Browsing a magazine I was enchanted by a photo in an ad taken by Steve McCurry which shows an elephant leaning on a rock and seemingly looking over the shoulder of his mahout who is - incongruously, delightfully, quietly - reading a book...
Here is Steve McCurry's website
http://www.stevemccurry.com - (I downloaded his PDF catalogue under the Fine Art prints button to browse images) but better still, go to his blog - each post is a mini-exhibition...
http://stevemccurry.wordpress.comThese 3 posts feature images of readers -
Fusion : the synergy of images and words..."We are familiar with words describing images, but not so familiar with images describing words and the impact reading has on our lives."http://stevemccurry.wordpress.com/2010/08/10/fusion-the-synergy-of-images-and-words/(and the second picture in this post is the one I mentioned)
http://stevemccurry.wordpress.com/2010/08/23/fusion-the-synergy-of-images-and-words-part-ii/http://stevemccurry.wordpress.com/2010/09/30/fusion-the-synergy-of-images-and-words-part-iii/Other posts celebrate fathers, or mothers, or elephants or sleep, the power of one or the power of two... such a talent.
Using resources such as Matapihi, Digital NZ and Te Ara, we can help our students access their New Zealand photographic heritage.
