Saturday, May 19, 2018

Parmigianino and Anthropomorphism

Just before sunrise I heard the deer outside our house. I walked out with my camera set at 1/15 second and the 180 mm Nikkor -P Auto lens open to f2.8.


The first deer I saw looked at me with her neck extended. As I clicked and scared her away, I could only think about Parmigianino's "Madonna with the Long Neck" (Madonna dal collo lungo) I saw at the Uffizi.


Five hundred years have passe between Parmigianino's painting and my photo.  And yet, before my morning coffee, when I saw that deer in the viewfinder, all I could think about was this glorious painting.


May 19, 2018
© Vahé A. Kazandjian, 2018

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