Reflection

52Frames - Week 26 - Wabi Sabi

EC: Use a Vintage Lens

Tucked away on a neighbor's patio, I spotted this statue which had a vintage & wabi-sabi feel to me. Having two Leica vintage lenses, I shot with both and then opted to use a photo from the 90mm F4 Elmar-C, circa 1973.

Leica M EV1 @ F4 | 90mm | 1/160 sec | ISO 640

Leitz Wetzlar 90mm F4 Elmar-C

Photographed 6/24/26

Remembrance

52Frames - Week 47 - Wabi Sabi

When my wife was setting the Thanksgiving table, I pulled out some old cut crystal wine goblets my 90 year old aunt gave us before she passed away last year.  We appreciated her, and these goblets are a reminder.

I made a series of macros and chose this photo because of the turkey decorations captured as part of the refractions.

Sony A7 IV @ f13 1/50 50mm ISO 12800

Sony FE 50mm F2.8 Macro

Photographed 11/23/22

Hope

52Frames - Week 3 - Wabi-Sabi

Nicky Imber was a Holocaust survivor and created a series of sculptures entitled "From Holocaust to Resurrection" which are displayed in the Holocaust Memorial Park, located in Karmiel, Israel.  He further created a limited-edition numbered set of one particular sculpture. This shot is of the one we purchased in Tzfat, Israel in 2014.

We live in an imperfect world.  This sculpture of the collection, abtly named “Hope”,  is of a woman holding her child in the air and represents our wishes for the future.

Wabi-Sabi?  You be the judge.  I’m not 100% sure this perfectly fits the theme for Week 3, but as Yosef reminds us, 52Frames isn’t about perfection.