Author Archives: Peter Feibert

World Press Photo Awards

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Peter Feibert

Admiring the 2012 World Press Photo Contest (http://www.worldpressphoto.org/gallery/2012-world-press-photo), a couple of things strike me: how the winning image echoes iconography going as far back as the European Renaissance. The first prize reminds me so strongly of dozens of paintings, often depicting catholic … Continue reading →

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About amazon.com’s Kindle

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Peter Feibert

I have the Kindle that is one version before the Kindle Touch, with a keyboard in the bottom. I purchased it thinking I would save money: instead of getting physical books, I would get ebooks, which OUGHT to be MUCH … Continue reading →

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Vomit and “Carnage”

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Peter Feibert

A commentary on Roman Polanski’s 2011 film Carnage After Linda Blair’s vomit scene in The Exorcist (1973), which must have set some kind of record for ‘disgustingness’, this film’s vomit scene is amazing. Let it be clear that I am not a fan … Continue reading →

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Happy 2012

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Peter Feibert

May 2012 lead to peace, prosperity and the realization of your dreams. www.AltiplanoAndino.org

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Welcome

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Peter Feibert

This marks the beginning of a blog concerning (mostly) photography, my passion ever since I first saw Ansel Adams’ masterpieces (Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico; Aspens, Northern New Mexico; Yosemite Valley, Winter, to name only a few). Strangely, I have not … Continue reading →

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