http://www.mortensvenningsen.com/blog Photography & Outbursts, from Nepal/Denmark Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:02:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_490" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Naked winter trees at Stevelen with a view of Salene Bugt, Bornholm"][/caption] I've found a new 'meditation' here on Bornholm, nothing better than walking around in the nature. With my camera. Whenever I have the time. Really been missing that in Nepal, where they've got plenty of ... http://www.mortensvenningsen.com/blog/around-gudhjem [caption id="attachment_486" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Photograph of one of Bornholm’s closed shops. It’s very seasonal here, wintertime being totally off-season. I’ll try to continue doing work as photographer here on Bornholm (Denmark) from now on."][/caption] A week ago I arrived back in my birth country, Denmark, and I’ll now try to focus ... http://www.mortensvenningsen.com/blog/now-based-in-denmark-photographer [caption id="attachment_476" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Chiang Mai 2004. Girl dressed as flower in the flower festival and beauty pageant. Buy this photo"][/caption] Had the most unlucky day yesterday. I accidentally scalded my daughters finger in some hot water, she fell down from her baby chair and hit her nose, I cut my ... http://www.mortensvenningsen.com/blog/chain-of-events [caption id="attachment_463" align="aligncenter" width="460" caption="Death of a Loyalist Militiaman, Cerro Muriano, Córdoba front, Spain, September 5, 1936. OR NOT? Photo by Robert Capa."][/caption] So far I’ve just been blogging about my own personal experiences, opinions, work etc. But I’ll break the “rule” now, blog about someone else’s work. And it’s one ... http://www.mortensvenningsen.com/blog/73-year-old-photographic-mystery-solved [caption id="attachment_458" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="A UN vehicle is speeding by in the back, while a mentally challenged, needy, third-world citizen is left to herself on the street. Kathmandu, Nepal, 2005. (C) Morten Svenningsen."][/caption] First off, apologies for this blog post which is going to be a bit of a rant about ... http://www.mortensvenningsen.com/blog/weird-scenes-inside-the-goldmine [caption id="attachment_431" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Cool old Tibetan monk. Boudha stupa reflecting in his shades. Canon 5D Mark II, Tamron 90 mm f/2.8, @ wide open aperture"][/caption] Thought it’d be a good time to show some street portrait photos I took last week, just strolling around in Kathmandu for a few hours. ... http://www.mortensvenningsen.com/blog/tamron-90mm-f28-street-portraits [caption id="attachment_391" align="aligncenter" width="570" caption="Julie and Sabina on the balcony, a couple of days ago. Long live still photography - even when it is in cinemascope!"][/caption] So, just been playing around with some multimedia software. Long time since I really did any professional multimedia productions, so thought I’d brush up on ... http://www.mortensvenningsen.com/blog/its-multimedia-baby Here's some photos from yesterday (Nepal 17 March 2009), where Maoist protesters - or whatever they were - pretty much closed down all central parts of Kathmandu. Officially, a protest program against the president who they say have made a "constitutional coup". Well, whatever their official explanation are, why trust ... http://www.mortensvenningsen.com/blog/how-many-maoists-does-it-take-to I just have 5 minutes of computer-time left for now, so I'll just post a quick edit of some photos I took yesterday, when local Tibetan exiles observed their Martyr Day. Commemorating the 11th anniversary of some monk who died, setting himself on fire down in New Delhi. About 200 people ... http://www.mortensvenningsen.com/blog/tibetan-martyrs-day-2009 [caption id="attachment_356" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Police officers dosing fires, started by angry Maoist supporters protesting against the presidents move to reinstate chief of army staff. Nepal 6. May 2009. Photo by Morten Svenningsen, copyright, contact for editorial use. "][/caption] Things have been happening fast here in Nepal the last two days. ... http://www.mortensvenningsen.com/blog/nepal-political-crisis-worsens