Destination Cape Verde...

(Photos by Tavarua)

Do not forget to appreciate the journey to your destination...

Cheers!

"The Hunters and The Hunted "...(Part II)

(Photo by Tavarua)

LBV: So, do you equate memories with photographs, being a photographer, or are they two separate although at times overlapping, categories. What then does it mean to manipulate the images as you do?

Tavarua: No - I do not necessarily equate memories with photographs but surely there is an overlap. The meaning of the manipulation of the ordinary photo is the creation and reflection of my mind in the composition of something more...interesting... in my way of looking at it...a reflection... to create new life to the interpretation of the experience....using simple elements ...in their relation to each other...

Each moment has a meaning and purpose of significant value in life which can expand into your own true way of life philosophy....and to meet life's challenges with unconventional contradictory strategies...

"It is also about collecting -  a canvas bag full of conch shells from a beach in the Caribbean, coral, crab claws, dried pods, bones, porcupine quills, tusks from hogs and hippos from old Africa, stag horns from the Alps, fabrics, old crocodile cases, hunting bottles and of course photos, scraps, a feather, leaves and whatever finds its way into my leather bound journals.....and in the end the camera freezes the moment of the "creation" and sends the message - a reflection - to further ideas and inspirational thoughts...about...life...maybe... how to absorb it...in my travels........"

Every moment is a treasure...

(Photo by Tavarua)

"A frozen moment"

..if you have time and  vision to recognize it...

"One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things."

- Henry Miller

"Now but a memory"

our present happenings - tomorrows memories...keep them in your heart and they will be treasured forever...There are days we spend only with our memories...and they keep us longing for new experiences...

"Change is not necessary for life...it is the essence of life..."

Morning Sun ......

(Photos by Tavarua)

It was an early morning - just before sunrise - as always - sounds and smells of Africa... warming your heart - some coffee and biltong to let your body warm up to a new amazing day in life...

Baboons.....

(Photos by Tavarua)

Under the African Sun...

(Photos by Tavarua)

When Africa takes hold of your heart it will never quite let go and you will come back again and again....a continent which, with every breath you take you will feel it in your soul....

maybe you one day will measure life different...and appreciate the beauty of simplicity...

“In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.”

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow