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Interview by Petya Hristova with the photographer Katarina Silva Photo: Self-portrait Katarina Silva Katarina Silva: “Photographic expression has made me into a more confident person, because it has given me freedom to be true to myself without any reservations.” Your breathtaking photography radiates at once tenderness and strength. Is that femininity for you? Thank you. […]

Christina Lovin Photo: Zest-pk They love each other. There is no loneliness like theirs. James Wright, “A Blessing” Now there are two. Seven deer, I’m told, before the cougar’s appetite growled: one by one they were taken down to the forest’s soft floor. Just these two escaping: a tale told by the ragged ear of […]

Interview with Barry George by Barbara Sabol Barry George’s haiku have been distinguished through numerous publications and awards. Wrecking Ball and Other Urban Haiku, to be released April 1, 2010 by Accents Publishing, is his first collection of haiku. George’s haiku blend a distinctly urban content with the nature-oriented perspective of traditional haiku. A true […]

Eric Sutherland Photo: kevindooley I make my way a joyous escape to the jagged cliff-crowned doorway to the mountains here water shapes every surface with a wavy swirling motion like fingerprints left by a great ancient ocean each rock face bears these marine tattoos

Heather Wyatt The face of the Creek man looked off in the distance with me tucked safely in his peripheral. You could see why this man was famous.

Everything around us is changing … with every hour, every minute, and every second. Even we are not the same. Today I was watching the restless rain … – scattering its heavy water bars over the thirsty summer ground and every drop trickling down the window was bringing the fragrance of the perpetual dynamic.

“The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.” – Frank Herbert At 230 km, Cave Lechuguilla is one of the five longest caves in the world. It is named after a plant (Agave lechuguilla) found in the immediate proximity of the entrance. Lechuguilla is located in Carlsbad Caverns National Park […]

Carol Berg Photo: lenny_montana Tomas Transtromer writes in the opening poem “Prelude” of his Selected Poems, “consciousness can own the world” and this philosophy informs much of his poetry. Transtromer’s own consciousness deeply engages his world, sometimes with dread as his consciousness reflects Nature’s cold aloofness, as in his poem “Face to Face,” and sometime […]

Virtual gallery with photos by the photographer Pavel Pronin “Art consists of reshaping life but it does not create life, nor cause life.” Stanley Kubrick Imagine my surprise when on one rainy morning in Hamburg I discovered in my mail sunny and colorful sceneries from Bulgaria. Author of this wonderful surprise was Pavel Pronin. I […]

Interview with Art McLeod by Vanya Nikolaeva Art McLeod grew up on the outskirts of a small town in Northern Ontario, Canada. He spent most of his childhood years with his parents (big nature and photography lovers) when they went camping and canoeing through the lakes and rivers in the pristine Canadian wilderness. No season […]

An interview with the photographer Pavel Pronin by Natalia Nikolaeva “All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography” – Federico Fellini Fresh, bathed in light and emotional are the photographs by Pavel Pronin. Before anything else, the pictures, captured by a 21 year old photographer, enchant you with his deep love towards nature […]

Jim Embry is a photographer who lives and works in Lexington, Kentucky, where he recently held his latest exhibition. He is well-known for his many years of social activism fighting for racial equality, along with his leadership on issues of environmental sustainability. Who is Jim Embry? Star dust, congealed in this current form. I represent […]