I shot this photograph last year on “de Huizerdag”, an annual local fair. It was a surprise to see a booth selling wedding dresses and wedding suits, since the quality of most products for sale is quite… mediocre.
The guy that owned the booth was patiently sitting on his chair, while nobody seemed to give the out of place gowns a second glance. But suddenly, a young (I think mentally disabled) boy appeared alongside his dad. He was fascinated by the dresses, and stood there for a while.
There’s some sort of wry sadness here. The booth-owner wanted to sell and promote his products, but he only attracted the attention of a young kid during the time I stood there. Which, if I make a wild guess, isn’t his target audience. Notable, since the rest of the booths were crowded with people. Although you can’t really see that on this photograph, so you’ll have to believe my pretty blue eyes.
Shot with my trusty Vivitar 35ES on Kodak Tri-X.
This entry was written by , posted on February 28, 2011 at 11:56, filed under Analog, Film, Street and tagged Analog, blackwhite, Film, Street, Vivitar 35ES. Leave a comment over here.
This is an oldie. Well, relatively speaking. I took this photo (with my Vivitar 35ES on Kodak Tri-X) last summer, on festival ‘De Parade’. The one on top was shot in the dark. I used a fence (you can see that behind the tables and people on the second photograph) as a makeshift tripod. It didn’t do a great job, but who cares. I still like it, and it did catch the mood of the moment really well. It makes me look forward to this summer. Bring it on!
This entry was written by , posted on February 21, 2011 at 12:54, filed under Analog, Film, Street and tagged blackwhite, Film, Rangefinder, Street, Vivitar 35ES. Leave a comment over here.
Saw this while taking a walk at the local harbour a while ago. Just in case you’re having a hard time figuring out what the hell these things are: they’re buoys, stacked one some sort of dredging ship. And no, I didn’t draw the smiley face! Mine would’ve been a lot prettier anyway ;)
Shot with my Vivitar 35ES on Kodak Tri-X.
This entry was written by , posted on February 18, 2011 at 13:00, filed under Analog, Film, Street and tagged Analog, blackwhite, Rangefinder, Street, Vivitar 35ES. Leave a comment over here.
This photo was made during the annual book market in Deventer. It’s the biggest book market in Europe, which exists of 6 kilometres of book stands. A truly amazing sight. Especially when you cross the IJssel river with the ferry.
This particular stand is the most visually interesting though. Most of the other stands are just regular booths like you see on any market all over the world.
You’ll probably see more of these posts in the future. I decided that it’s okay to just post a recent photograph I made. I might add a short story or something like that. Hans Aarsman style maybe, for those of you that are familiar with his weekly columns in newspaper de Volkskrant.
This entry was written by , posted on August 4, 2010 at 12:01, filed under Street and tagged 5D Mark II, colour, Deventer, man, Street. Leave a comment over here.