A Brave New Day

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“The new dawn blooms as we free it

For there is always light,

if only we’re brave enough to see it

If only we’re brave enough to be it”

~Amanda Gorman

 

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A Brave New Day

 

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A Remarkable Morning

 

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Full of Promise

 

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A Light Shines

 

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A Door Opens

 

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A Great Day Ends

 

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Soaring

 

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It’s A Beautiful Day

 

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Hope for Tomorrow

 

Read Amanda Gorman’s Inaugural Poem, The Hill We Climb, here.

 

 

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223 comments ›

  2. LisaDay
    March 7, 2021 • 6:35 pm

    WOW! Where was a Door Opens shot?

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  4. Dishita
    March 4, 2021 • 12:08 pm

    These are so beautiful! Thank you for sharing! ❤️

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  8. Andrew Seal
    February 7, 2021 • 5:40 pm

    Your beautiful photos Jane together with Amanda Gorman’s inspiring words are simply perfect. Thank you.

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  10. the greatvincent
    February 7, 2021 • 7:38 am

    Great day great post excellent pictures good work

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  11. Mabel Kwong
    February 7, 2021 • 4:20 am

    Beautiful, stunning, jaw-dropping images all round, Jane. Marvelous work. Love how each of them are saturated with bold colours and shades. I also love how light prominently shines through as a defining feature of each image, symbolising some kind of hope for a brand new day. Brilliant all round and hope you are well 🙂

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  12. AstroPhoto Fun
    February 3, 2021 • 12:56 pm

    Thanks for sharing these amazing photos.

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  14. mahimajalan
    February 2, 2021 • 1:11 am

    Loved the pictures♥️♥️

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  15. Ihagh G. T.
    February 1, 2021 • 1:46 am

    inspiring post: great sceneries

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  17. DiosRaw
    January 30, 2021 • 8:15 am

    Stunning photography. 🖤

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  18. Melted Into Air, Into Thin Air
    January 30, 2021 • 6:15 am

    One of my favorite blogs to have discovered recently!

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  19. Steve Gingold
    January 30, 2021 • 2:32 am

    She is such an inspiration and from such a young person too. Youth has so much to offer that often is overlooked by us older folks. I was unable to watch live but had NPR on so heard her words.

    Dawn is such a hopeful time, offering the possibility of something special with each day. Our country is still mired in distrust and hypocrisy but every day we can hope for better and get a little closer.

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  20. mobarak
    January 29, 2021 • 6:17 pm

    A brilliant series by Amanda Gormans…. Thank you for sharing the details.

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  23. Prior...
    January 28, 2021 • 9:51 pm

    love how you led us to the closing hope for tomorrow photo 🙂

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  24. denisebushphoto
    January 28, 2021 • 8:01 am

    Stunning, poetic images to go along with Amanda’s verse. They are all wonderful and ‘It’s A Beautiful Day’ stands out to me for the unique way it presents sunrise/sunset.

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  26. Frank King Photos
    January 27, 2021 • 4:04 pm

    Can’t talk. GOBSMACKED by this stunning photo gallery! 🙂

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  27. Gibberish
    January 27, 2021 • 2:48 pm

    Absolutely stunning pictures 🤩😍

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  28. belindagroverphotography
    January 27, 2021 • 1:50 pm

    Things are looking up. Lovely photos, Jane!

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  31. margaret21
    January 27, 2021 • 9:35 am

    These are exhilaratingly dramatic. Wonderful!

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  32. Francina
    January 27, 2021 • 9:26 am

    Beautiful and remarkable photographs.

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  33. Tofino Photography
    January 27, 2021 • 8:00 am

    I love your photographic style Jane!

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  34. Anita
    January 27, 2021 • 6:58 am

    What an amazingly wonderful collection of images you show us here Jane.
    Love them all!! The light and colors in the first one is fantastic and so are the Remarkable Morning. The photo “A Door Opens” makes me wonder where you have been or where you are. That image is so powerful. All your photos here are unique, each one in its own way.

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    • Jane Lurie
      January 27, 2021 • 8:21 am

      Thank you so much, Anita. It’s fun to revisit photos from my travels, especially feeling pent up and isolated. Our trip to Patagonia was a thrill and where I shot the first at Torres Del Paine and A Door Opens at one of the incredible glaciers there. Remarkable Morning is in Australia at the rocks called the Remarkables 🙂 Happy you enjoyed this celebration!

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  36. Judy@NewEnglandGardenAndThread
    January 27, 2021 • 4:32 am

    What I think is WOW. Amazing shots, and each one certainly exhibits your level of skill when it comes to using a camera. 👏🏻

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  37. Mai Hương ( Lavender)
    January 27, 2021 • 12:19 am

    Wow, beautiful view. I wish I could come there one time.

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  38. Amit Chandel
    January 26, 2021 • 8:43 am

    Everything related to nature is good which is nature.

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  40. Alison and Don
    January 25, 2021 • 8:35 pm

    A beautiful collection of images for a whole beautiful new era. So happy for you and all my American friends, and for the world. The adults are back in charge. Oh and Amanda Gorman is a STAR!
    Alison xox

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  41. M.B. Henry
    January 25, 2021 • 4:41 pm

    These photos are absolutely gorgeous – and I teared up when she read that poem!

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  42. pattimoed
    January 25, 2021 • 2:45 pm

    Your images are wonderful, Jane. Inspiring. They match perfectly with the optimism of Amanda’s poem. There’s a wonderful TedTalk of Amanda talking about why she writes. She is an inspiration!

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  43. charliemaxwell501@yahoo.com
    January 25, 2021 • 2:28 pm

    These are beautiful I have a photography account on this put nobody looks at my stuff

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  44. stuartshafran
    January 25, 2021 • 9:02 am

    Fantastic photos! They are all superb!

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  45. fauquetmichel
    January 25, 2021 • 8:11 am

    awsome pictures . The last makes me think of a French painter of the end of the XIX century/ behinning 20th
    Love ❤
    Michel

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  47. The Guat
    January 24, 2021 • 10:15 pm

    THESE. ARE. SPECTACULAR! Thanks so much for posting plus Gorman’s words?! Extra impact. Wasn’t she amazing? So much so I ordered her book. I was so impressed by her and her ability to inspire hope. These pictures you posted match the beauty of her message and the promise of a new day coming. Even when I can’t travel your pictures take me there and give me the feelings. Thanks.

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  48. fewcentscom
    January 24, 2021 • 8:02 pm

    Nice pics!

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  49. harpiytravel
    January 24, 2021 • 6:55 pm

    Loved the pictures. “A light shines” and “It’s a beautiful day” are my favorites though.

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  50. bluebrightly
    January 24, 2021 • 2:15 pm

    It was a beautiful moment on a day that filled a lot of hearts with gratitude, relief, and – dare I say it? – some hope, finally. I love that youth was represented so powerfully on that day. We need more of that! Thanks for bringing the inauguration and its good feelings back, Jane – the news cycle is so short these days that it’s already beginning to feel like it happened some time ago. I’m not surprised that you had no trouble choosing positive images from your travels and from close to home – they reflect your basic nature, I think. “It’s a Beautiful Day” really appeals to me because it has a quality of bridging opposites – there are the rain and the darkness, but there is the sun and so much beauty, too. Life is like that.

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  51. baileystreetdesign
    January 24, 2021 • 1:59 pm

    Reminding me that the world is a beautiful place. Thank you, for making a difference to my morning.

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  52. David
    January 24, 2021 • 1:27 pm

    Love that first photo, very striking. Amanda’s poem, she was talking about “to make a difference, you need to be a difference.” Most people, however, think to make a difference, it needs to be lofty. It doesn’t. It may be as simple as keeping the smallest of promises to someone you know or don’t know.

    Stay well, stay extra safe. 🙂

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  54. candidkay
    January 24, 2021 • 10:50 am

    I’m so glad I discovered your blog, Jane. These are truly gorgeous! You really do have a gift. Thanks for sharing it.

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  55. rajeshwalecha
    January 24, 2021 • 8:38 am

    Spectacular pics! I can feel different mood swings with them. Thank you, for sharing!😊🎉

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  56. SadlyhappyRay
    January 24, 2021 • 8:09 am

    This picture is so soothing and brilliantly captured.nice work
    Do check my blog

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  58. YellowCable
    January 24, 2021 • 7:31 am

    Ah.. such a wonderful poem from Amanda that is perfectly goes along with the wonderful pictures in this post!

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  59. Amy
    January 24, 2021 • 7:26 am

    A remarkable series for Amanda Gorman’s poem. Thank you so much for this post, Jane!

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  60. Toonsarah
    January 24, 2021 • 6:50 am

    Wow, more fabulous images! The first is, I think, the Torres del Paine? They never looked like that when we were there, stunning though they were! And I love your raindrops shot, and the bamboo and glacier too. Such positive messages too 😀

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  61. Peter Klopp
    January 24, 2021 • 5:54 am

    A great day it is indeed, especially when I start it by looking at your fascinating images, Jane.

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  64. AndysWorldJourneys
    January 24, 2021 • 4:21 am

    wow these are spectacular! the sunset colours are brilliant thanks for sharing!

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  65. AmyRose🌹
    January 24, 2021 • 4:10 am

    Phenomenal images, Jane!! So many of us are choosing the LIGHT and living in love!! I am greatly encouraged to witness so many, now more then ever, choosing the Light of God versus the dark of the world. Thank you for contributing to the light. Bless you!! xo

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  66. Jane Iwan
    January 24, 2021 • 3:49 am

    Love every bit of this beautiful post.

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  67. Jane Iwan
    January 24, 2021 • 3:47 am

    What a fabulous, powerful post, Jane. Well done.

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  69. Graham Stephen
    January 24, 2021 • 2:49 am

    wonderful bamboo forest. I’d love to visit one of those.

    think “It’s A Beautiful Day” might be my favourite.

    happy Sunday, Jane

    ✨🌻🌿🙏🕉🤍♾🕊☯🙏🌿🌻✨

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  70. picpholio
    January 24, 2021 • 2:14 am

    Great photos as we are used to from you Jane 🙂

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  71. Adrian Lewis
    January 24, 2021 • 1:46 am

    Beautiful images, Jane, but LOL! most poems are not for me, just can’t seem to get into them. But I do hope, more than I can say really, that the US starts moving forward into the light once more – good luck to you all! 🙂

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    • Jane Lurie
      January 24, 2021 • 8:21 am

      Thank you, Adrian. We can finally see the light and have some hope for the future. If you haven’t seen the video, I would highly recommend clicking on the link to watch Amanda’s recitation. Her gestures and rhythm are captivating and inspiring. 🙂

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  72. Shira
    January 24, 2021 • 1:16 am

    These are so beautiful. I kept scrolling back and forth..😍

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  73. loisastwood
    January 24, 2021 • 12:16 am

    I’ve just come across your posts and fallen in love! Your photography is stunning and such a great contrast – truly inspirational – and I’m itching to have a go at painting some of them – simply as the inspiration they are to a newcomer to watercolour painting – Blessings Lois

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  74. Noortje Russel
    January 23, 2021 • 10:10 pm

    Your beautiful images breath hope and optimism like the impressive poem of this talented young woman that moved the world!

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  76. www.corneliaweber-photography.com
    January 23, 2021 • 9:23 pm

    OMG, Jane such breath taking images. Along with Amanda Gorman’s poem.

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  78. plaidcamper
    January 23, 2021 • 7:46 pm

    Amanda Gorman’s words and performance were remarkable, and just right for the day. What a relief, and I think you’ve captured that in these images…
    Thanks, Jane!

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  79. Frank @ Beach Walk Reflections
    January 23, 2021 • 7:32 pm

    Not only a wonderful collection, but so fitting to Gorman’s words – who in my opinion, was the highlight of Wednesday’s big event.

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  80. lexklein
    January 23, 2021 • 6:49 pm

    Beautiful photos to go with a spectacular poem (and poet!).

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  81. sustainabilitea
    January 23, 2021 • 6:25 pm

    Jane, these are all beautiful, but that first one is especially stunning.

    janet

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  82. Joe
    January 23, 2021 • 6:12 pm

    Great images Jane 🙂 Amanda sure was impressive this past Wednesday.

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  83. Fiction Cities
    January 23, 2021 • 5:46 pm

    Breathtaking pictures, Jane. Thanks for sharing, they brighten up my day! 🙂

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  84. Gunta
    January 23, 2021 • 5:12 pm

    Utterly sublime. Is that first one Whitney summit?

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  85. Robert Baum
    January 23, 2021 • 4:43 pm

    A testament to a live well lived. Kudos!

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  86. Eliza Waters
    January 23, 2021 • 4:43 pm

    Gorgeous photos, Jane, to go with our brave new world. Hallelujah! 🙂

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  87. JACKIE DOMAEL
    January 23, 2021 • 4:35 pm

    As I am scrolling down my mouth keeps on uttering “whoa”

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  88. lulu
    January 23, 2021 • 4:27 pm

    Lots of implications in your beautiful photo.

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  89. shungphotography
    January 23, 2021 • 4:12 pm

    I like them all, but the most is “It’s A Beautiful Day”. It’s unusual but impressive shot!

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  90. sueruvo
    January 23, 2021 • 4:00 pm

    Love these

    On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 3:44 PM Jane Lurie Photography wrote:

    > Jane Lurie posted: “”The new dawn blooms as we free it For there is always > light, if only we’re brave enough to see it If only we’re brave enough to > be it” ~Amanda Gorman Read Am” >

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  91. sharonbuehler
    January 23, 2021 • 3:59 pm

    Beautiful examples of the light.

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  93. Fabio
    January 23, 2021 • 3:21 pm

    WOW! 5 stars!!! Thank you, Jane!

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  94. Robert Parker
    January 23, 2021 • 3:20 pm

    Beautiful uplifting shots, perfect for your theme. It was looking like a dystopian Brave New World there for a while, happy to see a brave new day instead!

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  95. restlessjo
    January 23, 2021 • 3:13 pm

    Remarkable photos, Jane. Especially the first two. What a world! 🙂 🙂

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  96. Ann Rutter Ferguson
    January 23, 2021 • 3:07 pm

    Beautiful! Love this…

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  97. michaeldthomasphotography
    January 23, 2021 • 2:56 pm

    I watched her perform this live and thought it was an incredible poem for the ages! Still can’t believe she’s only 22, from Oakland my past hometown and she has a speech impediment. Goes to show what you can do if you your mind to it! Also loved the photos!

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  98. Travis J. McRoy
    January 23, 2021 • 2:51 pm

    Beautiful pictures! Thank you for sharing!

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