Busu and the Damask Drum was yet another Edinburgh Fringe performance inspired by classic Japanese theater combining ideas from two distinct and important plays from Japan’s cultural history. Exploring these two stories has given me glimpse into a world so alien to mine and yet so comfortingly similar. The ‘Damask Drum’ in particular explores unrequited […]
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Mischief Makers
What more is there to say! These two adorable pups playing outside our delightful Kinsale accommodation had mischief written all over their cute faces. Of course I was going to photograph them. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Mischief Makers’, 1/400s f/3.5 ISO1000 200mm
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The French playwright Molière wrote ‘Tartuffe’ in 1664. Now more than 350 years later this young troupe of performers on the streets of Edinburgh were hawking their performance of Molière’s famous play as part of the Edinburgh Festival. At first I just saw a young group of performers in costume full of the vitality of […]
Read MoreHenley Beach Moment
It has been way too long since I ventured down to our local beach to take in the salty sea air, wet sand between my toes and a gorgeous Henley Beach sunset. Even longer since I captured one. With Adelaide’s current crazy post Christmas weather, ie 40 degrees one day and 20 degrees the next, […]
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Number six on the hopscotch grid has one foot in the square but she’s going the wrong way not aware that’s there. A portent of summer has hit us with a fiery vengeance and with that people have come out to play in the sunshine here on Brighton Jetty. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Hopscotch’, 1/2000s f/11 […]
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