Artist: Bukuru Nyandwi
Henrico High School
Center for the Arts
Richmond, Virginia
Inspiration: Through Harold’s Lens
Teacher: Megan Mattax
News Anchor/Reporter: Rob Cardwell
WTVR-TV
Richmond, Virginia
Story Behind Bukuru’s Art:
http://wtvr.com/2015/05/07/henrico-student-inspires-others-with-his-art/
Artist: Bukuru Nyandwi
Henrico High School
Center for the Arts
Richmond, Virginia
Inspiration: Through Harold’s Lens
Teacher: Megan Mattax
News Anchor/Reporter: Rob Cardwell
WTVR-TV
Richmond, Virginia
Story Behind Bukuru’s Art:
http://wtvr.com/2015/05/07/henrico-student-inspires-others-with-his-art/
Artist: Bukuru Nyandwi
Henrico High School
Center for the Arts
Richmond, Virginia
Teacher: Megan Mattax
News Anchor/Reporter: Rob Cardwell
WTVR-TV
Richmond, Virginia
Story Behind Bukuru’s Art:
http://wtvr.com/2015/05/07/henrico-student-inspires-others-with-his-art/
Mexico
San Miguel de Allende
Through Harold’s Lens:
Nikon D800E, 55mm
1/15, f/16, ISO 200
Sculpture by Rita Green
Put on your dancin’ shoes or high heel sneakers. Then start the music as you enjoy the image.
You’ll receive the full sensual experience. And, you’ll be hummin’ the melody all day.
Thailand
Through Harold’s Lens:
Strings across strings
Ave Maria
Haunts your heart.
Reeds on lips
Harlem Nocturne
Nurtures your desires.
Sticks on skins
Drum Sex
Transports you to deep dark.
Sable hair strokes colors
Mona Lisa
Invites you to explore beauty.
Thailand
Through Harold’s Lens:
Inside
Little shop of umbrellas.
Artist imagines
Dreams
Fantasies
Fairy tales.
Color by color
Drop by drop
Dip by dip.
One dab
One dab at a time.
Thailand
Through Harold’s Lens:
A Dusting of sprinkles
Smiles
Giggles
Laughter
Gusts of wind.
Mary Poppins
Floats through blue
Bound by
Mary’s Magical Thread.
Thailand
Through Harold’s Lens:
In the little studio
Hands folded
Quiet
In awe.
They
Patiently watched
Patiently waited.
Magical nanny
Julie Andrews
Cockney jack-of-all-trades
Dick Van Dyke
Fun, giggling
Children.
Even Walt was there.
Artist’s dreams
Coming alive.
Fantasies
Jovial jokes
Merry-go-rounds.
Lullabies
Tea parties in mid-air.
Children
Dancing ‘round the room.
Nursery rhymes
Poems
Songs.
Cannon booms at 8:00.
Gusts of wind.
Soft clouds
Magic umbrella
Mary Poppins floats.
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
Thailand
Through Harold’s Lens:
Thailand
Through Harold’s Lens:
Swaying artist
Tones
Traditional Thai repertoire
Classical.
Music
For Her soul.
Inspiration
For her heart.
Rhythm
For her body.
Gifted artist
Fans and umbrellas.
Spins her craft
Of color.
Spirits of pigments
Blowing
In the wind.
Flying leaves
Fluttering
From trees of red.
Soft sand
Whispering
Across beaches of gold.
Clouds of cotton
Floating
Through an umbrella of blue.
Art within art!
Thailand
Through Harold’s Lens:
Freshness of Spring
Warmth of Summer’s sun
Emerging from memories
Onto parasol’s roof of red.
Artist’s brush
Tipped in classic colors.
Little girl
Dancing through fields
Blooming flowers
Buttercups
Butterflies fluttering.
Embracing her love of life.
Thailand
Through Harold’s Lens:
Creativity Embracing Life.
Thailand
Through Harold’s Lens:
Tranquility embraced her space
Dressed in flowing green silk
Wearing a contagious smile
Delicate hands
Held each other
In tight embrace.
Tip of sable hair
Gently touched
Palettes of beauty.
Reds
Blues
Greens
Blacks
Blends.
Asian history
Thousands of years
Personal history
A lifetime.
Her dreams
Flowed
Floated.
Narrated a story
Narrated a love
Narrated a heart.
Her hand-painted fan.
Cuba
Through Harold’s Lens:
Lazy afternoon
Warm
Humid.
Wandered
Outdoor market
Havana.
Talent
Everywhere.
Raw!
Undiscovered!
Artist
Focused
Lost in her world.
Creativity
Flowing
Brush
Paint.
Soft hello
Warm smile
Slow wink.
Friends
Delicious moment.
Chile
Through Harold’s Lens:
Please start the music first, as you are enjoying the images and words.
You will receive the full sensual experience of this story.
Bottom of our world
Where ice mountains drift
Where winds of ice blow
Where giant condors soar.
The melodic beauty
The haunting sounds
The lone pan flute
Flowed.
Across the Andes Mountain Range
Around thick, wood forest
Around dark, bark trees
Around green, pine needles.
Drawing me
Luring me
Sucking me in
Capturing me.
My first view
Long black flowing hair
Strong fighting face
Distant stare
Spiritual leader?
What was happening here?
The Great Spirit?
Deep religious rite?
Communication with ancestors, Gods?
Fireballs, comets, shooting stars?
Cultural worship?
Harmonious earthly elements?
Wind, rain, mountains, springs
Animals, birds, trees, plants
Full moon.
Ritual love affair?
Language of the land?
Traditional. Native
Beauty, love
Honor, virtue.
Slowly
Silently
I nestled in
Soft pine needles.
Listening
Swaying
Emotionally bathing.
The beauty of our world.
Mexico
Olivia Nye Robbins
December 2013, 11-year old Olivia travelled, with her mother Courtney, to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico for a week of exploring.
The images Olivia captured, of the life and flavor of this UNESCO World Heritage site, are simply amazing for someone so young.
Camera: SLR Nikon D300s
Lens: AF-S NIKKOR 50mm 1:1.4 G lens.
Tripod: No.
Shooting: Manual.RAW mode
With her eye looking through the Nikon viewfinder, without looking at the dials, Olivia adjusted her camera’s shutter speed, f-stop, ISO and depth-of-field.
Post Processing: Adobe Lightroom 5, MacBook Air computer
Music: Macklemore, her favorite celebrity/musical artist
I hope you enjoy Olivia’s photography as much as I do!
United States
Martha’s Vineyard
Through Harold’s Lens:
Through Harold’s Lens is honored to have been awarded a Liebester Award by http://cecilia-maria.com.
The Liebester Award is given to smaller bloggers to give recognition and encouragement, and to help the rest of the blogging community discover their blogs.
In presenting The Liebster Award, http://cecilia-maria.com. said she wanted to say thank you to Through Harold’s Lens and to let Harold know how much she appreciates his blog.
Cecilia came dancing out onto the stage floor of my blog, and into my heart. It was when I was posting my photographic series on Mexico’s Ballet Folklórico de San Miguel de Allende. As a speaker, writer and professional dancer, Cecelia was using the art of dance in deep union with her beliefs in the Catholic church. She founded Dance Immaculata. http://danceimmaculata.com/about/. There’s a stunning photograph of her on the cover.
Cecelia laughs at the days to come and chronicles her light-hearted journey in the everyday moments of life. And laugh and smile she does. In everything she does. I’ve gone from post to post to post as Cecelia reflects deeply, yet with pure joy, on her adventures with friends, family, the beauty of life, Catholicism and so much more.
Dear fun, smiling Cecelia, thank you. The inner beauty you bring into our world can come only from your heart. A heart that is treasured by blogging friends all over the world.
ARGENTINA Through Harold’s Lens:
Like a roaring tornado, the passion and excitement rips through Buenos Aires.
From rooftops, windows, doorways, busses, bicycles and bars, town criers abound.
Sweaty and bloody, Boca Juniors, Argentina’s internationally famous professional futbol team, has won another rough game against one of it’s arch rivals, River Plate.
The wild parties are underway!
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