From the archive

I rescanned all my negatives, since most of the scans got lost throughout the years on different hard drives. This is how I found these images on a Kodak Profoto 100 from 2006. It was my everyday film back then, cheap and easy to find. Here, from the balcony of my parent's flat, I was trying to catch the lightnings on a summer storm. I was unsuccessful, and I immediately rejected these images, considering them worthless.

However, seeing this archaic version of my hometown, with empty streets and the old facade of this communist shopping center (just take a look at the design of those lightning poles!!), I feel the necessity of making sure that I save these shots, as I understand now that the place has changed allot in less then 15 years since that rainy afternoon.

So here is a GIF with 7 frames.

harvest (II)

Last year I decided to start "Harvest", a series of images about autumn, ripe garden stuff and reconnecting with the family. This year I haven't got so many pictures, but I would still say that the year was good.

I will see where this takes me from here.

The last image however is from a village which I sometimes pass through, on my way to my hometown, a journey that is roughly 400 km. 

I first noticed the place last spring on my way back. I was speeding, and before deciding to stop and take a picture, I convinced myself that I am actually in a hurry, that the journey is already long and there is no time to do it. I actually find myself often in this situation where I see something but at the slightest inconvenience I begin to persuade myself that maybe that's not the "perfect time" to shoot.

So I drove through, but somehow the writing font and the meaning (something that I actually don't know how to translate without loosing it's substance) got stuck on my mind.

After a few months I took the same route and stayed alert. It was a late Saturday afternoon. People from the village were enjoying a drink or probably more. I got out of the car, I bought a Cola from the shop and snapped a few shots. It was a quiet, warm September evening and the people sitting in front of the shop were not speaking, just calmly observing me. 

I wished them a good day and went back to my car.

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Pentax Spotmatic F

Super Takumar 1.8/55

Fujicolor C200

Romania, 2019