The Sixties revisited

The Sixties. Bengt Björkbom´s pictures takes me on a ride through this swirling decade. This is no nonsense photography. I can´t get enough of it. /ulf

stories of decay

Empty

Closed

Chess

Broken

Photographer: © Malin Hellesø

Jacek Gąsiorowski: Warsaw Central

café - from Rhonda

Photographer: Rhonda Prince
CAFÉ

The Cure

Doctor F: Hmm..looks like you are affected by DHS..or maybe GFS...
Patient: Is it serious??
Dr F: Oh yes...
Patient: But...is there no cure??
Dr F: Oh yes...a spoonful of F will cure you!

The Photographer

Gunnar Smoliansky
Picture by Bengt Björkbom

el mia coffee

Picture by Benny Persson
An "emergency" coffee at the Elmia fair. Expensive too, says Benny.
CAFÉ

invited guest: Malin Hellesø

The window

window

Balcony

Birches

I met Malin and her photography about five years ago. Her great talent and ability to communicate was striking although she then had only been creating pictures for a year or so. I am truly glad to see Malin as a guest on the F Blog. /ulf

Stairs

torn

abandoned

"The photography of Malin is all about her personal feelings. Her pictures invite you to look behind the surface, the superficial."

Ove

Westlunds skor

Red Arrow

platform

Late Brunch

Photographer: Ed Hahn
CAFÉ

Rodeo Drive, Los Angeles

Photographer: Ulla Larsson

Tarnowskie Gory

Photographer: Grzegorz Lizurek
This is corner in old Silesian town Tarnowskie Gory, Poland.
STREET CORNERS

having coffee

coffee and cigarette





Zingo and coffee
CAFÉ
Photographer: Bengt Björkbom

behind curtains

Photographer: Ulla Larsson

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Photographer: Jan Buse
CAFÉ

Nils at Café Valand

This picture is also taken at café valand.
CAFÉ

Latvia, Helsinki, Moscow

Bauska, Latvia 2007.

CAFÉ



Cafe Mockba, Helsinki 2007.





Not strictly a café but a quiet refreshments lounge at the Millionaire
Fair, Moscow 2006.




A coffee kiosk in an underground passage, Moscow 2006.

All pictures by: Henrik Duncker

A journey with Bengt

Bengt Björkbom in action

About a week ago you met photographer Bengt Björkbom and his pictures. Well, he also shared some of his thoughts about straight photography, or whatever you may call it. I think he´s got something important to tell us from his long experience as a photographer, always carrying his M Leica and a 35mm (or 16 mm lens attached). And this is the point were I manage to come up with something negative to say about this nice gentleman;...he collects cameras as well. Bengt has been generous enough to send me many pictures from his archive - I want more! The pictures that we will publish here are from 45 years of photographing 1962-2007. So please enjoy. This is the first chapter of many more to come./ulf
























All pictures ©Bengt Björkbom

let's go outside; a photogenic cafe.

Łódź, Kraków, Skierniewice / PL / not posed pictures :)