January 31, 2012

Marie Antoinette Part I: The Palace





















Have you seen Sofia Coppola's film Marie Antoinette? Some people loved it and some hated it. I'm firmly in the loved it camp. I found it to be a refreshing interpretation of a historical figure, unlike I'd seen before in film. I loved the look and sound (what a soundtrack!) of it. It's youthful energy is perfectly suited to the subject, who, afterall, was a mere fourteen years old when she first moved into the palace of Versailles. As told through the eyes of that young girl who becomes queen, it's a brilliant personal "history of feelings" as opposed to a "history of facts" as Kirsten Dunst put it. I couldn't help but think of that movie as I strolled through the rooms of Versailles last May.

January 23, 2012

A Walk in the Clouds



















Above the clouds in the White Mountains
Transported to Middle Earth
I hope I don't run into any Orcs

January 11, 2012

Best of Nature










I'm so thrilled to have one of my photographs ("The Power of 10" shown below) included in the Best of Nature exhibition at the San Diego Natural History Museum. If you are in the area, the exhibition runs from January 9 to May 13. Not a bad way to kick off the new year! I hope your 2012 is grand!!