lost and found (2)

Continuation of the former post under same title.
This time negative (half 35mm) with description: Kulawik's film, cottage 1979.

 

Invited guest: Ewa Stackelberg (3)

There may be a sheet that shields us like a skin.
A thin sheet around our love.
That bears the newborn.
Cools the one that sweats.
Surrounds the lovers.
The ones who loved long ago,
in love scenes that precede us.
And then the sheet around the young.
I want to wrap up their openness.
Raise a weave against the red strobe.
There may be a sheet for the power and fragility of the body.
That surrounds and lets fall.
A cloth to give to the warm darkness.

Ewa Stackelberg




This is another room in Ewas exhibition "Surrender". It´s called
"The young ones" and the pictures are painted with light in a
completely dark room using the widest opening of the camera.








































Det kan finnas ett lakan som skyddar oss likt en hud.
Ett tunt lakan runt vår kärlek.
Som bär det nyfödda.
Svalkar den svettiga.
Omgärdar de älskande.
De för länge sedan älskande,
i kärleksscenen som föregår oss.
Och sedan lakanet om de unga.
Jag vill linda deras öppenhet.
Resa en väv mot den röda strålningen.
Det kan finnas ett lakan för den nakna kroppens kraft och skörhet.
Som omsluter och låter falla.
Ett tyg att ge till det varma mörkret.

Ewa Stackelberg

Please also have a look at the previous postings of 22 December
and 25 December with pictures from the exhibition "Surrender".


All pictures ©Ewa Stackelberg
Invited by ulf fågelhammar

lisboa

 

Invited guest: Moa Karlberg

© Moa Karlberg

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It's a pleasure to invite Moa to the F-blog. Moa Karlberg is a freelance photographer based in Gothenburg. She studied photo journalism at Nordens Fotoskola Biskops-Arnö is currently affiliated with Mira photo agency. See some more of her work at her own site. It's definately worth a visit.

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- Invited by Anders Blomqvist

invited Guest: Tomas Holmqvist

Many years ago I discovered Tomas Homqvist’s series of photographs, made with a halfframe camera, at Swedish photo community. Since then the series have continued to fascinate me. Now it is a honour to have the possibility to present some of his photographs on the F blog.

livet (life).
© Tomas Holmqvist.

sv/v (b/w).
© Tomas Holmqvist.

gatan (street).
© Tomas Holmqvist.

For more information, please visit Tomas Holmqvist’s homepage. Invited by Fredrik Skott

Invited guest: John Strazza (3)

Images of real life situations have within them the elements
of physics, math, art, and the laws of light and time all in
one moment, all in one frame.



It's no surprise that a black and white photograph

will contain elements that will make for a contemplative
composition and seemingly intentional design -
not as random as some may believe.



Time and time again I see these elements, objects,
people "fall together" within the frame of an image
as though one had planned it's layout
(or design) very carefully.




Yet no more than a call to our mind's eye was
needed to find and respond to a moment in time,
the elements there-in, and to focus a lens and
click a shutter.



We are (the structure and the elements) and therefore
we see and respond to them .. even if only
by our intuition.

text and pictures ©John Strazza
invited by Ulf Fågelhammar

Guest: Niklas Ehlén (2)

The phone call

Men







The child beggar

The Gardener

I thought I'd show some more of Niklas' photos here, they should be
shown soon, since they are important.

Invited by Christian and Ulf.

Invited Guest: Maria Flores

The Fly Hears Beyond Your Thoughts

The Fly - Às vezes só queria ser 1 mosquinha - III

The Fly - Às vezes só queria ser 1 mosquinha - IV

Photos: Maria Flores, Lisboa, Portugal.
I saw her photos on a photosite and were catched by the creativity
and the surreal world she has created. Those photos make my
imagination run. Make me associate to other photos and also movies
i have seen. The use of the television screen gives many interesting
interpretations....i say no more...what do you think by your self..? Could be
interesting to read them in a comment for example.

See more of Maria Flores work here
and here

Maria says: "Do not everyone already want to fly? To be able to hear the conversation they are whispering? In Portugal we have an expression "Só queria ser uma mosquinha" (Just want to be a fly to hear what they are saying). In this series I did a joke with that. It was very amusing. Most of the times i photographs with the help of my love Fernando Figueiredo who is also a photographer. We help each other, sometimes I resort to assemblies, for the resorce lack....we are the models...but that also make the act of photographing very amusing. In this series I worked alone. I did the props, I like doing the pieces for the photographies. The wings are wire, the eyes are simple tools from the kitchen and the tv is one of so many pieces that we find in the surroundings. In the streets we have been finding very interesting objects. In the photography "In the the best soup the fly falls" I looked also for a Portuguese sentence, a proverb. I like a spirit of a mood in the photos, or a certain lyricism..../"

Invited By: Jeanette Hägglund

The Score

One of these days i´m gonna make some music out of this.

Invited guest: Ewa Stackelberg (2)

This is the second part presenting pictures by Ewa Stackelberg.
The selection is from a suite of 42 pictures exhibited at Fotografins
hus, Stockholm in April 2006. The suite is based on an old photograph
showing her parents. She has created original photograms without
using camera or film. I am struck by the beauty of these images.
Please also have a look at the posting of December 22 with Ewas
photograms.











































There may be a sheet that shields us like a skin.
A thin sheet around our love.
That bears the newborn.
Cools the one that sweats.
Surrounds the lovers.
The ones who loved long ago,
in love scenes that precede us.
And then the sheet around the young.
I want to wrap up their openness.
Raise a weave against the red strobe.
There may be a sheet for the power and fragility of the body.
That surrounds and lets fall.
A cloth to give to the warm darkness.

Ewa Stackelberg

all pictures ©Ewa Stackelberg
invited by ulf fågelhammar

invited guest: Łukasz Kuś (carp story)

I was thinking of inviting Łukasz for some time with other - very important documentary work he makes. I believe I will have a chance to present you in the future.
Yesterday Łukasz revealed a negative with pictures corresponding with December 24th.
For over 20 millions of Polish people (or more) there are no Xmas without the CARP. The second 20 millions cannot imagine Xmas without herring. Now you have a chance to see still hot pictures with still alive carps. I am posting this material just after terminating the meal (of 12 dishes) where carp was the king of the table :)
Merry Xmas to everybody. Thank you Łukasz.

invited by Marcin Górski

Gruppo F inbox: Barcelona

©Örjan Fredriksson

During my visits in Spain I never had any desire to go to Barcelona,
maybe because I was happy when I was either in Madrid or in
San Sebastian. So It took me about 15 years to get to Barcelona,
and when i finally went there it was mainly because I felt I needed
to get away from Madrid for a while.

/Örjan

Happy Christmas... well ... Make It Happy!

Well, today is the day. Let's relax and search for some Christmas Spirit. :)

I need to talk about something else also, something else than Christmas. I think it is so interesting that we have entered a new era. We have entered the era of peer production. This blog, the music scene, and so on, they are all evidence of this - although without the economic gains.

So, take a look at this swedish hip hop collective, Frispel. Quite good band, made me happy to listen to.

feliz natal, boas festas

 

but december showed up anyway