playing with chemicals

last weekend i was taking part in the 'old photographic processes' workshop with amazing joy gregory
to say it was fun is to say nothing - mixing the solutions, watching the magic happening in front of your eyes.

the top image is a salt print - you cover the paper with a special salt solution, then make it light sensitive by coating it with a silver nitrate solution

the bottom one is a cyanotype - you don't even need the silver nitrate! just two salts, tap water and a bit of sun. I definitely want more!

snappy snaps occupy london

ok, i know it's my mistake - i shouldn't even think of developing films st snappy snaps. but having very little time recently i decided that i will pop in on my way to work, they will develop the films which i would collect after my work. after all - it's not a big deal to develop a 35mm film - you put it into the machine, press the button and that's it. well, surprise, surprise - even pressing the button may go horribly wrong.

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once upon a time in wales

bracing for winter

kyle of lochalsh

scotland is magical. i kid you not!
the sea, the mountains, the heathers, the hairy cows. and the air. i slept there like a baby

duane michals

i decided that from now on i will not only share my own photos here, but photos of others as well. or, to be more precise - the greatest ever photos of others :)

starting with the one and only duane michals, whom i've met in arles once and that's how i know that he is not only an amazing artist, but also - a super funny and clever person ("i have the great capacity for foolishness. it's essential. without it you're just another pretty face!" says seventy something years old duane).

duane michals doesn't look at others' work (and if he does - he only laughs at it), doesn't follow any trends (and again - if he does - it's only to make fun of it). his photos are instantly recognisable, that's his language and he sticks to it. he was actually the first photographer to use a sequence to tell a story and he doesn't allow himself to be in any way limited by a medium he has chosen - he hand writes on his photos, paints on them and incorporates his poetry into it. he transcends the medium because it serves him as way of expressing himself: "when you look at my photographs you are looking into my mind"

let's have a look then

and here you can find an interview with duane michals

a bit of colorless chaos

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