2012 Project ( February – April )

After an extremely enjoyable project last year, I’m continuing to document daily life with a bunch of disposable cameras.

It’s been interesting to use these cameras, especially me being so used to the weight and ‘complexity’ of the digital SRL. It’s literally to point and shoot and there isn’t a pressure to be aesthetically perfect – well, beauty also lies in imperfection. I do like that blurry and grainy aspect so characteristic of film, there’s a certain nostalgia to it; and I definitely enjoy the idea of being able to easily document all of those details and moments I wouldn’t usually photograph.

social time after a photo shoot

backstage at Skrillex gig

a beautiful sunny day

the usual tourist photo

designs at the Tate

guitar hero

the big egg hunt in London

Izzy visits again

I quite like city landscapes

the typical last photo of the roll

Saudade

“Saudade describes a deep emotional state of nostalgic longing for an absent something or someone that one loves. It often carries a repressed knowledge that the object of longing might never return.”

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Epilogue:

The Traveller

Eden

 

The Traveller

(photo taken with an automatic camera in 2006)

Stuart (@ Oxygen)

The Traveller

(photos taken with an automatic camera in 2006)

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Henry @ Oxygen

The Scarlet Empress

“Solitude desolates me; company oppresses me.” F.Pessoa

I actually used a pair of sunglasses as a filter when I took these photos, which explains the red tones.

Porto, Portugal (2009)

Joris (@Oxygen)

Chariffe (@Oxygen)

English Rose

2012 Project (January – February)

After an extremely enjoyable project last year, I’m continuing to document daily life with a bunch of disposable cameras.

It’s been interesting to use these cameras, especially me being so used to the weight and ‘complexity’ of the digital SRL. It’s literally to point and shoot and there isn’t a pressure to be aesthetically perfect – well, beauty also lies in imperfection. I do like that blurry and grainy aspect so characteristic of film, there’s a certain nostalgia to it; and I definitely enjoy the idea of being able to easily document all of those details and moments I wouldn’t usually photograph.

Henry

MTV Brand New Party

London skies

year of the Dragon

icicles

the usual bus stop

white blanket

and the lake slowly froze as the silence grew louder.

Aaron

The Heiress (metamorphosis)

Upon a cold empty night.

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After some consideration,

I will carry on with my disposable camera project throughout 2012.

It was such a great pleasure for me to do it last year, so I don’t see a reason why not to continue it. Film photography is a beautiful and insightful type of art, and I’d like to help with its preservation.

Aside from this project, I intend to start a new one also using film. It will probably take me a few years to finish it, but I am in no rush at all to share it with the world. When the due time comes, then I will hopefully have a solid amount of photos to showcase.