell Mama,” then a swift cut to Led Zeppelin’s “In the Evening.” If Led Zeppelin is the perfect band to score to the show, “In the Evening” is its most Camille-appropriate song, a declaration of suspicion about the damage love can cause punctuated with outbursts expressing a craving for it anyway. In the finale, it’s after Robert Plant sings, “Oh, I need your love,” that the music stops, and the camera cuts to pink-nailed fingers desperately gripping a wire fence. It’s a dark affirmation of what Sharp Objects has preached all along: Nothing is more potent and more potentially damaging than twisted love.

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Grab a coffee and Doughnut and Get Comfy to Read The Coolest Photography Links Of The Week

We have had another great week in the field of photography, with artists and writers creating and sharing some great content for photography enthusiasts everywhere. This weeks list is full of tutorials, special features and great photography, with something here for everyone. We really hope you enjoy these links as much as the Toad did in creating and bringing this list to you.

TUTORIALS

Taking Control Of Auto Modes – almost everyone struggles with the technical aspects of photography when starting out, with many of the settings available on a modern camera resembling some form of voodoo magic. This article is posted here on Light Stalking, and it discusses some of the simpler ways you can begin to take control of your camera as you learn and grow in your craft, resulting in great shots and a better sense of confidence while you are shooting.

Stuart Rankin

Natural Light vs Off Camera Flash: Two Photographers Shoot the Same Model – it’s great to be able to see side-by-side the differences that shooting in natural light versus off-camera flash has in the realm of portrait photography. Two photographers headed outdoors for this session, and each has come away with great shots done in two totally different styles. Which one do you prefer?

You can use these ten tricks to make food look fantastic in photos – learn the deep secrets from the pros who shoot the most mouth-watering food photography you’ve ever seen. The truth of the matter is that in almost all cases, the actual food being photographed is modified or affected in such a way that it is rendered inedible, yet the results on the screen say otherwise.

Claude Bélanger

A Beginner’s Guide to Using Lens Flare Creatively in Photos – some shots work very well when lens flare is included in the composition, as it gives the image a summery and warm look that draws you into the picture. This short video tutorial takes us through how best to include this element in our work for the maximum effect.

Selective Color Effect in Adobe Lightroom – learn how to create a selective color image in this brief video tutorial that walks you through a very quick process of eliminating all colors from a photograph except for the one that you want featured.

Kevin Gill

How to Create Better Portraits for Instagram – Instagram is a very popular platform for sharing photographs these days, and this article discusses how to maximize your potential for getting noticed in the field of portrait photography. These tips are fairly straightforward to follow and a handful of sample shots are included to help illustrate the concepts shared.

Macro Photography: How to photograph Butterflies – capturing great shots of butterflies can be a tricky undertaking inasmuch as finding them and getting them to sit still while you setup is a challenge. This primer article covers a set of brief points that are sure to help you get a headstart as you head out to a local meadow and chase these beautiful little creatures around with your camera.

SPECIAL FEATURES

Photographer Spent 5 Years Capturing the Beauty of Decaying Buildings – for those who love the genre of photography centered around abandoned and weathered structures as much as I do, this is truly a must-see article this week. After having spent 5 years visiting countless countries and sites, this compilation of profound and poignant photographs shares glimpses into places that are likely to disappear too soon.

Amazing film captures biofluorescent turtles underwater at ISO 4.5 Million – as technology advances, things that were thought to be almost impossible just a few short years ago suddenly are a reality today. Check out this amazing special feature that showcases the images and the world that is available to photographers who are using the very latest low-light capable systems.

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A Quick History of Color Photography (for Photographers) – the history of photography itself is utterly amazing for enthusiasts of the craft, and this article takes the topic one step further by investigating the story behind the advent of color photography. As the article unfolds, various period pieces are shared showing how the process moved along as the technology unfolded.

GREAT PHOTOGRAPHY

Bramante Staircase – Manjik photography takes us along to the Vatican where the incredible double helix staircase that is well known amongst architecture enthusiasts comes to life on our screens. The deep tones and contrasts exposed in this great shot show off the lines and geometry of this amazing structure in an elegant and beautiful manner.

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The Vatican – this is another shot in this weeks list that features the epic double helix staircase in the Vatican, with this composition by Mindz.eye taking on a different perspective by using a vertical panorama format. The rich contrasts and tones found in this scene reveals the beautiful lines and geometries this architectural wonder exhibits.

Foggy Polar Bear – Ron Niebrugge shares a stunning shot of an early morning in the north where the fog diffuses the natural light and creates an ethereal atmosphere where a polar bear roams the landscape, creating a dramatic silhouette against the alien atmosphere. This is an amazing shot, full of profound artistic tension as the bear navigates a world that is undergoing morphesis due to climate change.

Daniel Grothe

Sunset at The Empress – Jim Nix visits our humble part of the world where he takes in a wonderful sunset that bathes the front of the world-famous Empress Hotel in golden tones. This majestic, old hotel is well known for the character it adds to our city of Victoria, and Jim’s shot does a terrific job of capturing that in a frame.

Den Gamle By – stroll the ancient streets in Denmark in this shot from Ole Steffensen that feels like a painting. The old buildings are full of character here, perfectly captured in this frame, and the natural weathering from countless years of standing against the elements help to accent this feeling.

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Trial Sunrise III – Trial Island juts out from the coastline in Victoria, British Columbia, creating a haven in the form of the Trial Islands Ecological Reserve for a local bird population. It also has a lighthouse on it, adding a great element of romance and visual intrigue against the backdrop of the ocean that encircles this wonderful city.

Bled – Morning Time – this breathtaking image is post-processed to highlight the painterly effect found in the warm tones of the natural light with the ancient monastery that sits on the tiny island in the middle of the lake adding context. Rossano Ferrari’s also features a gentle reflection in the lake’s waters, adding a perfect finishing touch to this composition.

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Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum – a sad history is captured in this black-and-white image by Michael Criswell who takes us outside of this rare old Kirkbride building, constructed in 1858 and widely believed to be one of the largest hand-cut stone masonry buildings in the United States. This incredible old building creates a dramatic presence, holding memories of those who experienced extended stays full of suffering.

Mu Cang Chai, Vietnam – the terraced rice fields of rural Viet Nam create twisting leading lines that guides the viewer into the frame where the beautiful surroundings of the region can be explored. Dale Johnson’s photograph does a perfect job of capturing the essence of the area, revealing a glimpse that could reach back into bygone eras.

Ralf Steinberger

misty mornin' at the marina . . . – we share another shot this week based on the scenes and vistas found on Vancouver Island, this one captured and shared by local photographer ƊƦคƓ๏ƝŦlץƊгєคɱʂ88. This photograph features a marina that has a soft covering of fog as a new day rises to greet the island.

Fogged – a thin veil of fog enshrouds the Canadian Rocky Mountains in the great landscape photograph from Greg Boratyn. As we peer through the fog we see the majestic mountains in the distance that create a dramatic silhouette against the natural beauty of the rich and dense forests that sit at the base of the peaks.

Kim Quyết

the chapel in the cathedral – sweeping lines and wonderful tones cast shadows to create depth and interest in the 800 year old architecture of this gorgeous chapel in Dublin, Ireland, shot and shared here by Frank King. This wonderful place exudes the hundreds of years of history that the walls and pillars hold as countless generations have worshipped here and enjoyed fellowship.

Forest road – autumn time in Bosnia finds us joining Mevludin Sejmenovic as we look down a gravel road framed by beautiful colors in the trees. The ribbon of road guides you into the heart of the frame where a vanishing point presents itself in the distance for a touch of artistic tension.

Graeme Scott

Late Night Lightning – lightning creates a terrific and dramatic element for storm chasing photographers to capture. This shot was taken by Scott Wood in Arizona while he was adventuring with friends during the active storm season, showing us all the power and fury that nature has in store for everyone who lives below the clouds on terra firma.

Follow Through – rich colors and tones pop to life in this amazing shot taken inside sandstone canyons by Peter Coskun Nature Photography. The shadows create a sense of texture and depth in this photograph, and the years of erosion give the scene a terrific sense of natural character.

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Twister – Edith Levy visits the fabled canyons of Arizona that are world-famous for the shapes, textures and colors found in the natural formations as light dances off the ancient walls created naturally over time. This composition takes on the form of a tornado as the eye explores the wonderful details found in this frame.

Essential Photos

The Edge of Truth – for everyone who loves dark and ethereal themed images, you won’t want to miss this one this week. This moody shot features a rugged set of cliffs that overlook the ocean below with a woman in a white gown looking out over the perch. Processed as a black-and-white shot, this image delivers all the drama possible in such a scene.

Waterfowl Lake – Icefields Parkway, Banff National Park, Alberta – Len Saltiel captures a stunning landscape shot of a still lake in the Canadian Rocky Mountains and finds himself at a loss of words to describe the shot in this post. Thankfully the natural beauty of the mountains accompanied by the mirror-like reflection in the lake speaks 1,000 words.

Johannes Nest

Welcome to my church – Martin Podt shares his vision of a church in Germany captured at the height of autumn to take advantage of the beautiful colors in the surrounding foliage of the trees. In the distance we also see dramatic mountains rising to meet the horizon for an added touch of perfection to this composition.

Grand Marais Light, Minnesota – Mark Paulson creates a terrific image with this composition that features a small lighthouse in silhouette against the vibrant colors of sunrise in the sky behind. This is a great shot, full of tranquility and wonder that draws the viewer into it for a retrospective moment.

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