Magdalena Sokalska: Białystok - one day

May 1st 2004 was a special day for Poland and 9 other countries of Eastern and Central Europe - first day in European Union. Group of recognised Polish photographers, motivated by Grzegorz Dąbrowski, and supported by several institutions decided to document this first day in EU on BW negatives. Action called "Białystok - one day" was lasting 24 hours. Photographers spent whole day portraiting the people, the city, the atmosphere of this special day - 3 years ago already. Today they say - it was worth to make this document.I am happy to share with you part of this project, historical pictures made by one of the participants of this event: Magdalena Sokalska. You have already a chance to see some pictures from this action made by Staszek Heyda.

Magda is talented, young Polish photographer. She finnished Warsaw School of Photography, and now terminates studies at Creative Photography Institute in Opava (Czech Republic).
Recently all of her energy she utilise for Gliwice House of Photography and organization of Gliwice Photo Month.
We'll talk of Magda soon more.

Here you can find more pictures made this day by other photographers participating in this event.

invited by Marcin Górski

Silence by Monika Brand

I am pleased to have Monika with us again . This is a great serie
of pictures, I am thrilled to see such good photography. Monika says:
The story behind is very simple. I had the idea to take some silent
and surrealistc images in a milky bath and my beloved daughter was
enthusiatic by that idea. So we did it and we were pleased by the results.

She forgot to mention that she used TriX for these pictures.
What else is there? Well, there is Rollei R3 for example that
she used for the medium format pictures here. ;)
-urbano

Speed of Life

Exhibition "Speed of Life" showing pictures by Mikael Jansson opens on
26 May 2007 in Kulturhuset, Stockholm. This is about Formula 1.
Photographed in Monaco, Bahrain, São Paulo and several of the
17 other tracks. For more www.kulturhuset.se

To Raise Cats (Jealousy)

Invitation - Jeanne Wells & Tom Holmlund Form & Färg galleriet Eskilstuna Sweden

Who:Jeanne Wells and Tom Holmlund

What: Photography Exhibition

When: Vernissage/opening Saturday, May 26th 11.00 - 17.00
27/5, 30/5, 2/6, 3/6 11.30 - 17.00

Where: Form & Färggalleriet Bruksgatan 6, Eskilstuna, Sweden

Why: To see some fine and dandy photography, visit with friends and meet new people! And not to forget, meet Jeanne and Tom " irl".

Hope to see y'all there!

F blog strongly recommends

invited guest: Alicia Estefania

Miami Car

I am glad to show some fine cyanotypes by the Spanish photographer
Alicia Estefania. This is her introduction to the pictures and the technique:

CIANOTIPO. Proceso fotografico muy antiguo que consiste en impregnar
una superficie cualquiera con una emulsion sensible a la luz. Con la
inestimable ayuda del sol, que funciona como ampliadora, va apareciendo ,
como por arte de magia, la imagen azul, siempre azul.

With the precious help from the sun, functioning like an amplifier
the blue picture, always blue...appears like the art of magic.

It´s like poetry. Many thanks to you Alicia for sharing these pictures.
invited by ulf fågelhammar
Read more about cyanotypes here.

Madrid, Gran Via

New York

Madrid, canal

Miami

London

Los Angeles

Madrid, La Sud

Colourbox scenery (iii)

Colourbox unaltered

Colourbox scenery (ii)

Colourbox processed

walking blues

Dianavision by GC
I think you were our first invited guest!
search for GC in field up left and find more magic.

sunday afternoon

picture by urbano

Colourbox scenery

straight from the colourbox

The Roma Journeys, Joakim Eskildsen

Well, speaking of Sergels Torg; Kulturhuset is a part of that place. I have
not been a regular visitor to Kulturhuset although I have lived in Stockholm
for more than 30 years. But during recent years the exhibitions of photography
seen there have been great.
This summer will see along with Etoundi Essamba and more the Danish
photographer Joakim Eskildsen. He now lives in Finland (and they say that
it´s in Finland things are happening around here when it comes to
current photography.)

Eskildsen and the author Cia Rinne travelled in India, Hungary, Greece, Finland,
France, Russia and Romania in order to document, understand and interpret
the Romany community and way of life.

Exhibition open from 2 June 2007- 19 August 2007
www.kulturhuset.se
Find out more about photographer Joakim Eskildsen

the living room

picture by urbano

Sergels torg is a place that people love to hate or hate that they love.
You will find everything there, the good, the bad and the ugly.
It´s the living room of Stockholm.
Here are a couple of great interpretations of that place that have
been publish on the F-blog.

Sergels torg as seen by Mats
and by Marcin.

Bio i Byn

The annual outdoor film event in Tollered.

Two

remain in light

picture by urbano

I Bore Doctor Tarkini's Love Child

Gruppof Inbox: The Window of Past Kings (by Kim)

© Kim Dauer

A view from Kungsör, May 07

Announcement

invited guest: Ann Texter - Serendipity in Polaroid

I am happy to show finally works of many F-ers friend for many years, fantastic, one of most creative photographers I know - Ann Texter. Ann loves to use old or non-conventional techniques and she is always able mark her pictures with her sensibility. Her pictures are telling short stories about surrounding her life, paints Texan reality in so suggestive way, that when I think of Texas I automatically see cowgirl shoes and the skull on the fence. I belive you will also fall in love in Ann's pictures as me.

ser·en·dip·i·ty [ser-uhn-dip-i-tee] –noun 1. an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident.2. good fortune, luck.

An answer or great idea discovered entirely by accident “a happy accident” as it has come to be known…
Serendipity is my favorite word as well as something I believe is present in our everyday lives. I feel it leads us from one point to the next, in an always surprising manner, moving us closer to our own personal destiny, or fate.
My series, “Serendipity in Polaroid” is just that, a never ending path of “happy accidents”. This set of Polaroid Image Transfers has become a photographic documentation of my personal serendipitous path over the past three years. It’s a combination of my artistic eye, my passion for photography and my love of the unexpected. Each image itself is unique with its own delightfully unpredicted outcome.
After seeing a Polaroid Image Transfer for the first time, I instantly knew that it was a process I had to learn and try within my own work. The beautiful irregularities put to watercolor paper seemed to transport an image from just a photograph to a timeless image that could encumber feelings or emotions. The images in my series come from personal memories, feelings or just straight from my heart. I love that the image from my mind, rather than what was seen through the lens of my camera, can be captured to view time and time again.

Not only has this process ignited my love and passion of photography in a new direction, it has taken it to another level completely. It has inspired me to expand my photographic ideas and has unveiled my passion of the historic photographic processes.
Although my series is of a personal nature, I love that it can be viewed by others, and perhaps stir their own memories or feelings. If someone is able to take away their own particular emotions from my work it is a huge sense of accomplishment for me.

Madonna ©Ann Texter

Birdcage ©Ann Texter

Field, sky - diptych©Ann Texter

Church©Ann Texter


Real Cowgirls Die With Their Boots On ©Ann Texter


Western ©Ann Texter

More of Ann's works you may find on her web site http://www.anntexter.com/

Ann will show her works today on the exhibition Tunnel Vision: Parading Down the Isle at Volitant Gallery in Austin, Texas

invited by Marcin Górski

long weekend continues

Invitation: Volitant Gallery - Tunnel Vision:Parading Down the Isle

Who: Ann Texter, Faustinus Deraet, Polly Chandler, Joy Goldkind, Jackie Alpers, Alicia Cargile, Amy Griffin, Richard D. Griffin, Herman Krieger, Melissa Ladd, Chris Moseley, Dana Rossini, Hrvoje Slovenc, Andrew Sterling

What: Group Photography Exhibition: Opening Reception
"Tunnel Vision, Parading down the Aisle"

When: Friday, May 4th 6 - 9 PM

Where: Volitant Gallery, 320 Congress Avenue, Suite 100, Austin, Texas

Why: To see some fine and dandy photography, visit with friends, meet new people or just feel fancy for an evening!

Hope to see y'all there!

F blog strongly recommends

a man and his bicycle

Picture by Bengt Hanson

bouquet from Oslo

Picture by Espen Aasheim