Montreal, May 26, 2023

Le Red Tiger

June 2, 2024 Paul Politis 0

“Our sense of enchantment is not triggered only by grand things; the sublime is not hiding in distant landscapes. The awe-inspiring, the numinous, is all […]

Ottawa, April 12, 2023

Yadda

May 26, 2024 Paul Politis 0

Look over there, it’s Ray K. Metzker: “The elusive is what we seek, be it of the heart or the mind. The artist learns to […]

Montreal, May 26, 2023

Ill-designed world

May 19, 2024 Paul Politis 0

“An artist never works under ideal conditions. If they existed, his work wouldn’t exist, for the artist doesn’t live in a vacuum. Some sort of […]

Ottawa, August 12, 2023

Going home

March 31, 2024 Paul Politis 0

“I don’t know the meaning of this journey I was forced to make, between one and another night, in the company of the whole universe… […]

Ottawa, December 24, 2023

Making pictures

March 27, 2024 Paul Politis 0

“…To be a photographer, one must photograph. No amount of book learning, no checklist of seminars attended, can substitute for the simple act of making […]

Ottawa, October 8, 2023

Events

March 24, 2024 Paul Politis 0

A few more quotes from Ray K. Metzker: “I approach photography in the context of art, as a key to understanding. It is my connection […]

Ottawa, November 26, 2023

Dance

March 17, 2024 Paul Politis 0

I recently got a well-worn copy of Unknown Territory: Photographs of Ray K. Metzker, which I’ve wanted for a long time. “I recognize the desire, […]

Ottawa, September 1, 2023

In arbitrary space

February 13, 2024 Paul Politis 0

“The only attitude worthy of a superior man is to persist in an activity he recognizes is useless, to observe a discipline he knows is […]

Ottawa, July 23, 2023

Tale of a houseplant

January 30, 2024 Paul Politis 0

“Formerly, yes, art and culture, and the Apollonian and the Dionysian and all that, seemed terribly important. But today I’m satisfied if I can turn […]

Ottawa, March 9, 2023

Winter scene

January 23, 2024 Paul Politis 0

Reading Rosshalde by Hermann Hesse. “He did not think about it, he deadened his thoughts with constant work. His feeling was: you can go at […]

Ottawa, July 4, 2023 (photograph) by Paul Politis

Kuboaa

January 6, 2024 Paul Politis 0

“Despite my alienation from myself at that moment, and even though I was nothing but a battleground for invisible forces, I was aware of every […]

Ottawa, July 5, 2023 (photograph) by Paul Politis

Play

December 4, 2023 Paul Politis 0

“The pleasure we derive from the representation of the present is due not merely to the beauty with which it can be invested but also […]

Ottawa, May 12, 2023 (black and white photograph) by Paul Politis

In the world

November 12, 2023 Paul Politis 0

“It’s a pleasure for me. The process of photographing. Being physically in the world, eyes open, attentive, sensing, and at some point, connecting. To be […]

Ottawa, June 11, 2023 (black and white photograph) by Paul Politis

Incognito

October 31, 2023 Paul Politis 0

“For the perfect flaneur, for the passionate spectator, it is an immense joy to set up house in the heart of the multitude, amid the […]