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Author Archives: Michel Botman
In the footsteps of humble African giants
When I lived, laughed and walked with some of the world’s best sculptors In 1993-1994, between our departure from old Europe and until we moved to Canada, my best friend and partner, Lindy Amato, and I spent a little over six … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography, Travel
Tagged 1st generation shona sculptors, 2nd generation shona sculptors, Bernard Matemera, Bernard Takawira, Brian Nyahongo, Brighton Mutongwizo, Chitungwiza, Derik Kaunze, Gladman Zinyeka, Harare, Jethro Zinyeka, Jetro Zinyeka, John Takawira, Jonathan Zinyeka, Kennedy Musekiwa, Lazarus Takawira, Michel Botman, Michel Botman photographe, Michel Botman Photographer, Michel Botman photographie, Michel Botman Photography, Michel Botman Photography Toronto, Michel Botman Photography Toronto Fringe, Paul Hahlani, Richard Muzarurwi, Sam Chineka, Sam Chinyeka, Shona, Shona Art, Shona sculpures, Sony Samuel, Stewart Mutongwizo, Tago M. Tazvitya, Tailor N’Komo, Tamuka N'Janji, Tamuka NJanji, Thomas Zinyeka, Yemurai Chirooza, Zimbabwe
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Love in the Time of Corona
“The symptoms of love where the same as those of cholera” – El amor en los tiempos del cólera. Gabriel Garcia Marquez. A photographic déambulation from Thailand to Cambodia and Vietnam in the early months of 2020.
Posted in Photography, Travel
Tagged Battambang, Cambodia Photographs, Cambodia Photography, Documentary photography, Floating village, Ho Chi Minh City, Kampong Phluk floating village, Michel Botman, Michel Botman photographe, Michel Botman Photographer, Michel Botman photographie, Michel Botman Photography, Phnom Penh, Saigon, SE Asia photographs, Siem Reap, South East Asia Photographs, South East Asia Photography, street photography, Thailand Photographs, Thailand Photography, Vietnam photographs, Vietnam Photography
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Herejes
Hommage à Leonardo Padura et mes amis Cubains … “… Il se trouvera toujours des illuminés disposés à s’approprier la vérité et à essayer de l’imposer aux autres …” (1)
Posted in Photography, Travel
Tagged Casablanca Cuba, Cuba, Cuba photographs, Documentary photography, Havana, Havana photographs, La Havane, Michel Botman, Michel Botman photographe, Michel Botman Photographer, Michel Botman photographie, Michel Botman Photography, Photos de Cuba, Social Photography, street photography
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The Panama Paupers
A collection of photographs taken in Panama in June and July 2019.
Posted in Photography, Travel
Tagged Documentary photography, Michel Botman, Michel Botman photographe, Michel Botman photographie, Michel Botman Photography, Michel Botman Photography Toronto, Panama, Panama City, Panama photographs, Portobello Panama, Portobelo Panama, Social Photography
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Sesenta años de soledad
The Republic of Cuba was born following the ousting of the US-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista in January 1959, a year of particular personal significance. Since then it has endured sixty years of diplomatic isolation under US embargo. Sixty years of … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Travel
Tagged Cienfuegos, Cuba, Cuba photographs, Documentary photography, Havana, Havana photographs, Havana pictures, Michel Botman photographe, Michel Botman Photographer, Michel Botman photographie, Michel Botman Photography Toronto, Photographie, Photographie documentaire, Photography, Photos de Cuba, Santa Clara, Soledad, street photography, Trinidad
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Do not ask what freedom can do for you …
“Do not ask what freedom can do for you, … but what you can do for freedom!” To women in Paris, New York, Brussels, London – or Ottawa on “Hijab day” – who lawfully claim the freedom to wear the … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Islam, Society
Tagged Burka, burqa, Burqua, Hidjab, Hidjab day, hijab, Hijab day, human-rights, Islam, Michel Botman, Nikab, niqab, Niquab, Ottawa Hijab day, Religion, Women's Rights
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Let’s Start a Country!
A Wimbledon Final of the spoken word.
Posted in Current Events
Tagged Al Lafrance, Gerard Harris, Holly Gauthier-Frankel, Jeff Leard, Let's Start a Country, Michel Botman, Michel Botman photographe, Michel Botman Photographer, Michel Botman photographie, Michel Botman Photography Toronto Fringe, Tarragon, Tarragon Theater, Tarragon Theatre
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Islamism, Feminism & Defiance
Few stories could be more heartbreaking than the story of Lisa Borch, the tragically misguided teen from Denmark, victimized for years by Muslim men twice her age, abused, manipulated, brainwashed and ultimately programmed to kill. The story of two victims … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Islam
Tagged Burka, burqa, coran, Democracy, discrimination, Education, femen, feminism, free speech, gender equality, Islam, islamism, Michel Botman, sharia
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La mémoire des Hommes brûlés
— C’est une histoire de grands hommes. Une histoire triste qui se murmure. Une histoire comme d’autres qui font l’Histoire. Comme celles qui soufflent sur les braises et sur nos âmes. Comme celles qui font craquer les digues à Scheveningen. … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Holocaust, Israel / Judaism
Tagged Clabecq, Clabecq Belgique, Déportation, Holocaust, Michel Botman, Michel Botman photographe, Michel Botman Photographer, Michel Botman photographie, Michel Botman Photography, Rue de la Déportation Tubize Belgique, Tubize, Tubize Belgique
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Memories of a Shabbat Goy (part 2)
Commentaries on the all-so-important theological article published in The Times of Israel on April 17, 2015: Is kosher switch really kosher for Shabbat?
It’s my country …
A photographic bus ride throughout Ecuador I travelled through Ecuador with my friend Gary a few weeks ago. On the bus from Otavalo to Esmeralda, a young man was sitting alone on the bench right in front of us. In … Continue reading
God’ma & Dogma
After resisting for years the song of the sirens, I reluctantly took the plunge on facebook yesterday. Isolation from distant friends and family “de la vielle Europe” got the better of me. I longed for the bond, although virtual and cyberspaced. As I duly filled … Continue reading
It’s life and life only
Earlier this year, I was diagnosed with a small cancer. Nothing major at all. Nothing grand. A pesky malignant nodule, the size of a shriveled plum, sitting insidiously over my Thyroid was surgically removed. It took a bit of a … Continue reading
Histoire pour Noah
Sometimes, one goes back in time, searching for memories. This 15-year old story is for Noah:
