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Category Archives: Photography
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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A few words on my favorite Canon L lenses
Since I often get questions about the equipment I use, I have decided to embark on a quick practical comparison of my favorite Canon L lenses; the EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM, EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM, and EF … Continue reading
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Tagged Auto-focus problems with Canon 100mm 2.8 Macro, Auto-focus problems with Canon 100mm Macro, Autofocus problems with Canon 100mm Macro, Canon 100mm 2.8 Macro, Canon 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM, Canon 100mm macro, Canon 100mm macro does not focus properly, Canon 24-105 f/4.0L IS USM, Canon 24-105 zoom, Canon 70-200 f/2.8L IS USM, Canon 70-200 zoom, Canon L lens review, Canon lens review, Canon Zoom lens review, Michel Botman, Michel Botman photographe, Michel Botman Photographer, Michel Botman photographie, Michel Botman Photography
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Mandela
A few weeks ago, on the way to school, Jesse, one of the many bright kids in our carpool, and our son Noah were discussing Machiavellianism. Jesse made a particularly interesting and surprising comment on human nature and political systems.
Posted in Current Events, Family, Photography, Travel
Tagged Apartheid, Cape Town, District Six Museum, Mandela, Michel Botman, Michel Botman photographe, Michel Botman Photographer, Michel Botman photographie, Michel Botman Photography, Nelson Mandela, Noah Botman, Robben Island, Robben Island Cape Town, South Africa
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iPhonography
The invisibility of the ubiquitous I have started exploring the iPhone as an on-the-go option for personal documentary work. I recently took a couple of interesting images with an iPhone 5, roving the Bowie and Ai WeiWei exhibitions, at the … Continue reading
Posted in Photography
Tagged AGO, Art Gallery of Ontario, Bowie, Bowie exhibition, Bowie exhibition AGO, Bowie exhibition Toronto, David Bowie, David Bowie exhibition, David Bowie exhibition AGO, David Bowie exhibition Toronto, Documentary photography, Hipstamatic, iPhone photography, iPhonograhy, Michel Botman, Michel Botman photographe, Michel Botman Photographer, Michel Botman photographie, Michel Botman Photography, Photographie, Photographie documentaire
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Memories from Auschwitz
In the spring of 1977, I was in my last year of Humanity studies at the “Collège St. Vincent”, in the small town of Soignies, in the French part of Belgium. I was invited to accompany my good friend André … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Holocaust, Israel / Judaism, Photography
Tagged André Gréga, anti-semitism, antisemitism, Auschwitz, Birkenau, Concentration camps, deutsche demokratische republik, History, Holocaust, holocaust memorial day, Holocaust remembrance, lech walesa, Michel Botman, Michel Botman photographe, Michel Botman Photographer, Michel Botman photographie, Michel Botman Photography, nuit et brouillard, Oswiecim, Poland, the march of the living, World War II
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My take on the Canon EOS 6D
I usually don’t discuss technical photographic issues on my blog, but since I received a few inquiries about my equipment, I have decided to make a quick entry – particularly on the recent addition of a Canon EOS 6D to … Continue reading
Posted in Photography
Tagged 60D, 6D, 6D review, Canon 60D, Canon 6D, Canon 6D review, Canon EOS 60D, Canon EOS 6D, Canon EOS 6D review, Documentary photography, Michel Botman, Michel Botman photographe, Michel Botman Photographer, Michel Botman photographie, Michel Botman Photography, night photography, photo journalism, street photography
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Diamonds from the sky
Going back to Zimbabwe, the land of so much love and so many dreams, after such a long absence, had filled us with both anticipation and enthusiasm as well as with some gut wrenching apprehension – not unlike going back … Continue reading
Judgment Day
Between Christmas and New Year, I drove up the coast from Fort Lauderdale to St Augustine. I arrived in St Augustine on New Year’s eve. The sun was low, the shadows long like the night ahead. I saw a head … Continue reading
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