Pedestrians in a crosswalk in the Claremont Village.
Some folks waiting to get in Walter’s Restaurant.
A student at Starbucks
An amorous couple
Luke Kennard’s Notes on the Sonnets, a collection of prose poems responding to Shakespeare’s sonnets, won the Forward prize for best collection, beating other nominees in a competition judged by poet Shivanee Ramlochan.
Kennard said he started writing Sonnet 66 at a party and then got hooked on writing reactions to all 154 Sonnets.
Caleb Femi won the prize for best first collection for his work Poor, which explores the lives and times of a Peckham estate.
Femi’s debut book grabbed the judges from the first page. Nicole Sealey won the Forward prize for best single poem for Pages 22-29, an excerpt from The Ferguson Report: An Erasure.
Ramlochan praised the poem, saying that it shows there are poems embedded in all sorts of documents, and the jury said the poems showed how the poetic imagination can be bold, limitless, and reach deep into our lives.
“The Past is Always New, The Future is Always Nostalgic: Photographer Daido Moriyama” is the title of a documentary about renowned photographer Daido Moriyama. As a young photographer, his work focused on fashion, but as he matured, it transcended those boundaries and he became known worldwide. This documentary offers an intimate look into the life of a genuine artist.
His work has brought many national and international awards. In 2019, he won the Hasselblad Award, which is considered the “Nobel Prize of Photography.” He is past 80 years old and still going strong and inspiring photographers young and old.
This documentary follows Moriyama as he photographs the streets of Japan. We see how his work is born and watch him interact with bookbinders and editors as he reissues his groundbreaking 1968 photo book, Japan A Photo Theater. It’s a fascinating look at the everyday life of Japan’s most acclaimed photographer.
By the way, the camera Daido is using in this film is a Nikon Coolpix S7000.
Sandy and I celebrated our silver wedding anniversary today. A lot of time has passed since then. People have passed away and moved away, but Sandy and I have stayed together. “We’re a good team,” I always remind her. A Silver Anniversary isn’t something everyone gets to celebrate, and this one we’ve cherished.
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