Category: #Photography

LET’S TALK ABOUT ‘FACES’ and THE CONTINUING “FACE FORCE FIELDS”‘ RULES AFFECTING the PHOTOGRAPHY of PEOPLE

August 31, 2021
Copyright 2013 Nawfal Johnson. This is the Temple Priest at the KUIL ARULMIGU BALATHANDAYUTHAPANI TEMPLE. Malaysia. Imagine attempting an impromptu candid portrait today, where he would be forced to wear a m-ask in public: The photograph would be ruined.

 

“For me, a face without a smile is more expressive, tells much more. The disadvantage of smiling is that it takes over all other facial expressions.”

~ Peter Lindbergh (born Peter Brodbeck; 23 November 1944 – 3 September 2019) was a German fashion photographer and film director. ~

 

“FOR ME, A Face WITHOUT A FACE, is as painfully boring as watching two snails race. Nevertheless, I think I’d prefer watching snails race, rather than photograph people wearing face force fields. On one condition, as long as there were a few good snail crashes — who doesn’t like a knarley snail crash!”

I said that!

At this point, I would love to photograph interesting people out in public, with their faces showing, even if all they showed me were smiles — That would be 1,000% better than only seeing people in public with faces covered….Expressionless Zombies.

☆ This is what I see when I go out in public now: Get a load of this nightmare.

Photo from freepik.

OF COURSE IT DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU LIVE

I live in a place where the Face Force Field is Mandatory in Public….STILL!

People put up with this lunacy, so the powers-that-be can continue the agenda to make UN-SOCIAL Behaviour, the Newest Normal.

IF YOU THROW ENOUGH PRO-OP-A-GANDA (mis-spellings are intentional because I wish NOT to be shadowbanned again) at the population, many will believe everything they are being fed, even though it makes no logical or scientific sense.

I think the great Sociologist, Gustave Le Bon, said it best in his book, “The Crowd A Study of the Popular Mind” :

“Not truth, but error has always been the chief factor in the evolution of nations, and the reason why socialism is so powerful today is that it constitutes the last illusion that is still vital. In spite of all scientific demonstrations it continues on the increase. Its principal strength lies in the fact that it is championed by minds sufficiently ignorant of things as they are in reality to venture boldly to promise mankind happiness. The social illusion reigns today upon all the heaped-up ruins of the past, and to it belongs the future. The masses have never thirsted after truth. They turn aside from evidence that is not to their taste, preferring to deify error, if error seduce them. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master; whoever attempts to destroy their illusions is always their victim.”

The Face Force Field is an illusion, pushed so hard as some sort of savior-Deus ex machina (along with the HOLY-J-a-b), that The Crowd MUST BELIEVE, especially in places where the people are shunned (and punished in many cases) for questioning the self-appointed, titled, superior, power-holders and their policies.

BUT WAIT, WHAT’S THIS!?!

From all of the reports, and research I have read, this is the most accurate description I have read, so far — it is about the Physics. However, in places like where I live, apparently, they don’t care about the Physics. They care about….I don’t know what exactly….maybe the total control of “The Crowd Mind”, and damn the Physics! As far as I know, from being out yesterday, EVERYONE is still forced to wear face force fields (or be heavily fined), no one can dine inside at restaurants, no one can gather at religious sites (mosques, churches, temples), and, I sigh in disbelief, this has dragged on so hellishly long. There is absolutely no incentive to go out in these conditions, and expect to take candid photographs of people on the street, like I enjoyed doing, not so long ago, well, maybe it has been a long time — 2019.

APPARANTLY, THE POLITICIANS WHO ARE STILL ENFORCING FACE FORCE FIELDS HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS RECENT STUDY BY THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS (AIP) THAT CLEARLY PROVES THAT ALL TYPES OF M-A-S-K-S DO NOT SUFFICIENTLY STOP V–I-R-A-L PARTICLES FROM DISPERSING OUT OF THE M-A-S-K-S.

“it was found that m-a-s-ks would not offer complete protection to a susceptible person from a v-i-r-a-l in-fec-tion” at a distance of less than 6 feet. Of course, they spin the findings, to support social distancing and m-a-s-k policies, even though they prove that face force fields are not very useful. It’s funny how they can prove the agenda WRONG, but go on to say, BUT GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE THE DRACONIAN MEASURES ON THE PEOPLE because it’s good for them. Just ignore that m-a-s-k-s in this sort of situation do no good, but go out an buy some more and make sure you wear them when going outside, in the fresh air, so you don’t endanger grandma, or you will be punished — OBEY!

The politicians where I live, are foaming at the mouth (probably literally) to v-a-x EVERYONE! And, in their daily pro-p-a-ganda they send out to all cell phones (thru SMS), they tell The Crowd, it is their duty, their obligation, to HELP PROTECT, grandma, the community, blah, blah, blah, don’t k-i-l-l grandma basically. I don’t think they got the memo from Is-ra-el and Ireland, that the SUPER-V-A-X-X-ED are being hos-pi-tal-ized MORE for being in-f-ect-ed with the Koof, than the rest of the population!

WAIT — WHAT’S THIS! Double-J-a-b-b-ed people overrunning the ERs! This country is VERY v-a-x-x-ed, and the numbers of cases are on the rise. Gee, I wonder why? Could the increase in cases of the Koof correlate with the increased number of fully v-a-x-x-ed people? I would guess YES; but you will never hear any of these theories in those daily SMS pro-p-a-gan-da messages we get from the health ministry. All they (the powers-that-be) care about is continuing the illusion, as Le Bon states, “The masses have never thirsted after truth. They turn aside from evidence that is not to their taste, preferring to deify error, if error seduce them.”
The numbers DON’T LIE: He said it, not me.
Well, what’s this? Natural im-m-unity is awesome! I’m not getting that memo here, and I doubt that they (powers-that-be), want the general population to know this information — it goes against whatever N-W-0 agenda that seems to be playing out.

I didn’t intend this post to be as much of a rant as it is turning out to be, but oh well:

Edward Bernays warned in his book, PROP-A-GANDA, the following dark truths about what the powers-that-be do to manipulate the masses:

“ORGANIZING CHAOS: The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country.We are governed, our minds molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organized. Vast numbers of human beings must cooperate in this manner if they are to live together as a smoothly functioning society.Our invisible governors are, in many cases, unaware of the identity of their fellow members in the inner cabinet.They govern us by their qualities of natural leadership, their ability to supply needed ideas and by their key position in the social structure.”

“Conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses…” what more must be said. It is in full swing. The masses have fallen. Some resist. But here, it is business as usual for “those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society”.

Quotes by Edward Bernays

I just want to be able to take candid people photography like I did, prior to 2020, and who knows if, or when, that may happen.

Old Lady showing much love to her faithful cat, sitting at the Burmese Buddhist Temple, captured around 2013’ish. Now, because of the Koofdamnic, all temples are closed. Therefore, I can’t photograph there. ☆ See & Purchase my Fine Art Photography @ https://nawfalnur.ImageKind.com/
A Hindu devotee, during Thaipusam, carrying a silver milk jug on his head, up the stairs leading to the KUIL ARULMIGU BALATHANDAYUTHAPANI TEMPLE.
Hindu devotees during Thaipusam. All Photographs are the Copyright of Nawfal Johnson Nur, except the freepix image.

MENTAL NOTE #153, A DISTINGUISHED MARINE FROM MY HOMETOWN, I JUST LEARNED ABOUT

June 11, 2021

MENTAL NOTE #153:

Edward James Land, Jr.

Distinguished Service Cross
DDistinguished Service Cross

“Edward James Land, Jr. was born in 1935 in Lincoln, Nebraska.  He was enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1953 at the age of seventeen years. He became a Staff Sergeant and then a Drill Master. After that he attended the Officer Candidate School in 1959, and having graduated from it, was commissioned as Second Lieutenant.  He showed an aptitude and competitiveness at shooting during his stay at Officer Candidate School. He was therefore selected for the Marine Corps Rifle team.  In Vietnam, he was Commanding Officer of Carlos Hathcock, who in the early days of his career had received training from him. Land is best known for founding the first modern sniper course for the Marine Corps.” (Source: http://infomory.com/famous/famous-snipers-of-vietnam-war/ )

This “sniper” post will lead into my next MENTAL NOTE about being a “Sniper Photographer“.

HONG SAN SI TEMPLE #2

April 16, 2021
PENANG-360-DEGREES SERIES

Title: HONG SAN SI TEMPLE #2.

Copyright 2021 Nawfal Johnson
All Rights Reserved.

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PENANG-360-DEGREES SERIES
Series Years: 2021.
The meaning of the series name, is simply, recording places in Penang (Malaysia), all over, and anywhere, which interest me.
This is a Monochrome — Sepia-Toned Fine Art Photography Series.
This is also my 100th Photography Series.

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ABSTRACT LIGHT STREAKS #449, Edit E

February 14, 2021

Title: “ABSTRACT LIGHT STREAKS #449, Edit E”.

Creation Date 14 February 2021.
Copyright 2021 Nawfal Johnson
All Rights Reserved .
Series: ABSTRACT LIGHT STREAKS.
Series Years: 2015 to Present.
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SAMMAEL, TRANSMOGRIFICATION II, Edit D, NEW in the FIRE PORTRAITS PHOTOGRAPHY SERIES

January 28, 2021
SAMMAEL

SAMMAEL, TRANSMOGRIFICATION II, Edit D

Title: “SAMMAEL, TRANSMOGRIFICATION II, Edit D”.


Creation Date: 28 January 2021.
“Fire Portraits” Series.
Series Years: 2016 – 2021 (On-Going).
Influence: “To Reign in Hell” novel by Steven Brust.
Art Photographs: Photography of fire shaped into Portrait-like imagery, of the characters, angels, in “To Reign in Hell”, written by Steven Brust.
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Note 1: After doing the first art photo, I said to myself, “I’m seeing some faces from Brust’s novel in this image, and I need to investigate, and work this out further to see what develops.”

Note 2: One very interesting aspect of Brust’s story is that all of the angels were essentially good until a conflict and deception arose among the angels. On top of that, the three “evil” angels in the story ( evil according to many ‘modernised’ views…modern being several thousand years for Satan/Lucifer/Devil, and hundreds for Mephisto ) — Satan and Lucifer are the same entity, and Mephistopheles is the name invented for the historical Johann Georg Faust (c. 1480–c. 1540), and in demonology, Mephistopheles was “one of the seven chief devils and the tempter of Faust”. Nevertheless, in Brust’s story, Satan and Lucifer are “First-Borns”, and Mephistopheles is an archangel, not of the devils or demons, but he is Fallen.

Note 3: My Brust angels are a contradiction because they are made of fire. Angels, “fallen” or not, made of fire, I think is a contradiction.

Note 4: Sammael is a fallen archangel, and the Lord of Destruction. Some think this was Lucifer’s original name. The Jews think he is the archangel of the AMALEKITES (Gentiles) — Fine. Bring IT!

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MENTAL NOTE #127, TODAY I GOT AN EXCELLENT SUNTAN !

January 28, 2021

MENTAL NOTE #127: TODAY I GOT AN EXCELLENT SUNTAN! THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF LIVING IN THE TROPICAL ZONE.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s not all Tea and Strippers in the Tropics. You have VERY HOT & HUMID weather most of the year; and then, you have about three months of cloudy and rainy Monsoon Season Storms.

But I do feel a bit sorry for all my fellow Nebraskans who got about 17 or 18 inches of snow the other day — It’s gotta suck to be there right now.

MENTAL NOTE #125, FREEDOM

January 22, 2021

MENTAL NOTE #125: FREEDOM — “Every thought should be uttered freely, fearlessly…”

I have been very troubled with the current and horrendous change in my country’s political environment, where a complete silence of Free Speech is in the process — that is — Free Speech will be silenced for ALL PEOPLE who oppose tyranny, and oppose the destruction of their country, to a new leader who loves his ‘Great New Reset’. T r u m p did nothing to stop this from happening; but under a Beiijing-Biiden admin, it is going to be worse, and you will see that unfold for yourself, very, very, soon.

Once again, I must turn our attention to the Sage, and the Great Master Painter, Robert Henri:

“It is better that every thought should be uttered freely, fearlessly, than that any great thought should be denied utterance for fear of evil. It is only through complete independence that all goodness can be spoken, that all purity can be found. Even indecency is bred of restriction not of freedom, for how can the spirit which controls the ethical side of life be trusted except through the poise that is gained by exercise? When we think honestly, we never desire individuals bound hand and foot, and the ethical side of man’s nature we cannot picture as overwhelmed and smothered with regulations if we are to have a permanent human goodness; for restrictions hide vice, and freedom alone bears morality.”

Henri, R., & Ryerson, M. (1958). The art spirit, by Robert Henri: notes, articles, fragments of letters and talks to students, bearing on the concept and technique of picture making, the study of art generally, and on appreciation, compiled by Margery Ryerson. J.B. Lippincott.

“Light within Smoke #1 on 13 January 2021”

January 17, 2021

Title: “Light within Smoke #1 on 13 January 2021”.

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“LIGHT within SMOKE” is a series that contains elements of both Smoke-Art Photography and Light Streaks Photography. These artworks are complex. There are details within details. Many of the artwork titles are very descriptive because there is so much action going on in each piece, performed by odd combinations of colourful characters.

Series Year(s): 2019 – Present (On-Going).

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“LIGHT WITHIN SMOKE #1 ON 5 January 2021”

January 10, 2021

Title: “LIGHT WITHIN SMOKE #1 ON 5 January 2021”.

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“LIGHT within SMOKE” is a series that contains elements of both Smoke-Art Photography and Light Streaks Photography. These artworks are complex. There are details within details. Many of the artwork titles are very descriptive because there is so much action going on in each piece, performed by odd combinations of colourful characters.

Series Year(s): 2019 – Present (On-Going).

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MENTAL NOTE #121, THANK THE UNIVERSE FOR MR BEAN, AN ADVOCATE FOR FREE SPEECH!

January 10, 2021
British actor/comedian Rowan Atkinson arrives for the special screening of “Johnny English Strikes Again” at AMC Lincoln Square in New York on October 23, 2018. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP) (Photo credit should read ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images). Used for Educational Purposes Only.

MENTAL NOTE #121: MR. BEAN, ROWAN ATKINSON, IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE COOLEST, MOST LEVEL HEADED PEOPLE IN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE, AND AN ARDENT SUPPORTER OF FREE SPEECH!

From Summit News:

Comedian Rowan Atkinson: Cancel Culture ‘Like A Medieval Mob’

“British star has a long history of defending free speech against the language police….”

on 5 January, 2021

Story by Steve Watson.

“Rowan Atkinson, famous for portraying the characters Mr Bean and Blackadder, has once again hit headlines for slamming the rise of a destructive cancel culture.

In an interview with the UK’s Radio Times, Atkinson described online trolls trying to ban everything as “the digital equivalent of the medieval mob.”

“The problem we have online is that an algorithm decides what we want to see, which ends up creating a simplistic, binary view of society,” he said.

“It becomes a case of either you’re with us or against us. And if you’re against us, you deserve to be ‘cancelled’,” the British comedian emphasised.”

Atkinson also blasted social media, saying that it fills him with “fear about the future,” because it continues to lower tolerance for differing opinions, which widens divisions in society.

“What we have now is the digital equivalent of the medieval mob roaming the streets looking for someone to burn,” Atkinson urged.

He noted that he has been on the end of the hate mob, not only owing to some of the skits in Mr Bean, many of which were written 30 years ago, but also because of his long history of standing up for free speech.”

Source: https://summit.news/2021/01/05/comedian-rowan-atkinson-cancel-culture-like-a-medieval-mob/

Oh Man! I can absolutely see how the Crybaby Snowflake Leftist Commie-reds would be triggered by Mr. Bean.

Why? Because the Bean character is honest. He is not a conformist. He bucks the societal socialist bullshit that the leftists love, and get so violent about. And, because Bean is comedic: Comedy often makes fun of, AND EXPOSES, the stupid shit people do in society, and in government. Leftist Commies don’t like it when comedy is used to expose how ridiculous they are.

Well, it is good we have BEAN!

MENTAL NOTE #117, SIMPLE TASKS THAT CONFIRM, AND REMIND YOU, THAT YOU OWN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS (A.S. or AS or Literally a ‘PAIN IN THE AS(S)’!

January 4, 2021

MENTAL NOTE #117: Yes — There are some simple tasks that EVERYONE, ALMOST, can do without even thinking about them; tasks you can do without working up a massive sweat, without experiencing massive pain, and without feeling massive discomfort and annoyance.

What am I talking about?

I’m talking about ‘Owning‘ the horrible arthritic disease, ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS, like I DO! I’ve had this damned painful disease for at least 39 Years! Imagine EVERYDAY PAIN! Yeah, that is what Ownership of Ankylosing Spondylitis is all about.

“Everything you do as an AS’er is typically affected by AS.”

ME, I said that!

I was painfully and annoyingly reminded of this fact today, as I struggled for at least FIVE MINUTES to get my socks on! Yes, SOCKS! The BANE of AS’ers WORLDWIDE! IF you own AS, you should know what I mean, right!

Because the AS’er’s spine is stiff and painful, most of the time; or, like me, having suffered a fractured spine (in two places), DUE TO COMPLICATIONS WITH AS + A TRAUMA, causing a need to go through a HORRENDOUS 10-hours long Spinal Fusion Surgery to keep my spinal cord from being ripped apart as my lumbar spine moved in two different directions, eventually making it so I could no longer walk — MY POINT IS THAT EVEN LESS THAN CRITICAL ACCIDENTS TO MOST PEOPLE, CAN CAUSE DISASTROUS INJURIES FOR AS’ERS.

Yeah, so, that’s only one FUN example of what some of us AS’ers have experienced in THEIR (OUR) OWNERSHIP of AS.

Therefore, the simple act of bending over to put one’s own socks on to dress, is an EXHAUSTING EXPERIENCE to say the least.

Sometimes, after I get my socks on, I feel so drained, I say to myself, “‘Fuuck’it!’ I’m too exhausted to go anywhere.” Nevertheless, it was such an effort to just get my socks on (properly no less, LOL), that it would be a waste NOT to go out. “I’ll teach them ‘Fuuck’en’ socks who they are dealing with!”

ME, I SAID THAT!

Anyway, EVIL SOCKS, the Bane of AS’ers throughout the Galaxy and BEYOND!

I was just thinking about the mysteries of the galaxy today, and the Struggles of Daily Life that many (if not all) AS’ers face. Simple tasks like putting on socks, are indeed, a ‘Pain in the AS(S)’, for AS’ers!