luminous

by the sea
last days of the year past

p.s.: annoying specs of dust all over the frames whenever i pick up a roll from the (very friendly) lab.
i will get a scanner this year. promised.

january

well then, happy new year to you!
how have you been? any small or big plans for january?

december

been a long time
new work
new pastures
new balance
only the beginning
but looking good

time to light candles
soon the height
of the long nights and
the short days and
the wheel will turn
once more

(image showing: dan flavin at hamburger bahnhof, museum of contemporary art, berlin)

p.s.: asako iwama, a berlin-based artist and friend is co-organising a pop-art café
on 8 december 2012, at the 'TWS - who we are? who you are?' event in tokyo,
addressing the 3/11 (fukushima) catastrophe and its aftermath.
check out the event's facebook page, and please spread the word!

outtakes

the last few weeks have been a real whirlwind; i've hardly taken any photos.
so for today it's only some outtakes from my first bronica roll,
full of imperfections, scratches, mystery white fluff and all.
i hope you'll bear with me.

have a good start to the new week!

p.s.: i think i may have a bit of a crush on that fuji reala 100,
the tones are almost like slide.

blooms

my mother always has fresh flowers in her house,
my grandmothers and great-grandparents had beautiful gardens,
and i just can't help myself - i always have to treat myself to some blooms.
home isn't complete without them.

(top: zenit e with colour negative film
bottom: nikkormat EL with slide)

art watching (IV)

and a little bit of colour, too. double-exposure, you happy accident.

(art-work by rana begum at abc 2012)

art watching (III)

i've got the bronica back from the camera repair place, and the first roll of black and white film too. very excited to shoot more with this new camera, it's like starting from scratch all over.

i like the theatrical quality of the second (very dark) shot. methinks, finding out which b/w film to use in which light conditions will be a bit of a challenge. do you have any particular black-and-white favourites, both for indoors and outdoors? film talk aside, i've been happy to hear from you over the past few weeks, keep leaving me a little thought, or perhaps just a little hello if you feel like it!

(top: entrance area to abc 2012
bottom: christoph keller's 'expedition-bus and shaman-travel',
presented by esther schipper gallery at abc 2012)