Tuscany: long rows of cypress trees flank the driveways to old farmhouses and contemporary villas. I have no idea what function the narrow conifers serve, but their stateliness emphasises the lines of the landscape. Beautiful!
The compositions in the work of Gerard Oonk are highly stylized. The main subject of the photographs is immediately recognizable. "I don't want to distract the viewer and that requires making choices and leaving out a lot". The emphasis in the photographs is on beauty and optimism. Even our transience.. Read more…