A bric-a-brac shop in Hastings. First I saw the dog, then the jacket; I was tickled by the juxtaposition. This was during the 2017 Jack in the Green festival; you can see the poster in the window. The slightly old feel is due to the lens: a 1950s Leica 35mm summaron 2.8. It was used […]
more animations
Here is another gif file animation, with a more subtle effect this time, using only two duplicated photos. They are down-and-dirty basic scans, not even cleaning up the dust or banding, but I quite liked the effect that gave. A local potter painting on a cup. I hope to have more of this potter in […]
on being shorn, and other animations
The researcher warned us to take everything told us by the Doms and their assistants with a grain of salt. They said that, as part of the cremation ritual at the Manikarnika Ghat, the chief mourner would have a complete shave before the proceedings could start. This man was having his full beard shorn in […]
sari drying
Back to the Ganges, and lines and triangles and circles and saris. A woman gives orders to someone off-scene while she holds out a sari to dry in the fierce mid-morning sun along the River Ganges in mid Feb 2013. Shot on a faulty Leica M4 with a 50mm Collapsible Summicron for which the […]
sannyasin
Not far from Godwalia, a compound, the back of which a courtyard lined with sparse rooms homing Sannyasin. When we visited most were in Allahabad, attending the Kumbh Mela. The few remaining were too old or ill to go. Sannyasin (for male, the female is Sannyasini) are renouncers, leaving behind their former lives and their families, stepping […]
visual record of seeing in the process of seeing
The two pictures in this post were, again, taken on the trip to Varanasi, India. Both are scenes from along the banks of the River Ganges. Although the trip was actually part of a journalism project, for which the photos needed to be content driven, the two photos here are of a different kind, taken […]
nikkor 105
This was taken in south Taiwan in April 2011, although I didn’t print it until a full year later. It was taken using a Nikkor 105mm ltm lens, which I rarely use. The few shots I have taken with it have not been the sharpest but often have quite a bit of character. I bought […]