some photo booth: sierpnia 2013

poniedziałek, 19 sierpnia 2013

misc of smena

I continue to be amazed. When I'm writing this I'm seated in the garden with my feet up and a cat on my knees and another one under my chair, listening to neighbours' children laughing and I couldn't appreciate life more. Or could I? I suspected none of these would develop so well as I didn't use any additional tools to assist the light measure. Maybe it's the magic of Smena.

czwartek, 8 sierpnia 2013

Woodstock 2013

My first few images taken with Smena. Thank you Marcin!

I'm still amazed by how beautiful people are. I'm afraid this feeling might not ever abandon me. It's mindblowing.

So many mindblowing experiences these days.

The two last pictures are of my cat, Nina. Notice how I accidentally overlapped an image of her and a shopping mall image on the last one.

Woodstock? dirt, decay, beer, mud, sweat, mantras, smiles, hugs, sharing, acceptance, love.

wtorek, 6 sierpnia 2013

Pinhole - Holy Cross

Koprzywnica. Exposition: 40 min. Pinhole diameter: 0.3 mm. Focal length: 42 mm. Film: Rossmann iso 200.

Something came out after all.
I'm in love.

It's time to rewind.

niedziela, 4 sierpnia 2013

Disposable - Holy Cross

Holy Cross, disposable cam, total cost: 9.70 eur.

Manifesto

Recently a photographer in my photolab asked me what kind of a person takes photos like these, wanted me to define myself in a few quick words that would explain why, implying it is rather insane, however arousing even for the developer.

I live by the Occam's razor. I like to have little, do good, admire beauty. I'm amazed by the human body, all those tiny details that make you - you. And I don't see all that well by myself, so I feel connected with my pinhole cams, especially that the first experiment shows well how I see without my lenses on. I don't have a visual memory, I am a listener. I don't like sharp and accurate images. I like feelings. I like anticipation, it makes things last longer but more intensely. I savour life, and strive for tasting it all.

I don't need to be the best at what I do. Over the years I noticed that enjoying things to the fullest actually makes it for you at some point. Osho taught me to forget my ego, let go of ambition and love. I do things out of love, am out of love. It's the only thing that can keep you going and never break.
During my studies I've been unintentionally taught to live by a concept.

I am an architect and I like to know how things I use work. It doesn't mean I burn clay details in my oven, though. I want architecture to keep moments too. I want it to tell stories and make use of all senses. That should be my manifesto one day. Cameras out of boxes keep moments. They even create moments on their own.

I fucking enjoy moments.

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Special thanks to Duong and Outi who both simultaneously introduced me to the idea of pinhole cameras, and Martena M. for being an inspiration to always do better, enjoy life and not to give a fuck.