RESCUED FRAGMENTS
Journeys, Alone with the Light
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To snatch in a moment of courage, from the remorseless rush of time, a passing phase of life, is only the beginning of the task. The task approached in tenderness and faith is to hold up unquestioningly, without choice and without fear, the rescued fragment before all eyes in the light of a sincere mood. It is to show its vibration, its color, its form; and through its movement, its form, and its color, reveal the substance of its truth - disclose its inspiring secret: the stress and passion within the core of each convincing moment. In a single-minded attempt of that kind, if one be deserving and fortunate, one may perchance attain to such clearness of sincerity that at last the presented vision of regret or pity, of terror or birth, shall awaken in the hearts of the beholders that feeling of unavoidable solidarity; of the solidarity in mysterious origin, in toil, in joy, in hope, in uncertain fate, which binds men to each other and all mankind to the visible world. ~~ Joseph Conrad
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Cultural documentary photography from 1975 to 2017.
Selections from the eight portfolios of Robert Kowalczyk.
Morning Calm (Korea)
Namaste (Nepal)
Faded Stone (Japan)
Cities of China
Voices from Moscow
Cambodian Dust
A Country Often Wounded (Vietnam)
Other Journeys
Each of the first seven journeys contains 24 images expressing a narrative.
"Other Journeys" has three images chosen from each of eight other countries.
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With sincere appreciation for the many who have "shared" these journeys,
including those who appear in the images on this website.