Welcome to Week 86 of the Tuesday Photo Challenge.
You provided a stunning array of posts with last week’s theme of Build, ranging from building cities and car ports to relationships and Nature’s amazing structures and ourselves! Creative, insightful, and wonderfully personal!
This week, I’d like to give you another opportunity to take the theme into many directions, as it is Message! Your decision is all about whether you want to portray message as a physical entity, a conceptual image or providing a message through your entry. I’m thinking that there will be a lot of wonderful messages put forth this week!
Have fun with your message, and let the world know what you want to share with it!
Sometimes the message comes from the great beyond…
Memento Mori
Growing up among the classic paintings of the Dutch Golden Age, I always enjoyed the Vanitas paintings; these paintings all had a message to be decoded, from which the viewer could learn. Often, the message was ‘memento mori’, literally translated to ‘remember to die’, which encouraged people to reflect on their mortality. The same message was often used on gravestones from the 17th and 18th century in New England, and I have seen it in other locales as well; I always like to think of it as a reminder to live!
The full rules of this challenge are in TPC Guidelines, but here’s the tl;dr:
Create a pingback link to this post, so that I can create a post showing all of the submissions over the week (note: pingbacks may not appear immediately, as my site is set up to require approval for linking to it; helps against previous bad experiences with spamming)
Have fun creating something new (or sharing something old)!!
I’m looking forward to seeing what catches your eye this week…
A Fresh Perspective
Photography is more than just a vehicle for capturing the world around me; it provides me with a palette and a set of brushes, with which I paint not only what I see, but also look to express the emotions that are evoked by the scene in front of me in that moment.
Growing up in the Netherlands exposed me to a wide cross-section of visual arts that laid the foundation of my photographic view of all that surrounds me. Early influences were the Dutch Masters of the 17th century, to whom I was introduced by my grandfather during museum explorations; favorites among them are the scenes of quotidian life depicted by Jan Steen and Frans Hals and the vivid landscapes of Jacob van Ruisdael.
My classical high school education was supplemented by the Boijmans Van Beuningen museum, where I spent many a lunch hour exploring its great collection. Here I was introduced to surrealism with a particular love for the approach taken by Salvador Dali; Dali also rekindled my appreciation for the work of Hieronymus Bosch, who often showed the folly of us mortals.
Universal Connections
My approach to any photographic subject is to look for understanding first; in this I look to establish either a connection between the viewer and the subject or capture the connection of the subject with its surroundings. The captured image then aims to portray this connection from a perspective that is part of my personal interpretation.
This interpretation is often a form of externalized introspection, which may alternately display the connection of isolated beings and items with their environment or highlight the whimsy of the profound world, in which we find ourselves. The universe is full of connections, many of which are waiting to be discovered; part of my journey as a photographer is to document these connections.
Any assignment, be it an event, a product shoot or a portrait session is always approached through communication with the client; this is where the first connection is established. Ideas are exchanged and a collaborative plan of action forms, ultimately resulting in a set of images that aim to exceed the expectations of each client.
And, lest we forget, it is important to have fun while practicing the serious business of photography!
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67 thoughts on “Tuesday Photo Challenge – Message”
You’re right – I love this theme! I’m in, Frank. 🙂 And I love what you said, of letting the world know what we want to share with it. And a reminder to live. Blessings to all contributors. Debbie
very nice take on the subject Frank.I never post one photo for more challenges, but this time I just didn’t check your Tuesdays PC on time and ended posting this image on Wednesday for another topic whereas it is meant for this challenge. https://lessywannagohome.blogspot.be/2017/12/catalan-independence.html
Wonderful message here Frank. I have a post written for this but I’m waiting on a link to embed so my post will be late. No need to include it in the round up, but I’ll still send it to you, if you like.
Dutch goes the Photo! 
Here is my entry;
two Indianised message in funny english
https://sidhujetha.wordpress.com/2017/12/05/tuesday-photo-challenge-message/
Nice ones!
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message challenge 🙂
Here is my message: https://geriatrixfotogallerie.wordpress.com/2017/12/05/message/
Great message and very important!
Fantastic post!
A very inspiring post Frank and a powerful message from beyond in your photograph! My post from yesterday has a positive message and I am delighted to link it here: https://whippetwisdom.com/2017/12/04/haibun-second-chance/
Thank you, Xenia! Your post is simply fantastic! It’s so nice to hear how dogs can transform the lives of humans, while they help each other.
Thank you Frank, this programme is such a win-win for everyone involved ☺🍀
A great topic Frank. I may do more than one.
Love the headstones and the message.
Here is my Message
http://bushboy.blog/2017/12/05/message/
Beautiful capture for this week’s theme!!
Thank you Frank 🙂
Another Message
http://bushboy.blog/2017/12/05/another-message/
Great one!
Thanks Frank. Here’s my contribution this week.
https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2017/12/05/tuesday-photo-challenge-message/
If you once have the chance to visit Mexiko in November for the Day of the Deads, you will hear another message on cemeteries and elsewhere on this.
It’s a wonderful time of year to visit there. I have been in Peru for their Day of the Dead celebration and it’s inspiring!
hi frank, wonderful pictures for the theme of this week, here is my contribution to the challenge theme message, https://wp.me/p2AvI7-2CA.
Thank you, Robert. Your contribution this week is very intriguing, as they contain interesting messages!
You’re right – I love this theme! I’m in, Frank. 🙂 And I love what you said, of letting the world know what we want to share with it. And a reminder to live. Blessings to all contributors. Debbie
Here are a few messages – https://edtphotoblog.wordpress.com/2017/12/06/message/
“Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
Nice one!
WOW! That is very cool!
Hi there
this is my entry, though it’s not my click but was there in my gallery since long as it seems the whole sky is smiling so just for feeling happy I saved it.
https://poetryinpicture.wordpress.com/2017/12/07/message/
That’s a cute photo! Made me smile.
Thankyou☺
Hi Frank, I have a linked a second contribution with a simple message from Nature: https://whippetwisdom.com/2017/12/07/tanka-winter-magic/
Love this post, Xenia!
Thank you Frank! :o)
A thoughtful picture and a great theme. Thank you. Check out https://travel387.wordpress.com/2017/05/17/reflecting-on-qualm/
Such a nice topic, made me think that messages… they are everywhere, one way or another. My post has somehow turned out to be about colors and nice hues. 🙂 https://doarnicol.wordpress.com/2017/12/08/mesajul-din-roz-visiniu-the-message-in-the-pinks-and-the-purples/
very nice take on the subject Frank.I never post one photo for more challenges, but this time I just didn’t check your Tuesdays PC on time and ended posting this image on Wednesday for another topic whereas it is meant for this challenge.
https://lessywannagohome.blogspot.be/2017/12/catalan-independence.html
Hi Frank, my wife and I went out for a walk in the snow and I found a way to link it back to the theme of “message”.
https://islandinthenet.com/jolfadrs-arrival/
Wonderful post! It’s great to be outside today!
Wonderful message here Frank. I have a post written for this but I’m waiting on a link to embed so my post will be late. No need to include it in the round up, but I’ll still send it to you, if you like.
I m running behind this week, so I’ll include your post.
Thanks Frank, just not sure when I’ll get it to you as I’m waiting on input from someone else.
Enjoy your vacation, Debbie!
I hope this isn’t too late! http://amoralegria.com/2018/01/18/tuesday-photo-challenge-messages-of-faith-love-and-joy/
Never too late!