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Ed Buziak / Photographer
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Abstract artist, stock photographer, occasional writer… plant-based… fixie rider… ‘60s art student (if you can remember the ‘60s).

My page for contemporary and modern art @artbuzz.bsky.social
Plus a new page for Postal History @postalhistory.bsky.social
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Spotted this super-condition Renault 4 GTL "Clan" in Le Blanc. The 4L had a 33-year production run from 1961 to 1994 with more than 8 million manufactured. The 1978 GTL had a 1.1 litre engine providing 34hp (DIN), allowing for a top speed of about 120kph.

#BlueSkyMonday #Motoring #Renault #France
A blue Renault GTL4 "Clan" in a parking space in the center of the small-sized town of Le Blanc in central France. In the background are other parked cars and a row of shops and office enterprises.
February 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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One of my several complicated collages composed of overlapping zig-zag angled shapes of blue cartridge papers. The original idea for the angled shapes is based on the fortified walls of the 17th century French military engineer General Vauban.

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An almost completed abstract collage in an art studio with many pieces of blue cartridge papers of different shades all interlocked and overlapping so creating an impossible maze of angles and zig-zag shapes. In the background a mugs of pencils and art accessories, more pre-cut paper angles and a roll of kitchen paper.
February 24, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Just read the 386-page dystopian novel "VOX" by Christina Dalcher in four evenings, which is fast for me; at times I couldn't put it down. Very disturbing and not a million miles from how some in the current US Repugnant administration would think and act.

#BlueskyBooks #Book #VOX #ChristinaDalcher
February 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Between rendezvous in Tours during the week I again heard a familiar "honk-honk" and managed to grab a few shots of this well-known couple who whiz around the city center most days causing people to pause and smile and offer a wave... sounds a happy scenario to me!

#Cycling #Tandem #Tours #France
A couple riding an unusual back-to-front tandem... the lady rider behind is facing backwards but the chain transmission is designed to help the forward motion of the bicycle. It is cold and starting to rain and the couple are wearing puffer jackets; the man wearing a red wool bobble hat. They are towing a small blue trailer featuring a stuffed tiger in addition to other toys with a Spiderman stuffed toy figure mounted on the front the bicycle. This was seen on a city street in Tours in central France.
February 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Yesterday I spotted a 1927 Austin 7 driving through the central French town of Le Blanc, in the Indre department; the Sussex owners having a spin in the French countryside. This particular car was manufactured 98 years ago so will soon celebrate its 100-year anniversary.

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A 1927 Austin 7 driving through the central French town of Le Blanc, in the Indre department. This particular car was manufactured 98 years ago so will soon celebrate its 100-year anniversary. From Wiki... The Austin 7 is an economy car that was produced from 1922 until 1939 in the United Kingdom by Austin. It was nicknamed the "Baby Austin" and was at that time one of the most popular cars produced for the British market and sold well abroad; 290,000 being manufactured in total. Its effect on the British market was similar to that of the Model T Ford in the US, replacing most other British economy cars and cyclecars of the early 1920s.
February 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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I've worked for newspapers so a hero is Paul Julius Baron von Reuter, the German-born founder of the news agency which bears his name. In 1851 he opened a telegraph office near the London Stock Exchange where in 1980 I took a photo of this memorial.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekHforHeroes #Reuter #Nikon
A stone bust of Paul Julius Reuter with the carved description underneath stating, "Paul Julius Reuter born 1816 Kassel Germany died 1899 Nice France founded the world news organisation that bears his name in No.1 Royal Exchange Buildings in the City of London - near this site - on 14 October 1851."
February 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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"The Fall of the Rebel Angels" is an oil painting by Renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder made in 1562. This 1000-piece jig-saw completed last evening shows a different take to my 'gold' post three days ago of the Angel slaying Lucifer statue on a church in Vienna.

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A completed 1,000-piece jigsaw in full colour of the religious oil painting made by Pieter Bruegel the Elder in 1562 titled "The Fall of the Rebel Angels". The subject shows Lucifer falling with his fallen angels and is taken from a passage from Revelation 12, and reveals the artist's profound debt to Hieronymus Bosch who was thought to be the artist for more than three centuries. The painting shows many grotesque, ugly or distorted, figures painted as half-human and half-apocalyptic creatures going through various stages of agony. The upper blue half of the work depicts Heaven, the lower half representing Hell.
February 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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I've never ridden a motorbike, but Barry Sheene was my hero racing on two-wheels. Here, at the TransAtlantic Easter meeting at Oulton Park in 1974, I caught him popping the victory champagne... as he caught me with the spray.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekHforHeroes #Motorcycling #BarrySheene #Nikon
British motorcycle racing champion Barry Sheene (1950-2003) popping the cork from a bottle of champagne and spraying me, a photographer with press credentials. The location was in the pit lane of the Oulton park racing circuit in Cheshire, UK, after he won a round of the 1974 Transatlantic Trophy against the visiting American team. Sheene is wearing his Suzuki racing leathers with his number 7 on the upper arm. He also has a cigarette in his mouth, and a victory laurel wreath around his neck. In the background are mechanics and their families leaning over the pit wall, all enjoying the celebrations.
February 18, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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That's such a good reason to create alt.text... I applaud you!

Many years ago freelancing for TV companies I got a lot of jobs which other staffers didn't want to do... with institutionalized teenagers, wheelchair dependent users, mentally handicapped, and more. I always had a great time with them!
"Fun at the races"... spent a week in Cornwall for Thames TV back in 1982 photographing these teenagers having the time of their lives away from their stricter and confined regime. Always remember how some of them thought licking my face - at any opportunity - was part of the deal... but I had a great time too. One of those events one never forgets and make me sometimes think how fortunate I've been in life in general.
February 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Not on this occasion, but this particular team of pompiers, the aircrew, medical staff and helicopter got me into surgery in 45 minutes, in CHU Tours 70 km distant, and so my life was saved after a shock heart attack in 2014.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekHforHeroes #Helicopter #Airbus #France #Nikon
An Airbus Helicopter H135 twin-engine civil light utility helicopter produced by Airbus Helicopters, formerly Eurocopter. This one is attached to the CHU heart hospital in Tours, central France. It has landed on a local football playing field where a patient - brought to the location by a team of firemen - is being loaded into the helicopter by the white-uniformed aircrew and medical staff.
February 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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A double-header from a 'golden hour' visit. MAS, The "Museum aan de Stroom" (Dutch for 'Museum by the Stream'), located along the river Scheldt in the Eilandje district of Antwerp, Belgium. It opened in May 2011 and is the largest museum in Antwerp.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekGforGold #Antwerp #Nikon
An evening view of the 60-metre-high (200 ft) MAS - Museum aan de Stroom - glowing in the light of the setting sun and reflected in the dockside waters of the river Scheldt. The extraordinary building was designed by Neutelings Riedijk Architects; the façades are constructed from Indian red sandstone with curved glass panel infills. It is an example of postmodern Art Deco architecture. A view from the top exhibition space, below the public roof deck, of the MAS - Museum aan de Stroom - looking across the dockside waters of the river Scheldt and part of the city of Antwerp / Anvers towards the setting sun in the west whose rays are illuminating the gathering clouds. The curved glass-wall construction can be clearly seen with the metal safety handrail following the curves. The red sandstone flooring matches the exterior brickwork of the building. The central focus of the MAS is Antwerp and its connection to the world. The MAS collection ranges from maritime objects which document international trade and shipping, to the history, art and culture of the port city of Antwerp and to art and culture from Europe, Africa, America, Asia and Oceania.
February 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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A golden winged angel figure holding two lightning bolts seen high on top of a corner of the recently renovated INNO department store building on the corner of Meir and Leysstraat in Antwerp, Belgium.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekGforGold #Antwerp #Belgium #Nikon
A low angle photograph, taken from street level, of a golden winged angel holding zig-zag lightning bolts aloft in each hand.She is standing on an orb at the top of an ornate piece of architecture at the corner of the INNO department store in Antwerp, Belgium. The late afternoon sun highlights the golden finish to the statue against the rich blue sky.
February 16, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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The richly gold decorated Anker astronomical clock, constructed between 1911 and 1917 on a bridge joining two buildings owned by the Anker (now Helvetia) Insurance Company.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekGforGold #Vienna #Nikon
The famous Anker Clock (Ankeruhr) is located at the busy Hoher Markt square. This elaborate and functioning clock is built on a bridge between two buildings and was an extravagant advertisement at the time of the insurance company ‘Anker’ (now named ‘Helvetia’) who commissioned the clock, and its historical figures. The painter and a sculptor, Franz Matsch, was hired to design the clock and it took several years to construct between 1911 and 1917. The clock is four meters wide and has a mosaic made of glass and metal and marble on the front. The central part is with the Vienna flag with the two Viennese coats of arms – the double eagle coat of arms and the cross shield, and in the circle, twelve coats of arms with symbols of the professional and private life of Vienna families.
February 16, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Above the entrance to the Church of St. Michael on the Michaelerplatz in Vienna, Austria, a group of winged angels and St. Michael with a golden sword and shield slaying Lucifer; figures executed by the Italian sculptor Lorenzo Mattielli in 1725.

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Above the entrance to the church of St. Michael in BVienna, on top of the pediment, resting on Doric columns by Antonio Beduzzi, stands a group with winged angels and St. Michael slaying Lucifer (1725). These sculptural figures were executed by the Italian sculptor Lorenzo Mattielli. The church of St. Michael on the Michaelerplatz, Vienna, Austria is one of the oldest churches in Vienna, Austria, and also one of its few remaining Romanesque buildings. Dedicated to the Archangel Michael, St. Michael's Church is located at Michaelerplatz across from St. Michael's Gate at the Hofburg Palace. St. Michael's used to be the parish church of the Imperial Court, when it was called 'Zum heiligen Michael'. Over its long history, spanning more than eight centuries, the church has incorporated a medley of architectonic styles. The church is a late Romanesque, early Gothic building dating from about 1220–1240. Over time, there have been many alterations, resulting in its present-day aspect, unchanged since 1792.
February 15, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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With another 70 pages to the end of Huxley's "Island" - I'm at where the island children's education is being explained to Will Farnaby - I should finish during my bedtime read on Sunday.
A paperback book titled "Island" on which the graphic illustration is a Phoenix-like bird whose head looks like it is enclosed by a swirl of wing. Above is the text "Vintage Huxley" and below "3-D cover - glasses enclosed" for viewing the 3-dimensional cover design. The bookmark sticking out from the top is from Le Livre, a very good bookshop in Tours, central France.
February 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Some 10 km away from Golden, Colorado, is the Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre, famous for concerts. Here in the park the warning road-sign and natural rock formation compete for the 'gold' tag... perhaps one is too yellow, the other too red?

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A bright yellow road-sign with a curved black arrow indicating to drivers that the road bends to the right. The location is in the Red Rocks Park in Colorado, USA. The large weathered, rounded rock to the right of the sign is a rich red-coloured sandstone with downward strata visible. There is also a wooden fence at the lower right with a "closed area" notice attached warning the public to keep out.
February 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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The distinctive gold dome of the Colorado State Capitol Building in Denver is covered with real gold leaf; first added in 1908 to commemorate the Colorado Gold Rush.

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The Colorado State Capitol Building with a distinctive golden dome seen through the bare branches of a tree in the foreground. The distinctive gold dome consists of real gold leaf, first added in 1908 to commemorate the Colorado Gold Rush.
February 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Can't post much this week... busy on another project!

But, cycling back from the shops last evening the golden setting sun, low in the sky, cast my shadow on the edge of the shrubbery woodland at the side of the road... click, click, click...

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekGforGold #Cycling
The shadow of a person on a bicycle moving at speed so the image is slightly blurred because the cyclist's speed and the camera's slowish shutter speed have made the background shrubs and trees unsharp. The photo was taken just before sunset with the last rays of the sun illuminating the background and casting the shadow.
February 12, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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The "Red Curtain Trilogy" is the title given to the first three films directed by Baz Luhrmann... "Strictly Ballroom" (1992), William Shakespeare's "Romeo + Juliet" (1996) and "Moulin Rouge!" (2001). These three were included in a "Red Curtain Trilogy" DVD box set.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFilms
An abstract photograph of a semi-transparent red net curtain. Light coming through the slats in a louvered window shutter behind the curtain has created a striped pattern in the center of the image. Other parts of the curtain change density and colour through the folds in the fabric.
February 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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"The Last Post" - a 1929 British silent drama film (now sadly lost) directed by Dinah Shurey, the only British female director and producer at that time. It told the story of a British army unit quashing a Yemeni fight for independence in the Middle East.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFilms #Mail
A private letter posting box that has possibly been vandalised and so the door opening has been sealed with brown, and then orange, sticky tape. The blue paint is also badly peeling showing either neglect or abandonment. The box is fixed to a weathered timber post.
February 9, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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“Pennies from Heaven” - a 1981 American musical romantic drama film directed by Herbert Ross, based on the 1978 BBC television drama. Dennis Potter adapted his screenplay from the BBC series for American audiences, so Chicago replaced London as a location.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFilms #Money
A large pile of low value coins from various countries spread out on a table at a French brocante - a car-boot sale in the UK, or garage sale in the US. The coins are silver, brass and copper coloured but are made of alloy not pure metal.
February 9, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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“The Numbers Game” - a 1987 Italian movie written, directed and acted in by Giancarlo Giannini with Victoria Abril when, on a hot summer night the elderly manager of a Neapolitan counter-lot, is brutally strangled! Guess his number was up!

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFilms #RuralFrance #Numbers
A group of old traditional blue and white enamel on metal French house numbers placed on the ground at a brocante... a car-boot sale in the UK or a garage sale in the US.
February 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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"Lost Souls" - a 2000 American apocalyptic supernatural horror film directed by Janusz Kamiński in his directorial debut; starring Winona Ryder, Ben Chaplin, Elias Koteas and John Hurt.

If one boot's missing in the photo, is it a lost sole? Groan!

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A group of eleven old pairs of boots plus a single one for a left foot seen at a French brocante - car-boot sale in the UK or garage sale in the US - with a handwritten price tag of five euros for a pair.
February 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Going out on a limb here without a film title, but the National Trust village of Lacock was the location for several films and TV series including Harry Potter, Pride & Prejudice, Downton Abbey, Cranford, The Hollow Crown and Wolf Hall.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFilms #Lacock #NationalTrust
An old - probably Edwardian - painted plaster wall plaque depicting several half-timbered buildings on Church Street in Lacock in Wiltshire with the "Sign of the Angel" inn on the center right. The name "Lacock" is written at the base of the plaque.
February 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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"Whisky Galore!" - a 1949 British comedy film from Ealing Studios starring Basil Radford, Bruce Seton, Joan Greenwood and Gordon Jackson. The screenplay by Compton Mackenzie was an adaptation of his 1947 novel which sold several million copies.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFilms #Rubbish #Alcohol
An empty bottle of Jack Daniels whiskey amongst several other empty beer bottles and cans.... all in a plastic carrier bag presumably awaiting the weekly refuse collection.
February 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM