The film negatives I rediscovered a couple of days ago must have fallen into a bowl of salt and pepper- but I do love the pics anyway. Reminding me of a beautiful time with choreographer Anastasia Valsamaki and dancer Gavriela Antonopoulou in the Krama dance studio in Athens (May 2018), when they were developing and rehearsing their dance solo […]
Schlagwort: film photography
My first Experience with SILBERSALZ 500T Film
When I first read about a new 35mm film called „Silbersalz35“ the idea seemed quite intriguing to me: a small German enterprise which used Kodak Vision 3 Motion Picture Film to pack it into normal film canisters. You can load your 35mm camera with it like you would do with a a normal consumer film […]
Visiting Museum Kolumba during the Pandemic with a Leica M2 and a roll of Agfa APX 100
Sunday noon. We were alone in Kolumba (Cologne) one of the most beautiful museums, created by the famous Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. I brought my Leica M2 with me, together with a Summicron 35mm lens: Inside the camera: a rather cheap roll of Agfa APX 100. Sometimes I wonder, why still bother shooting film? But […]
Behind Glass and Curtains – COVID 19, a Nikon FE and some Ilford HP5
Als die Warnungen vor dem Virus amtlich wurden, tat ich dasselbe wie fast jeder andere auch. In der Nachbarschaft spazieren. Die eigene Wohnung in Augenschein nehmen. Beides wie geschaffen dafür, meine alte Nikon Filmkamera aus der Tasche zu nehmen, um endlich die Filme zu verbrauchen, die seit langem schon Kühlschrank lagern. Und einen Versuch zu […]
Brittany with an old Leica (Part III) – Dinan and the Monastery
I really liked Dinan. It’s touristy but in a somehow cautious and sophisticated way. We stayed in a small hotel, named after the French explorer Auguste Pavie. With subtlety and refined taste the owners had integrated asian sculptures and other elements of the East to create a splendid blend of medieval France and Eastern Asia. […]
Brittany with an old Leica (Part I) – Le Croisic
From all the places we visited in Brittany I would say: Le Croisic is it. The essence of o place so heavily formed and influenced and determined by the sea. The coastline. The fields in front of the crushing waves. The heavy buildings with their grey rooftops. Smirking seagulls surfing air streams. Heavy shadows on […]
One year ago – Scans of Samothrace
April 2018, ein Jahr ist es her. Als ich gestern die Scans der Negative anschaute, kam es mir wie eine kleine Ewigkeit vor, dass ich mit dem kleinen Mietwagen die Hauptstraße der Insel entlang fuhr und Schafe und Ziegen zählte. Ab und an ausstieg, mich auf die warmen Kieseln direkt ans Meer legte, den Kopf […]
Superia Summer – Greek Islands 2018
Vielleicht ist es ein Reflex vergangener Tage. Als ich noch Filmrollen nach dem Urlaub abgab und mich darauf freute, die Negative und Abzüge wenige Tage später abholen zu können. Jedenfalls fällt es mir immer noch schwer, im Sommerurlaub ganz auf eine Filmkamera zu verzichten. Und ja, die Bilder sehen auch anders aus als digitale. Rauer, […]
Seascape with Friends – Zeeland
This time I wanted to bring just an analog camera with me. The small, beautiful and remarkably heavy Rollei 35 with a Tessar lens. Loaded with Kodak Portra 400 (pushed one stop). Every year I travel with a bunch of good friends to the Netherlands for a few days at the sea in winter time. […]
Memories of Movies – Das Bergische Land (near Cologne)
It’s strange, although my mother’s family is originated in the highlands near Cologne, I didn’t visit this region for a long time. Then, a few weeks ago, a friend invited me to stay at his place. And on a foggy day, we went for a walk. The landscape immediately fascinated me. And it wasn’t because […]