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Victoriano Conde Retes opens a shipping case containing the pump for a new water well in Quebrada Verde, Lima, Peru (digitized from Fujichrome slide film taken Sep 21, 1997). Victoriano Conde Retes abre una caja de envío que contiene la bombea para el nuevo pozo de agua en Quebrada verde, Lima, Peru (21 de sep., 1997)... Photo featured in my new book Developing communities in Peru: Manchay, Quebrada Verde, and the Lurin Valley. See link in my profile (go to Books) and available via @blurbbooks ... #peru #sustainability #sustainabledevelopment #development #sustainableliving #sustainablecommunities #sdg11 #sdg6 #water #agua @streetphotoperu @igersperu #jashleynixon #lurín #everydaylatinamerica #everydayperu @theglobalgoals #sustainabledevelopmentgoals2030 #quebradaverde @everydayperu @everydaylatinamerica #fujichromeChildren play on a gate in Quebrada Verde, Lima, Peru (2015). Niños jugando en el portón de entrada en Quebrada verde, Lima, Peru (2015)... Photo featured in my new book Developing communities in Peru: Manchay, Quebrada Verde, and the Lurin Valley. See link in my profile (go to Books) and available via @blurbbooks ... #peru #sustainability #sustainabledevelopment #development #sustainableliving #sustainablecommunities #sdg11 @streetphotoperu @igersperu #jashleynixon #lurín #everydaylatinamerica #everydayperu @theglobalgoals #sustainabledevelopmentgoals2030 #quebradaverde @everydayperu @everydaylatinamericaThe Last Meeting I know that he is lost among the stars, And may return no more but in light. Siegfried Sassoon ... Written in memory of his friend, David Thomas killed at Fricourt, 1916. #lestweforgetDulce et Decorum Est Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge. Wilfred Owen ... #lestweforgetLest We Forget ... At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. For the Fallen Robert Laurence Binyon, 1914 #lestweforgetYoung dancers at the opening ceremony for a community toilet block in Quebrada Verde, Lima, Peru (1997). From an original Fujichrome 35mm slide, digitized in 2018. Niños bailando en la ceremonia de inauguración de un modelo de servicios higenico en Quebrada verde, Lima, Peru (1997)... Photo featured in my new book Developing communities in Peru: Manchay, Quebrada Verde, and the Lurin Valley. See link in my profile (go to Books) and available via @blurbbooks ... #peru #sustainability #sustainabledevelopment #development #sustainableliving #sustainablecommunities #sdg11 #sdg6 @streetphotoperu @igersperu #jashleynixon #lurín #everydaylatinamerica #everydayperu @theglobalgoals #sustainabledevelopmentgoals2030 #pachacamac #quebradaverde #agua #water @everydayperu @everydaylatinamerica #dancing #bailando #fujichromeMy Books
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Tag Archives: Calgary Folk Music Festival
Boots & The Hoots: All hat and plenty cattle
Maybe the idiom, all hats and no cattle, comes from Texas. Some might have heard it uttered from the lips of J.R. Ewing, a fictional character in the TV series Dallas that appeared first in the late 1970s but … Continue reading
Posted in #YYC, Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Documentary photography, Music, Photography
Tagged Albertan Country & Western band, Americana, bluegrass, Boots & The Hoots, Calgary Folk Music Festival, Canadiana, classic country, concert, Country & Western, country music, Fall Concert Series, gig, Hobo Shower, honky-tonk, live music, Red Deer, rockabilly, SAIT, The Dead South, The Gateway, Too Hot to Hoot, traditional country
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Into The Dead South in Southern Alberta
Dirty Country Point camera on the face, on a farm track. Hitch up the cello and start whistling. That’s the opening shot of The Dead South’s fabulously popular video (over 35 million YouTube views in just over a year) of … Continue reading
Posted in #YYC, Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Music, Photography
Tagged bluegrass, Calgary Folk Music Festival, concert, Curve Music, dirty country, Fall Concert Series, folk, gig, In Hell I’ll be in Good Company, live music, rock, SAIT, The Dead South, The Gateway
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A dark lab of musical exploration: LA timpa at Commonwealth Bar & Stage
It was a throw-back to my days, well-passed, of working in a dark room, developing photographs the old way. Chemicals, spiraling rolls of film and the red safety light to work under. The austere lighting at the Commonwealth Bar & … Continue reading
Posted in #YYC, Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Music, Photography
Tagged Animals, Calgary Folk Music Festival, Cold Specks, Commonwealth Club, Fall Concert Series, LA timpa, Slow Release
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Songs from The Deep Dark Woods
Hanging from the Rafters From a look upwards at the exposed, pretty ceiling of Calgary’s Festival Hall in Inglewood, Calgary, I doubt you could hang from the rafters. A pity, given all the seats were filled and music lovers and … Continue reading
Posted in #YYC, Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Music, Photography
Tagged Achillea millefolium, Big White Cloud, botanicals, Calgary Festival Hall, Calgary Folk Music Festival, Erik Neilson, Evan Cheadle, Fairport Convention, Fall Concert Series, Geoff Hilhorst, herb, herbal, Inglewood, Jayne Trimble, Leon Power, music photography, Oxlip, Ryan Boldt, Six Shooter Records, The Deep Dark Woods, Wolves! Cried the Maid, Yarrow
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Bellflower to pick at Calgary Folk Music Festival
As the end of July comes around, it’s time once again for the Calgary Folk Music Festival to turn over Prince’s Island into a smorgasbord of music from around the planet. One of the most exciting thing about being there … Continue reading
