Closed Until Further Notice (black and white photograph)

In the moment

April 23, 2022 Paul Politis 0

*** “Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures […]

Trespassing

April 19, 2022 Paul Politis 0

“It is possible that, through horizontal and vertical lines constructed with awareness, but not with calculation, led by high intuition, and brought to harmony and […]

Wilderness

March 3, 2022 Paul Politis 0

“Midway in our life’s journey, I went astray from the straight road and woke to find myself alone in a dark wood. How shall I […]

Love You (black and white photograph)

Love you

January 6, 2022 Paul Politis 0

“I am inhabited by a cry. Nightly it flaps out Looking, with its hooks, for something to love.” ― Sylvia Plath, Elm

Wonderful Ghost (black and white photograph)

That elusive wonder

December 18, 2021 Paul Politis 0

“Wonder, and its expression in poetry and the arts, are among the most important things which seem to distinguish men from other animals, and intelligent […]

Double Negative, Ottawa, February 21, 2021 (black and white photograph)

Say Yes

December 11, 2021 Paul Politis 0

“There are two worlds; or rather, two distinct ways of looking at the same world. And they can be called (for convenience) the Inspired and […]

No Image

Abstractions

July 6, 2021 Paul Politis 0

Here are some quotes from the Dutch painter Piet Mondrian accompanied by a few of my black and white photos. I’m aware that it is […]

Untitled (black and white photograph)

Balancing chaos

June 21, 2021 Paul Politis 0

“It’s very spiritual because you’re suddenly seeing the coherence and the interconnectedness of everything — left to right, top to bottom, front to back. It’s […]

Birds on Rooftop (black and white photograph)

Birds on a rooftop

June 17, 2021 Paul Politis 0

“Complete isolation — that is what the Outsider is driving at. He knows that, if he could only achieve it, there is a completely different […]

Two Rooms (black and white photograph)

Out of nothing

June 1, 2021 Paul Politis 0

To me, one way of looking at this odd building is as some strange creature peering out over the makeshift wooden fence. It’s not threatening […]

White Chair (black and white photograph)

Unfulfilled

May 19, 2021 Paul Politis 0

“The task of art is to transform what is continuously happening to us, to transform all of these things into symbols, into music, into something […]

Construction Site Boarded Wall (black and white photograph)

Bored

May 11, 2021 Paul Politis 0

“If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one discovers that it […]

Untitled (black and white photograph)

Freedom

February 5, 2021 Paul Politis 0

“Don’t bother about your originality, set yourself just as free as you can and your originality will take care of you. It will be as […]