There is something beautiful about this picture. Some would say kitschy, I say ethereal and nostalgic all at once. Jan Saudek took it in Czechoslovakia in 1968, and placed in context with this time it takes on a whole new idea.
From BBC recently, San Antonio festival in Spain. San Antonio is the patron saint of animals, why one would drive a horse through a flaming bonfire in his honor I'm not quite sure, but let's roll with it.
Another masterpiece by Saudek, very atypical (saudek.com or saudek.cz if you are interested in his regular material) but it reminds me of Seton and the wild and beautiful northwest states, even though it was probably taken in the middle of Prague on the Vltava. My dad looked at it and said those were soap suds from pollution. Way to kill it.
This last bit was taken by my fifteen year old brother while nordic skiing in New England. He's quite the budding photographer, no?
So I'm relatively new at this whole blog thing, we'll see how it lasts.
