Tag: intimacy

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 28, 20208:30 pm

Proximity, Gibsons, Sunshine Coast, British Columbia, Canada

Proximate Intimacy

Proximate intimacy

The kinship felt by being close
Without touching
Even among strangers

It’s strange to live day after day
Without the physical nearness
Of another human being

Fucking virus

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 27, 20207:00 am

When Strangers Become Friends, Chandni Chowk, Old Delhi, New Delhi, India

When Strangers Become Kin

Among the many magics
Of brandishing a camera
Amongst a crowd of strangers
Is that someone, always
Steps out of the crowd
Offers an intimate glimpse
Into the nature of their being

In that instant of friendship
The camera records a kind of kinship
Which is eternal and universal

I think every photographer must know
We are all much more alike
Than we are different

Fujifilm X-T2 by Patrick JenningsDec 24, 201711:04 am

Angel of the Ganga, Ganges River, Varanasi. Uttarpradesh, India

People ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #119

Landscapes, abstracts and architecture, a world of line and form, texture and atmospheric mood. A vision intended to evoke sensations, even emotions in the viewer, especially wonder, awe and appreciation of beauty. Camera in hand, this is the vision I seek to express through the lens.

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 23, 201711:05 am

To the Delight of Tourists, Chandni Chowk, Old Delhi, India

Intimate Strangers

Straddling the concrete median
Westbound on my left
Eastbound on my right
Congested endless streams

Faces and life stories
Pedaled by
Captured in moments
Of pixels

Then a camera
Pointed back at me
Capturing a moment
Of a moment being captured

Our cameras lowered
A smile, a laugh, and a wave
We four strangers
In a moment of intimacy shared

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 21, 201711:27 pm

Woman Beside the Tracks, Delhi to Agra Train, Uttar Pradesh, India

A Moment in Passing ~ Captured

A moment
A flash in passing
From a train window

A shawl
A dress
A woman

Old?

Yes

An old woman
Blending into the landscape
Now gone
Faster than you’ve read this
And soon enough
Forgotten

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 13, 20167:00 am

Pacific Coast, Oregon, United States of America

Vast Beauty

I don’t need to see very far
Or with much clarity
To know the vastness
Of the ocean

I don’t need to look very deeply
Or with much intimacy
To know the beauty
Of every living being

Abstract by Patrick JenningsMay 7, 20157:00 am

Arching Caress

She gasped with every page turned, taking in each image with surprise, joy, fascination. Then, she stopped, on this portfolio page. “Beautiful,” she said. Her eyes followed the arching steel once, before she touched the photograph. She touched it, tracing the arc of it slowly, deliberately, as if she could feel the smooth metal beneath her fingers. It was the kind of caress you give someone you’re passionate for, someone you’ve wanted, someone you’re touching for the very first time.