STARRY NIGHT

                                    촛점이 맞지 않은 한 장의 사진은 실수이고,
                                    촛점이 맞지 않은 열 장의 사진은 실험이며,
                                    촛점이 맞지 않은 백 장의 사진은 스타일이다.  

달이 밝던 지난 14일 올림픽공원 만남의 광장에서 한국천문연구원이 주관한 2011 대한민국 별축제가 개최되었다. 골든별, 음악회, 강연, 관측회 등 별과 관련된 다양한 행사가 진행되었고, 많은 아마추어 천문인, 동아리, 동호회가 참가하여 밤하늘에 관한 열정을 공유하였다.
한 우물을 판다는 것은 말처럼 쉬운 일이 아니며, 외로움과 어려움을 감내해야 주어지는 성취를 향한 발걸음이다. 저마다의 관심사를 깊이 있게 다듬어 가는 아마추어가 존경받는 나라가 선진국이며, 사진 속의 사람들이 대한민국을 그곳으로 이끌고 있다.  

 2011년 5월, 올림픽공원, 5D Mark Ⅱ, EF 24-105mm F4L IS USM

2011년 5월, 올림픽공원, 5D Mark Ⅱ, EF 24-105mm F4L IS USM

2011년 5월, 올림픽공원, 5D Mark Ⅱ, EF 24-105mm F4L IS USM

 2011년 5월, 올림픽공원, 5D Mark Ⅱ, EF 24-105mm F4L IS USM

Symmetry UFO를 타고 온 여덟 외계인들이 진지하게 고민하고 있다.


'지구에 내려도 안전할까?'

OLYMPUS μ TOUGH-8010

제88회 어린이날, OLYMPUS μ TOUGH-8010


빅뱅 이후 우주에 입자^[각주:1]들이 공급되었고, 뻥튀기 아저씨는 빅뱅을 통해 어린이들에게 추억을 공급하신다.

2011년 4월, 경부고속도로, OLYMPUS μ TOUGH-8010

NAVER 사옥을 도로 위에서 촬영하였다. 현란한 형태와 장식을 가미한 건물들이 넘치는 시대지만, NAVER 사옥은 직육면체 그 자체로 단아한 미를 발산하는 미니멀리즘의 전형을 보여준다. 이에 더하여, 단순함으로 치부될 수 있는 겉모습에 녹색 계열의 색채 조합을 입힘으로써 휴식, 환경, 미래와 같은 긍정적 이미지가 NAVER로 귀속되는 효과를 이끌어내고 있다. GREEN FACTORY라는 이름이 참 잘 어울리는 빌딩이다.
블로그를 개설한 후 NAVER, PARAN, DAUM에 검색 등록을 신청하였더니 각각 2주, 1달, 5개월쯤 지나 가부 메일을 보내왔다. NAVER나 PARAN과 달리 DAUM은 등록이 거부되었다.^[각주:1] 그 까닭으로 개인적인 성격의 사이트나 블로그는 등록 대상이 아니라는 답변을 보내왔다. 아쉽지만 포털마다 운영 정책이 다를 것이므로 이해한다.
신청하고 기다리는 과정을 통하여, 누군가에게 받아들여진다는 것과 누군가를 받아들인다는 것에 대해 생각해보았다. 전자가 더 어렵고, 더 기쁜 일이리라. 나는 얼마나 받아들여지고, 받아들이며 살아왔을까?



 

OLYMPUS μ TOUGH-8010

오랜만이다. 글을 쓰지 못하는 중에도 시간은 흘러 어느덧 5월이다. 얼마 전 수원으로 출장을 갔다가 눈에 띄는 천문대가 있어 사진에 담았다. 최근에 지어진 화려한 천문대들에 익숙해진 눈을 가졌다면 사진 속의 돔은 개인용이라 해도 믿을 만한 외양을 가졌다. 하지만, 수많은 이들의 천문학적 호기심을 채워준 빛나는 역사를 가졌음을 생각한다면 겉모습이 가지는 가치란 크지 않은 것임을 다시 일깨워준다. 
사진을 보면 하단 우측에 교회의 첨탑이 있고, 돔 위로는 검은 점처럼 보이는 헬리콥터가 날고 있다. 먹구름에 가위눌린 천문대, 악천후로 위태로운 헬기, 음지에 처한 교회... 하늘에 바라는 건 한 가지일 것이다.

    Oliver Jeffers

Oliver Jeffers was born in Port Hedland, Western Australia in 1977 and bred in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
As a teenager, he thoroughly enjoyed playing the spoons and travelled the land frequenting every pub he could find looking for a group of musicians to harmoniously add his percussive talents to. Unfortunately, no-one recognised his musical talent, so to force some other way of fitting in, Oliver painted them instead. It was when he came runner-up in The Irish News amateur art competition in 1995 that he seriously considered painting as a direction in which to take his life. It was a good decision, as since then Oliver has travelled the globe extensively, exhibiting his work in New York, Sydney, Melbourne, London, Belfast and Glengormley.
He made his name as a young contemporary artist with several small exhibitions in Belfast between 1995 and 1998. At this time, Oliver also began illustrating book jackets for local publishing houses.
Whilst taking a break from university during 1999-2000, Oliver travelled across America and Australia, settling in Sydney for a period to work in freelance illustration and painting. In Australia, he illustrated for various magazines and got his first big break when Lavazza Coffee Company saw his offbeat coffee illustrations. They subsequently commissioned him to paint some pictures for their HQ and to illustrate their Christmas cards. They also featured him in a live exhibition during the Aroma coffee festival at The Rocks, Sydney, where he illustrated on site in front of thousands of people, using coffee rings and black ink.
Oliver returned from his travels in 2000 to finish his degree at the University of Ulster. He graduated with a First Class Honours Degree in Illustration and Visual Communication. During his final year, he had a prominent exhibition of portraiture in the John Hewitt Bar, Belfast. The exhibition was entitled 'Boys At The Bar', and depicted the afternoon (and morning!) drinking culture of Belfast. It attracted a great deal of media attention and all 16 pieces sold on the opening night.
Oliver's eye-catching style of artwork has taken him in many directions, including poster illustration, painting 10 commissioned artworks for a London bar and designing album covers. He paints in an impressive range of styles and sizes with a wide variety of media, and is currently experimenting by pushing the creative boundaries of picture books.
Oliver began writing and illustrating children's stories when he realised that people didn't believe what he did with his time. He has had a number of adventures that he has collected into his books for children; his debut picture book, 'How to Catch a Star', was inspired by a moment sitting on the end of a jetty in Sydney, looking at the stars. Not having an agent, Oliver sent his work unsolicited to HarperCollins Publishers. Its potential was immediately recognised, it was whisked off the slush pile and the publishing process began. In 2004, the book was published by HarperCollins Children's Books and was also short listed for the Booktrust Early Years Award for Best New Illustrator. In 2005, 'How to Catch a Star' won a Merit Award at the CBI/Bisto Book of Year Awards.
After the international success of 'How to Catch a Star', Oliver went on to produce the breathtakingly beautiful follow-up, 'Lost and Found', which garnered fantastic sales and critical acclaim on publication and went on to win the Gold Award at Nestle Children's Book Prize in 2005.
He continues to exhibit his art in major cities of the world and was recently commissioned to produce illustrations for Starbucks' nation-wide in-store displays in the UK
Oliver loves plastic food, suitcase handles and Elvis, and has developed a bizarre habit of endlessly writing lists he never reads. He remains hell bent on travelling all over the world. 


* 영문 줄거리 및 작가 약력 출처 : 교보문고

Monica wants the moon to play with, so her Papa sets out to get it for her. It isn't easy to climb all the way up to the moon, but he finally succeeds-only to find that the moon is too big to carry home!. The way in which this problem is solved is a joyful surprise.
Here is a multi-faceted story that appeals to children visually, verbally and emotionally, and which also contains a first lesson in natural history, depicting the eternal cycle of the waxing and waning of the moon. The simple text, just right for reading aloud or for the beginning reader expresses perfectly the purity of a father's love for his child. Small readers will empathize with Monica's longing for the moon, and will be reassured by her father's willingness to try to make her wish come true. And, on a deeper level, they will recognize that Papa is not merely fulfilling Monica's whim, but is demonstrating to her that even a seemingly unreachable goal can actually be attained. Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me is a book to be re-read many times, and to be treasured for its beauty and its positive message of love and inspiration.

Eric Carle well-known creator of many beloved picture books for small readers and listeners, including such classics as Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me, The Tiny Seed, Rooster's Off to See the World, A House for Hermit Crab, and The Very Hungry Caterpillar. He is especially celebrated for his unique ability to combine learning with pleasure. Children delight in the distinctive beauty of his illustrations - richly layered collages in glowing colors - and they love his entertaining stories, which invite them to make their own discoveries in a natural, joyful way.
Born in Syracuse, New York, Eric Carle received much of his education in Germany. He is a graduate of the Akademie der bildenden Kunste in Stuttgart, where he learned about Goethe's color theory and complementary colors. But the chief inspiration for Hello, Red Fox came from his talks with young readers themselves, who were surprised and fascinated when he demonstrated for them - just like in this book - that all colors have opposites.
Eric Carle has two grown children. He and his wife live in western Massachusetts.



* 영문 줄거리 및 서평, 작가 소개 출처 : 교보문고

Lighting design of outdoor wall in department store bring up the image of meteor shower.