Autres directions

Another one from the signs and symbols category.

Chewing gum

So don't do that!

You can run, but you can't hide

A friend in Rouen who was trying not to be photographed. With only partial success, obviously.

Jesus

Again, actually. This time I spotted him in Akko.

The Sea of Galilee

As seen from the Golan Heights - if I remember correctly. The guy with the megaphone is a professor of mathematics who gave us a tour while we attended a conference on logic and set theory in Haifa.

The hand on the right side of the photo of course wasn't intended to be there, but immediately when I saw it on the contact sheet, I knew I liked it.

Documents

Seen through a window in Prague, sixteen years ago. One wonders what has happened to them since and where they are now.

Addendum: This photo was shown in the Bronx Banter in April 2011.

Paws

I'd be interested to learn what the meaning of this tradition is. Seen in Méounes-les-Montrieux in 1995.

And yet another dog

The last one from this day. For now.

The second cat

If I remember correctly, she was snoring...

The 14th dog

Continued from yesterday. This dog wasn't sleeping, but it looks tired.

The first cat

July 13, 1995 was a very hot day in Ollioules and around noon pretty much nobody was outside except for me and a couple of cats and dogs. I was the only one taking photos, though, while the animals where sleeping. I'll show some more in the next days, thus increasing the ratio even more.

Incidentally, this is the first cat on this blog which was so far dominated by dogs.

The Nikon with Tri-X.

Old cars

I bought an old car last month, so I thought this would be the right moment to show a photo of two old cars I shot at the beach of Tel Aviv in August 1995.

(This is obviously the end of the NYC theme week.)

FM2, Tri-X, Rodinal.

Window 95

Judging from my contact sheets, this must have been the first time I took a shot through a window from the outside.

Hanover in April 1995. The Nikon on Tri-X, HC-110.

Creeper

It's too long ago, so I forgot what I actually photographed here, but my notes say it was in Jerusalem on August 19, 1995.

The Nikon, Tri-X, Rodinal.

Picasso

Or rather Picasso's castle in Vauvenargues. At that time (July 11, 1995), the castle wasn't yet open to the public, so everything you could see was behind fences.

FM2, 50mm, Tri-X, HC-110.

Boy meets horse

March 1995 in or near Hanover. The Nikon with Delta 400 in ID-11.

More fish

Just to prove that Tsukiji isn't the only place where I photograph fish, here's one from Hanover, taken in March 1995. And, by the way, look at the prices and compare with today...

Shot with the Nikon on Ilford Delta 400 which was developed in ID-11.

Sea wall

A boy walking on one of the sea walls of Akko on August 17, 1995. I like the geometrical clarity of this picture with its pronounced highlights and shadows - something that's clearly easier to achieve in the South.

Taken with the Nikon and Tri-X developed in Rodinal. This photo was scanned with a scanner that can't reach as far as the negative's border, so what you're seeing here is a border which was added digitally. The photo wasn't cropped, though.

Love

Somewhere in Haifa on August 11, 1995.

Is it OK to photograph people from behind? Some people think it isn't and are very vocal in their opposition against it. I think they are misled - either by some "code of honor" which probably originates from watching too many western movies or by their notion (which they try to impose on everybody else) that street photography is only valid if you're shooting street portraits after reaching a mutual agreement between the photographer and the subject.

If that wasn't clear already, I totally disagree. There are lots of reasons why in certain situations "shooting" people from behind is OK. And you should never have to justify how your photos were created - if you think they're good, that's fine.

Shot with the Nikon on Tri-X which I developed in Rodinal.

Watchdog

Guarding a shop in Rouen in April 1995. Or maybe just guarding the little guy? Or the guy takes care of the dog?

Shot with the Nikon on Tri-X, developed in HC-110.