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The Maximum Freedom

Inter­esting words from pho­to­grapher Klavdij Sluban:

Trav­el­ling is part of my genes. My great-​grandfathers, grand­fathers, and father all trav­elled to make a better living. Mainly to America (in fact ‘Amerika’) and France. At the age of 18 months I was in a train for a big trip, so pho­to­graphy is just a personal way of giving shape to some­thing my ancestors have implanted into my genes.

But jails have also to do with trav­eling because it is the end of the trip. I started the project in jails aware of my total freedom as a traveler, with a western country passport in my pocket on top of it. I wanted to see what it looks like when everything becomes impossible. It is a way to prove to myself life is possible even when it is impossible. I don’t like it when it is smooth and pre­dict­able. My trips are as tough as my sojourns in jails. The maximum freedom is to choose your burdens.

There is an excel­lent selec­tion of Sluban’s pho­to­graphs on Télérama.fr, here. Def­in­itely worth a look.

(via HCSP)

‘Transs­ibérien, 2007′ by Klavdij Sluban. (Source)

Truth Alone Will Endure

Yes­terday was Gandhi Jayanti, an Indian national holiday marking the birthday of Mohandas Kara­mchand Gandhi. This is some­thing that Gandhi wrote:

Truth alone will endure, all the rest will be swept away before the tide of time. I must continue to bear testi­mony to truth even if I am forsaken by all. Mine may today be a voice in the wil­der­ness, but it will be heard when all other voices are silenced, if it is the voice of Truth.

More of what Gandhi said and wrote can be read here and some pho­to­graphs of him can be seen here.

A pho­to­graph of Mohandas Kara­mchand Gandhi. (Source)