Really feel that about the "propaganda." And I can relate to the story the woman shared, it's a lot that my grandparents family went through - just running and running during wars and not knowing who's alive or not.
Cheers Elliott, and I'm sorry to hear that it was tough for your grandparents.
It's reassuring to hear you agree with the point about propaganda. I don't mean it as criticism exactly, but there's something satisfying for me in trying to show how things more or less are.
Chris, we loved the video and I enjoyed experiencing it all over again in this post. The interview at the end was very special and eye-opening, the whole time I was thinking "I hope he asks for a portrait" and of course you did and her expression says it all. I think it means a lot that you take a genuine interest in the place AND the people, and are welcomed into their neighborhood as a result. For revisiting your lost photos, did you take along the low res images as a reference or did you reframe each shot from memory?
Hi Diana, thank you for taking the time to watch and say so. It's been good having connected with you and Tom, I joined Substack for more thoughtful conversation and I'm happy to have found some:-)
Yes, I typically work off with the low res images for any online stuff I do, so I can call up the images at any time. I didn't go out with the plan to try shoot the images in exactly the same way, but when I found those scenes again, I still preferred original framing in most cases. For some I shot a few different options, but ultimately chose the similarly framed images to share.
Thanks Chris - it is great to connect here with you and share ideas and visuals from opposite sides of the globe! I'm not surprised you preferred the original framing, finding that ideal composition while our brains are ruling out all the subpar alternatives is the unseen heavy lifting that we do every time we shoot. The brain doesn't really need to do all that work a second time when it's already made its preference known. I hope your missing negatives turn up one day!
Really feel that about the "propaganda." And I can relate to the story the woman shared, it's a lot that my grandparents family went through - just running and running during wars and not knowing who's alive or not.
P.S. Kurt Vonnegut reference on point
Cheers Elliott, and I'm sorry to hear that it was tough for your grandparents.
It's reassuring to hear you agree with the point about propaganda. I don't mean it as criticism exactly, but there's something satisfying for me in trying to show how things more or less are.
Sad and uplifting at the same time.
I guess that's part of what made her story relatable for me.
Chris, we loved the video and I enjoyed experiencing it all over again in this post. The interview at the end was very special and eye-opening, the whole time I was thinking "I hope he asks for a portrait" and of course you did and her expression says it all. I think it means a lot that you take a genuine interest in the place AND the people, and are welcomed into their neighborhood as a result. For revisiting your lost photos, did you take along the low res images as a reference or did you reframe each shot from memory?
Hi Diana, thank you for taking the time to watch and say so. It's been good having connected with you and Tom, I joined Substack for more thoughtful conversation and I'm happy to have found some:-)
Yes, I typically work off with the low res images for any online stuff I do, so I can call up the images at any time. I didn't go out with the plan to try shoot the images in exactly the same way, but when I found those scenes again, I still preferred original framing in most cases. For some I shot a few different options, but ultimately chose the similarly framed images to share.
Thanks Chris - it is great to connect here with you and share ideas and visuals from opposite sides of the globe! I'm not surprised you preferred the original framing, finding that ideal composition while our brains are ruling out all the subpar alternatives is the unseen heavy lifting that we do every time we shoot. The brain doesn't really need to do all that work a second time when it's already made its preference known. I hope your missing negatives turn up one day!
It's good that you managed to turn a negative about lost negatives into a positive.😊😊
Cheers Ross. It takes zero negatives to make a positive, ha.