Black-and-white night view across Praça Tiradentes in Ouro Preto, Brazil, with a cobblestone street, lamplit colonial buildings on both sides, the granite base of the Tiradentes monument on the left, and the Palácio dos Governadores on a walled rise at the far end.

Black Gold in Black and White

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Leanne’s Monochrome Madness is hosted by Ritva this week. It sent me back to Ouro Preto, in Minas Gerais, Brazil, a town that seems made for black and white. The name means “black gold,” after the gold that prospectors found … Read More

Collage of five photographs: a gilded Baroque church interior, three turquoise and silver necklaces, a private yacht docked in Venice, the front grille of a Rolls-Royce, and an ornate palace ballroom with crystal chandeliers.

Lens-Artists Challenge #408: Over the Top

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At one point or another, we all come across things that simply don’t fit our personal definition of regular and common. We look, pause, and say, “Whoa, that is over the top!” A common definition of over the top includes … Read More