Imagination out of the ordinary
This Saturday, me and a lot other photographers participate in a makeshift exhibition at Planket in Gothenburg. Everyone get a metre (1,1 yard) and what you do with it is up to you.
I’ll go hardcore. I’ll laminate my 10-12 pics and nail them to wooden boards, just for fun (and for the possibility of rain).
Wanna see some more?
Planket, right by Bältesspännarparken and Trädgårdsföreningen in Gothenburg – Saturday August 20th, 12.00-18.00
I love people, I really do. That might also be one of the main reasons why I like street photography so much. People and their everyday business are extraordinary.
On the train to Gothenburg, as I was prepping my camera, I couldn’t resist taking a picture of this girl.
She was doing the exact same thing as so many other do on a train – looking out the window.
Sometimes you just see people aiming at something you can’t see yourself. But their faces are magic.
“Where do I look?”, she asked slightly worried.
I’d just stepped up to her and asked nicely if I could take a portrait. I worked out well, I think.
I’ve said it before and I’ll probably say it again. This bit with smartphones is to a street photographer both irritating and nice.
It’s easier to take a pic as people don’t see you immediately and also the blueish light from the screens help to light up their faces. But. It’s getting harder to get that magic look straight into my camera these days…
Met him at Korsvägen a late afternoon last August. He stood out a bit, as he was the best dressed person around.
“Off course I am, I’m a tailor”, he said…
In a tight alley, outside a coffee shop in Gothenburg I met him. I spite of dark afternoon I figured that the lighting where he sat would turn out well. So I had to talk to him a bit, as I also got several nice shots. Nice guy.
Just looking out the window? No. It hardly exists any longer. Today I see young and old, staring down in their screens.
