Theme—Love in the time of corona
DYUTIMAN MUKHOPADHYAY PHOTOGRAPHY
Locked in London—and alone
Run Lola Run (Lola Rennt, 1998 film) written and directed by Tom Tykwer.
My light in darkness
Composition with black curtains and Sunlight.
Theme—Love in the time of corona.
March 25, 2020; London, Upton Park; Camera—Samsung M30s.
‘ Far away . . . far, far away—
My mind wanders . . . roving, rambling—
With the tune of the flute tootling along . . .
Which makes the gentle wind weep;
The dispassionate path that loses itself—
All the way in Eternity—
Is the path chosen by my begging, hungry soul—
To wander into which wonderland? ‘
—Translation of Rabindranath Tagore’s 1911 song ‘Dure Kothay Dure Dure' —English Translation by dyutiman mukhopadhyay.
The motif is Inspired by Krzysztof Kieślowski’s fervently lyrical film—‘The Double Life of Veronique’ (1991) notable for Sławomir Idziak's trance-like cinematography and Zbigniew Preisner's haunting operatic score—a film which offers a deep insight into the subjects of identity and love through the characters of two physically identical women who never knew each other, and yet connected through a mysterious and emotional bond that goes beyond verbal communication and regional barriers.
Theme—Love in the time of corona.
April 30, 2020; London, Upton Park; Camera—Canon EOS 60D DSLR.
Through a glass darkly
‘In all of these films, we're struck by Bergman's deep concern that humans see the world as through a glass, darkly; and are unable to perceive its meaning.‘
—’The Landscape of the Human Face’ by Roger Ebert (Pulitzer Prize winning distinguished film critic), while analysing Bergman’s ‘Silence of God’ Trilogy: ‘Through a Glass Darkly’ (1961), ‘Winter-Light’ (1962) and ‘The Silence’ (1963).
Theme—Love in the time of corona.
May 14, 2020; London, Upton Park; Camera—Canon EOS 60D DSLR.
For now we see through a glass darkly
—‘but then face-to-face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known’.
—The Bible, Corinthians 13-12 (King James Version).
Theme—Love in the time of corona.
May 14, 2020; London, Upton Park; Camera—Canon EOS 60D DSLR.
Blue Blood
—Composition with a coffee cup used as an ashtray
Theme—Love in the time of corona.
May 16, 2020; Upton Park, London; Camera—Samsung M30s.
‘There is Despair and There is Death—
There is the fire of Longing Breath;
Yet the Calm and Yet the Bliss—
Rise from the Elysium
Of Infinite Peace. . .’
—Translation of the starting lines of Tagore’s 1903 Song ‘Achhe Dukkhho, Achhe Mrrityu’ (Grief There Is, And Death);
by Rabindranath Tagore; Category: Puja [Worship/Devotional] from—Swarobitan :27).
English translation by—
—dyutiman mukhopadhyay.
Theme—Love in the time of corona.
May 14, 2020; London, Upton Park; Camera—Canon EOS 60D DSLR.
Like many others and unlike a privileged few I also believe that violence in its versatile variance would only decrease over time when there is nothing left to fight for any more.
—dyutiman mukhopadhyay.
A fine-art interpretation of my photograph taken long back at Greater Calcutta, India.
Theme—Love in the time of corona.
—Camera—Canon Powershot A580, October 30, 2008.
—Artistic rendering while in lock-down—Upton park, London, UK, June 29, 2020.