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Since the age of five years, I made pictures with the camera of my father, then in the 60's with my own cameras. But in 1970, I really started to photograph in my suburban and especially in the streets of Paris. 1972 was photographically an important year for me. At that time, my camera was an Asahi Pentax Spotmatic, perhaps the finest ever built apparieil. I worked as a typographer in a small print of the Latin Quarter. Behind the Pantheon, there is a place, the Place de la Contrescarpe, very old and which was the meeting place of all the tramps. This is where this photo was taken. I do not like pictures of the misery, but there are situations where a photographer can not retreat. In this picture the position of these men is like a theatrical production, each character "plays" a different role, their position in space is almost perfect ... Photographing this scene was an "obligation". I do not care about the people around me when I photograph, I am very fast, and I often go unnoticed ... The reactions are still very limited, except in the subway which is a closed place. I had some great moments over the years, mostly happy ... I think one day I could write a book ... in French of course !
PS : I never noticed the settings.
PS : I never noticed the settings.
Corporate haste by veftenie
- i used a nikon d5100 camera + 10-25 nikkor af-s
- i was in P mode, full auto, iso 100, bw picture mode
- i was trying to speculate the light/shadow effects on the sidewalk; all corporate people were in a rush hour, the rythm of the street was alert; i was attracted by the way the pillar - alongside with the position of the sun - divides the frame in 2 equal halfs; two sides of the story - two different frames; i just waited for people to cross;
- shot in Chicago
- rush hour, tall buildings, rough shadows and lights;
- i felt pleased with the visual result
- i was in P mode, full auto, iso 100, bw picture mode
- i was trying to speculate the light/shadow effects on the sidewalk; all corporate people were in a rush hour, the rythm of the street was alert; i was attracted by the way the pillar - alongside with the position of the sun - divides the frame in 2 equal halfs; two sides of the story - two different frames; i just waited for people to cross;
- shot in Chicago
- rush hour, tall buildings, rough shadows and lights;
- i felt pleased with the visual result
I was walking down one of Vienna's busiest shopping streets together with my boyfriend, as we passed a McDonald's. I saw this scene and wanted to take a photo, but I hadn't many pictures left on my film. So I quickly snapped two pictures, but worried if they might come out well (never got used to estimate if the last frames with my Canon SLR's would still work out or not), so my boyfriend told me to use his camera (Canon EOS 50D with a 50mm 1.4 lens) - which I did and quickly took this picture - always worried the doggy might jump out of the wheelchair and the moment would be gone. Well, everything worked well and I ended up with this picture - very happy about it.
But that's not where the story ends.
Almost one year later I was sitting in that very McDonald's, having breakfast with a few colleagues of mine (a kind of habit we have - after every stock take in the morning we have a quick breakfast at McD), as one of the girls who loves dogs, starts making these clicking sounds with her tongue she always makes when trying to attract a dog's attention. And as I turn to look at the dog - there she is, the little doggy! I told her I knew the dog and showed her the picture, and then of course went over to the dog and her owner to show him the picture as well. It was quite nice to show this picture to him, as usually you hardly ever meet the subjects in your pictures afterwards... I even offered him a print, but he assured me he was fine with the digital version. It was his wheelchair the little dog was sitting in, and she really only does have one ear - her mother chewed it off by accident right after she was born. She's very well behaved btw, a really cute doggy!
But that's not where the story ends.
Almost one year later I was sitting in that very McDonald's, having breakfast with a few colleagues of mine (a kind of habit we have - after every stock take in the morning we have a quick breakfast at McD), as one of the girls who loves dogs, starts making these clicking sounds with her tongue she always makes when trying to attract a dog's attention. And as I turn to look at the dog - there she is, the little doggy! I told her I knew the dog and showed her the picture, and then of course went over to the dog and her owner to show him the picture as well. It was quite nice to show this picture to him, as usually you hardly ever meet the subjects in your pictures afterwards... I even offered him a print, but he assured me he was fine with the digital version. It was his wheelchair the little dog was sitting in, and she really only does have one ear - her mother chewed it off by accident right after she was born. She's very well behaved btw, a really cute doggy!
This was taken in the museum of anthropology which belongs to the unviversity of british columbia in the very west of Vancouver. I was visiting with Tuulikki (Tom Abrahamsson's wife www.rapidwinder.com/) and had just written a paper on modern totemism for university, so the musem's focus on the local first nations' culture, mythology and totem rituals suited me. I carried an M2 with the 1.2/35 nokton but there was enough light in that spot for 1/250 f2.8 and just like everytime I started looking at other visitor's more than at the exhibits after five minutes. I saw people taking close up pictures of different totem poles and figurines etc. and realised how much they looked like the fellow on the right here so I put myself where I thought the symmetry would be the most striking/clear and waited for someone to complete my photo as intended (which wasn't very long). I like that you cannot really see the picture-taking device, it makes them more alike and turns the gesture into the most important bit of the photo. also, the concentrated look with the tilted head and how straight he is standing give it the necessary tension. the lines of the raw concrete and glass building ininside and the pond landscape outside make for a nice anticlimax and add some depth.
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