A few stickers

By chance, I saw this one on Flickr and was reminded that I took a similar photo about a year later. And even with the same type of camera.

Window

Seen here in Hamburg two weeks ago.

INRI, 20% off

Seen in a shop window in Cambridge a few weeks ago.

Karaoke

A photo that I only began to be really interested in and work on more than a year after I took it - although I had it at least earmarked back then. This seems to contradict what I once said about digital photography, but of course it doesn't. With enough discipline, digital photography can certainly "feel" like film photography.

Planes

Shot in close proximity to one I've shown more than a year ago. And it's again a color photograph of a look into a shop window.

Except for adding a bit of saturation, this photo wasn't modified in any way.

The eye

Rhymes with this one in a way, although the former was taken in winter while this one I shot last Saturday when it was almost still summer.

And while about a year ago I thought I wouldn't return to the USA any time soon, I've been there three times already in 2010.

A few minutes after I took this picture, I had a very interesting meeting with Bill Franson who is a great photographer and now finally also has a nice website.

Jesus

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

The theme, maybe

I've recently shown a couple of photos which are maybe kind of nice or funny but not really good pictures as far as I am concerned. I partially did this because some people actually asked me to revive the blog after the long summer break and I was flattered enough to do that.

But I generally agree with Mike Johnston that it's a worthwhile idea to shoot to a theme. At least I think that would be something I should personally strive for. And one of the goals of this blog was to help me in identifying such a theme. I thought about this in the last days and I might actually be up to something now. Not really sure yet (have to ponder this a bit more), but it has got to do with concepts like proof and evidence. And apparently windows and reflections play an important role and that's why I dug this one out from a few months ago. Let's see how this'll develop. (Pun intended.)

While you were art

Slightly cropped. For the title, see here.

The seventh dummy

And the third one from Oslo this week, from the same day again.

The M7 with the 35mm Nokton, Tri-X in Rodinal.

Torso

Only the torso of a display dummy in this picture from Hamburg. I liked the light.

Taken on January 27, 2010. The M7 with the 35mm Summicron, Tri-X in Diafine.

Dummy no. five

Here it wasn't the display dummy but rather the TV screen in the shop window that caught my attention, but the photo fits into this small series anyway.  Oslo again, February 13, 2010.

The M7 with the 35mm Nokton, Tri-X in Rodinal.

Dummies in Oslo

I decided to do a "theme week" starting today. The next days will all be about display dummies and we'll start with this one from Oslo, taken on February 13, 2010.

The M7 with the 35mm Nokton, Tri-X in Rodinal.

Small

A window reflection again, playing with a person seemingly walking on a neon line.

Taken on February 6 this year, when Hamburg was still covered with snow. M7, 35mm Summicron, Tri-X, HC-110.

Coincidence

Sometimes you're waiting for someone to walk through your frame, sometimes it just happens. Here, I tried to shoot the shop window in the background when the man walked by. I instinctively pressed the shutter when I saw him. When he was gone, I took the photo I originally wanted to take, but now I like this one better.

February 2010 in Hamburg with the M7 and Tri-X developed in Rodinal.

Closed

A view into a shop window in our neighborhood in February 2010.

Taken with the M7 and the 35mm Summicron, Tri-X in Rodinal.

Self portrait with chicken soup and sugar

Every now and then, there are situations where the photographer - either his shadow or his reflection - becomes a part of his own photo. If you're not explicitly taking a self portrait, this is usually something you want to avoid, but sometimes you grudgingly accept it if it's the only way to get the shot. Or you can play with it like Erwitt (who else?) did. Or you can make a whole art form out of it like Lee Friedlander.

Compared to what artists like Erwitt and Friedlander did, this self portrait is probably simply a failure, but I still find it kind of funny. It was taken on January 30, 2010 in Hamburg with the M7 and the 35mm Summicron. Film was Neopan 1600 which I developed in HC-110.

Headless

This picture of a shop window in Hamburg is the first film photo on this blog that was cropped. And it was a considerable crop. In fact, I shot the photo in landscape format and then cropped a portrait format section out of it because this is how I should have framed it originally. Even after taking photos for more than 15 years I still don't think of using the camera in the upright position often enough.

Taken in January 2010 with the M7 and the 35mm Summicron. Tri-X in HC-110.

Gina Linda Manu

Through the fogged window of a hairdresser's shop in our neighborhood.

Shot in December 2009 using the M4-P with the 35mm Summicron. Film was Tri-X developed in Ultrafin plus.

View into the past

Another view into a shop window, this time into a photographer's studio in Ollioules on July 13, 1995. Even at that time, almost 15 years ago, the picture felt like a view into a forgotten past to me.

Shot with the Nikon on Tri-X.