Chad Mauger Phot(o)graphy

Canary Island Pine on Flickr.

Mamiya RB67 | Kodak Portra 160

Beauty: Adelaide, Australia on Flickr.

The Hibiscus flower links two periods of service in my life, the first in Fiji and the second in Israel. Each of these countries is special to me. Seeing this flower again ties both of those places with home.

“Know thou of a truth that the seeker must, at the beginning of his quest for God, enter the Garden of Search. In this journey it behoveth the wayfarer to detach himself from all save God and to close his eyes to all that is in the heavens and on the earth. There must not linger in his heart either the hate or the love of any soul, to the extent that they would hinder him from attaining the habitation of the celestial Beauty.”

—Bahá’u’lláh, Gems of Divine Mysteries, p. 27

Nineteen Months

Things Are Looking Up on Flickr.

Mamiya RB67 | Kodak Portra 160

An Afternoon in the Forest on Flickr.

Mamiya RB67 | Kodak Portra 160

Splendour: Adelaide, Australia on Flickr.

Capturing the last rays of the sun’s splendour before nightfall.

“I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by Thy most effulgent splendour, before whose brightness every soul humbly boweth down and prostrateth itself in adoration for Thy sake—a splendour before whose radiance fire is turned into light, the dead are brought to life and every difficulty is changed into ease. I entreat Thee by this great, this wondrous splendour and by the glory of Thine exalted sovereignty, O Thou Who art the Lord of indomitable power, to transform us through Thy bounty into that which Thou Thyself dost possess and enable us to become fountains of Thy light, and graciously vouchsafe unto us that which beseemeth the majesty of Thy transcendent dominion.”

—The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p. 180

Nineteen Months

Honour: Adelaide, Australia on Flickr.

When my father planted this cactus it was a cutting around 30cm in length and now, 25 years later, it towers above our house.

“Lift up your hearts above the present and look with eyes of faith into the future! Today the seed is sown, the grain falls upon the earth, but behold the day will come when it shall rise a glorious tree and the branches thereof shall be laden with fruit. Rejoice and be glad that this day has dawned, try to realize its power, for it is indeed wonderful! God has crowned you with honour and in your hearts has He set a radiant star; verily the light thereof shall brighten the whole world!”

—‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Paris Talks, p. 68

Nineteen Months

Oranges on Flickr.

Near the Shrine of the Báb, Haifa, Israel

Sky’s Edge on Flickr.

Para Wirra Recreation Park, SA, Australia

The Lake [HDR] on Flickr.

Para Wirra Recreation Park, SA, Australia

Untitled on Flickr.

Para Wirra Recreation Park, SA, Australia.