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Magazine
What a Piece of Work is Man!

by Editor Peter Davidson (axiom)
Edited and published by Yvette Depaepe, the 5th of October 2023

 

                                                                                                 'Good Morning' by Noam Garmiza

 

What a piece of work is man…

I will tell you why.

I have of late, lost all my mirth, and it goes so heavily with my disposition, that this good earth seems to me a sterile promontory. 

This most excellent canopy, this air, this brave firmament, this majestical roof, when spread with golden fire... why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours. 

 

What a piece of work is a man...

How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty. In form and moving, how express and admirable.

In action how like an Angel, in apprehension how like a God.

The beauty of the world, the paragon of animals. 

And yet to me, what is this quintessence of dust? Man delights not me. No, nor Woman neither. 

 

(WS)

 

                                                                                                                   'The War' by Ali Ghafouroi   


 
                                                                                                                  'Pain' by Susanne Jung
 

 

                                                                                                         'Lancaster Bomber' by John Madden

 
 
                                                                                                                 'Blackbird' by Sergey Parishkov

 
 
                                                                                                                         'Shinogi Zukuri' by gNo


 
                                                                                                            'Warrior Mursi' by svetlin Yosifov


 
                                                                                                         'Time Gate Defender' by Daniel Springgay


 
                                                                                                                 Untitled by Joxe Garmendia

 
 
                                                                                                                   'War' by Nasrinmazalahi


 
                                                                                                                 'Big Beautiful Doll' by Peter Davidson


 
                                                                                                                       'Warrior' by Magnus Muhr


 
                                                                                                                   'The Apprentice' by Peter Davidson

 
 
                                                                                                                       Untitled by Koki Jovanovic

 
 
                                                                                                                      'Unforgiven' by Amir Bajrich
 
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Great images, excellent moods and expressions.
Thank you Ramiz.
Great, emotional and expressive…gone me a lot to think about! Thank you!
Thank you Wanghan.
Peter you brought to us very sad but sadly very actual subject. Fighting, suffering and mourning.....during my travels I visited several war memorials/cemeteries in France, Luxemburg, Slovakia or even in Germany and also in Singapore and Malaysia, places where someone can be thinking and crying about war heroes and victims. I greatly appreciate your contribution to this subject, thank you.
Especially concerning the recent atrocities in the Middle East. It never stops.
...great and impressive images. Many congrats...
Thank you Christiano.
Great images, excellent moods and expressions.
Thank you Chris.
A valuable work that should be considered and should not be overlooked. I was deeply moved by this reality and this record. Thank you very much for sharing.
Thank you Miharu.
A very impressive article that makes me touch and pause! Thank you Peter for your work - and a wonderful photo gallery!
Thanks Susanne, you're very kind.
I recently saw old registers of civil status in which a person's existence is reduced to 3 elements - name, date of birth, date of death. I thought - what a cold coding of lives full of events and emotions, what an unfair reduction of personal histories, basically 'codes' from which other 'codes' are born. Maybe that's why, putting things in perspective, such a collection of images that evoke the force of life, existential hypotheses with a strong impact, of the nature of activating the consciousness of important milestones, gives more meaning to the thread of life, that has only two arithmetic expressions in the registers.Brilliant gallery.Thank you Peter and Yvette! <3
Wonderful comment Gabriela, thank you.
What a beautiful images. So strong full with expression.
Thank you Ineke.
very powerful images!
Thank you Jorge.
Very expressive images. They are very thought-provoking and touch me. A really successful and strong collection. Thanks for sharing it.
Glad they touched you Roland.
Very powerful images- the agony, pain, sadness etc popped up in front of the viewers, can’t escape. Congratulations.
No escape. Thanks Pang.
Well Done Peter a very Powerful selection of Wonderful images...
Thank you Daniel.