Month: May 2015

Richard and Bonnie

“I survived the Vietnam War without getting shot. I was a medic. So I come back home to Louisville and some punk kid shoots me in the back” says Richard whose wife Bonnie shows me the bullet hole entry. Ironically Richard is the key subject in one of the most famous of Life Magazine Vietnam …

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Renee

Renee is feeling the spirit at First Friend Ministry. This Pentecostal church has no building of their own and they meet in a basement conference room in a hotel at the airport in Louisville, Kentucky. Feeling good on Sunday mornings is their objective. Said the pastor ” you gotta let the roots of your tree …

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Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville, Kentucky. Kyle Liburd and his 1 year old son Kaedyn hang out in their front yard right across the street from Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby. Their vision of the Derby was simply to watch the spectators leaving at the end of the famous horse race. Kaedyn is just taking his first steps. …

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Goodbye from Melbourne

My grand love, the thing I return to most, my greatest pain. This is goodbye from me, I thank you all so much for your kind and beautiful comments, and for following along. It has been a humbling and rewarding journey, and a great priviledge. Thank you so much @burndiary @burnmagazine @diegorlando @davidalanharvey! If you …

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The stars

“The stars we are given. The constellations we make. That is to say, stars exist in the cosmos, but constellations are the imaginary lines we draw between them, the readings we give the sky, the stories we tell”. R. Solnit Katrin Koenning @k_koenning for Burn Diary from Melbourne, Australia.

Feet

Domestic Constellation #2. Today is my last day posting here for Burn Diary. Wishing you a glorious weekend! Katrin Koenning @k_koenning from Melbourne, Australia

Helicopter

The Australian government is planning to forcibly close regional Aboriginal communities. Today in Melbourne thousands of people came together to stand with our Indigenous Brothers & Sisters. ‘Always was, always will be, Aboriginal Land’. Katrin Koenning @k_koenning for Burn Diary, Melbourne, Australia. @photobookarchive

The tallest building in Melbourne

The tallest building in Melbourne, in flexible disguise #2. This is Katrin Koenning @k_koenning for Burn Diary from Melbourne, Australia.