About Christopher Holt
Christopher Holt is a photographer, blogger, poet and roadie of the mind who seeks through his work to illuminate the human experience. His travels to the American Southwest, Italy, France, Mexico and various parts of Canada and more have helped shape his views of humanity and the planet we live on. He is the author of A Year of Sitting: a Zen Journal. From the stillness of Zen to the melancholy of graveyards to the surreal transcendence of Vegas and the Burning Man festival, Chris' writing and photography teases light from dark places and casts questioning shadows into our myths and beliefs. Chris lives in Victoria, British Columbia with his wife, daughter, parrot, special needs cats and a Basset Hound. He grew up in Vancouver's Coal Harbour on a boat during the late 60s and 70s, the child of two hippies. His youth on the docks, with Stanley Park as his backyard, shaped his imagination and fueled his belief that life is best lived lightly, and needs no bill of sale.
You can view Christopher's photos at www.chrisholtphotos.com. Chris is also Vice-President of Life As A Human and the Photo Editor at Life As A Human Photography.
8 Hours for Making a Pop Song and Getting a Burger
Dave Wallace and fellow musician Dan Bennett (known to most as Transit) have demonstrated their creative process and given us a very inspiring video showing them creating a pop song in just eight hours. Believe it or not.
To My Poet Friends
Chris Holt “finds” a poem waiting for him by the side of the road. It’s not totally his poem, but we hope William Carlos Williams won’t mind.
Making Movies Accessible – Make ‘em on Your Phone
Today, I have an HD video camera on my iPhone 4 that in many respects can be as useful as a $15,000 camera.
Movement in Photography: A Twist in Time
Christopher Holt discusses the magic and mystery of capturing movement in photography.
Photographing Death in Venice
Christopher Holt learns about death in Venice when he visits Isola di San Michele — The Isle of the Dead — with his camera.
To Be Dead in Paris: A Photographic Tour of Père Lachaise Cemetery
Christopher Holt takes you on a photographic tour of the hauntingly famous Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris where you’ll find the graves of Jim Morrison, Chopin, Gertrude Stein, Oscar Wilde and 297,000 more graves of the obscure, the famous…and the infamous.
A Woman’s Place – Aung San Suu Kyi Released But Not Free
The ruling junta in Mynmar has just completed elections this week which once again illegitimately returned them to power held only by the violence of the gun. Their release of Aung San Suu Kyi after the elections is an attempt to gain some measure of legitimacy from the west; but it won’t work of course.
A Women’s Place – Denied
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani’s murder charge was obviously trumped up. Somehow Iranian officials thought this would be more acceptable to the world instead stoning the mother of two to death for adultery sentence they’d originally given her.
A Woman’s Place: Not to Be Continued?
According to news received by the International Committee against Stoning and International Committee against Execution on 1 November 2010, the authorities in Tehran have given the go ahead to Tabriz prison for the execution of Iran stoning case Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani. It has been reported that she is to be executed this Wednesday 3 November.
Life As A Human Likes…5
Life As A Human Likes is a weekly feature of fascinating, enlightening, fun or perhaps just odd blogs and websites that enliven the experience of being human. This week, we feature ways to change your consciousness, news that huffs and puffs, and heroes who save the whales.
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