Passion in the Moments

Friday, 25 February 2011

The Weekend in Black and White: Stage Lighting

Rue's Friday Fragments # 17

Hi I'm Rue, the artist and voice behind Passion in the Moments / E:thos Photographic. This weekly posting is essentially an opportunity to share tid-bits, rants and observations that I have come across in the course of the week that are not really worth writing a whole article about but are interesting nevertheless. These coupled with that odd picture I have taken that doesn't really fit in anywhere, news about what's going on @ E:thos and a review of something interesting, put together in one post makes up what I call Rue's Friday Fragments. There is humour, righteous indignation, sad truths and a little of me, so something for everyone...enjoy!

African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF)
ACBF is celebrating their 20th Anniversary this year and as part of their celebration they have release a new set of Capacity Building Indicators in the form of a document that was presented at their celebration in Kigali earlier this month. I am pleased to report that we provided the artwork for that publication (six images to be precise).

10. Picture of the week

'Caring for the child'

I recently had the opportunity of taking a selection of images of this sculpture... see the full collection here

9. North Africa revolts!

It has been an interesting few months in North Africa with Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Yemen and now Libya under civil unrest. It is an unprecedented display of regular everyday people who got tired. Tired of being dictated to, tired of hunger, tired of insecurity, tired of life as they knew it and decided that enough was enough. There is something admirable and inspiring about a people from different walks of life, who can come together with a unified vision of reaching a place of self-determination and liberation from oppressive governance.

8. Elton John and Partner David Furnish adopt a baby

Really?

7. New Zealand earthquake

113 people were killed in the earthquake in New Zealand on Tuesday the BBC news reported. Police report that a further 200 people are missing, including 122 people who are all thought to have been in one building which collapsed and it is thought that no one could have survived from it. It is always such a tragedy when natural disasters occur, with no one to blame and so much loss it is so sad. My heart goes out to all the families of the victims.

6. Oscar hope for 'The King's Speech'

I love Colin Firth! And I really liked The King's Speech so this is me lending my support to this movie for best actor for Colin and best movie at this years Oscars!!!!

5. Gaddafi

I am not sure how true this is, but I read a comment on facebook this week that states that Gaddafi has compared himself with Queen Elizabeth, saying she has ruled for 57years so while are people stressing him out? Crazy right!?! In any event, Queen Elizabeth obviously does not govern the country and the fact that Gaddafi has a host of mercenaries running around his country killing his people in a desperate attempt by him to maintain his hold over Libya. News reports state that the French Minister said that Britain and France are seeking an arms embargo and financial sanctions against Libya from the United Nations, while Obama's administration is planning their response to Gaddafi's defiance against the will of his people.

4. Ed Kashi

International photojournalist Ed Kashi is in Zimbabwe exhibiting his work and teaching local photojournalists. He has spent a 30 year career taking images all over the world and has been the inspiration of many a photojournalist, whilst inspiring the general public with his imagery. See more of Kashi's work on his website.

3. Cathrine Zeta Jones receives a CBE award accompanied by her family

Cathrine Zeta Jones received a Royal CBE award for her contribution to the film industry from Prince Charles recently. She has done amazingly well in her career and flown the flag for Wales / Britain, buying a home in Wales and maintaining a sense of her roots along the way. The best thing about the event was that her husband, Michael Douglas was well enough and able to attend with her after his battle with cancer last year, wishing them well...

2. Quotable quotes...

1. Video of the Week

Lemar - Its not that easy

I remember when Lemar (British Artist) first shot to the lime light. He was shy and yet had this amazing voice and sang on a talent show with Lionel Richie. His voice is so smooth and this song has so much soul and depth and speaks of one of the complexities of love...