Lens Is More

Category: Canon SD 400

  • Reminder, Berlin

    C. Thompson
    Its breadth still fails to capture the enormity of the crime.

    Berlin is a gritty place, both beautiful and ugly. Some of the older buildings are still pocked with bullet holes that reveal the angle and placement of their shooters. Hitler’s bunker is now a nondescript gravel parking area/dog run. The outline of the Berlin Wall is a bike path in spots. The Jews who were exterminated are remembered with little brass plaques outside those houses where they used to live and by this monstrous memorial near the Brandenburg Gate. Despite my usual reluctance toward nationalism, on this day I was glad I was born in the U.S. (2010)

  • Wedding, Bron, France

    C. Thompson
    They’re just as attractive from the front.

    Much like mine, the business end of some French weddings takes place in the town hall because of restrictions as to what constitutes legal marriage — it’s either real clergy or the mayor’s office. On Saturdays, this scene will be repeated throughout the day, with one wedding party exiting to exultation while another enters from the staging area. This one, between my bride’s cousin, from Lyon, and her man, a Corsican, was the last of the day, so there was time to blow bubbles. (2009)

  • View from Château de Verbust, Saint Mamert, France

    C. Thompson
    Pairs well with wine.

    (2009)

  • Passive rivalry, New York

    C. Thompson
    Peaceful coexistence

    Presumably, one had no use for the other. (2009)

  • The sun porch, Aston, Pa.

    C. Thompson

    Tuning in

    (2005)

     

  • Vineyard, Saint-André, France

    C. Thompson

    Le Granier looms.

    We went out for a walk, Cécile and I, from her house in Les Marches. Down to the lake, with teens hanging out by the water fountain and families expanding their lives on the lawn. The vineyards encroach up onto the side of the mountains now, thanks to technology, but this slope seems more natural. (2008)

  • Winter in Aston, Pa.

    C. Thompson
    Everyone’s pretty much holding tight.

    (2007)

  • In the shadow of Mt. Shasta, California

    C. Thompson
    Good bet that Leo the dog was nearby.

    Taken by my cousin Carter on his telephone. (ca. 2007)

  • The Salmon River, Altmar, N.Y.

    C. Thompson
    More snow is coming.

    (2008)

  • Premarathon dinner, Boston

    C. Thompson
    You don’t want to know.

    (2008)