In my opinion, probably Johnny Cash’s most moving song, a cover version of “Hurt”
and the song below “Redemption” both just seem to flow on from the theme of last post; The (Good) Book Of Eli.
For whatever unrelated or connected reasons take a listen.
Shot on the RED system, the Book Of Eli ends with the beautiful prayer below. Unusual but no less powerful given the graphic visual content.
Dear Lord, Thank you for giving me the strength and the conviction to complete the task you entrusted to me. Thank you for guiding me straight and true through the many obstacles in my path. And for keeping me resolute when all around seemed lost. Thank you for your protection and your many signs along the way. Thank you for any good that I may have done, I’m so sorry about the bad. Thank you for the friend I made. Please watch over her as you watched over me. Thank you for finally allowing me to rest. I’m so very tired, but I go now to my rest at peace. I fought the good fight, I finished the race, I kept the faith.
Photographically, dusty, desaturated, hyper-sepia, HDR esque, it’s a very interesting film by the Hughes Brothers and Director of Photography Don Burgess.
The Pinnacles, Nambung National Park, Western Australia
The Pinnacles, Nambung National Park, Western Australia
The Pinnacles, Nambung National Park, Western Australia
Taken at sunset in the centre of the Park, this and others images from the spectacular Pinnacles Desert to soon be added to the stock collection, here: x
Amongst other things, over the December Christmas break, I have been reviewing a collection of slides and negatives that I made as a teenager, during various vacations our family took within South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia. It was the time of the trusty RICOH 35 EFL and Pentax P30n, 35mm film cameras. Below are three […]
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