MOVING ON

I'M STILL ONLINE AND KICKING, THIS TIME ON TUMBLR.COM WHERE THE BLOG MOVED. SEE YOU THERE!

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24 FPS

FILMS ARE MAGIC. TRUTH, LIES OR VARIATIONS OF TRUTH 24 FPS.

down by law sequence

THIS TIME CONCLUSION COMES FIRST, FOLLOWED BY THE 24FPS ARGUMENT.

ENJOY!

5333

CELEBRATING 5333 VISITS, WAITING IMPATIENTLY FOR THE 5555th ONE :)!

OVER THE SUMMER # 2

I CANNOT TELL YOU TOO MANY THINGS ABOUT MARIN, BUT TAKE A LOOK AT THESE SHOTS, HE'S SOMEONE THAT LOVES LIFE AND WITHOUT A DOUBT, ONE OF THE MOST EXPRESSIVE PEOPLE I'VE EVER MET!

AUGUST 2010

OVER THE SUMMER # 1

HE IS ONU, A VERY TALENTED PAINTER FROM CLUJ AND A VEGETARIAN BY HEART.

FIRST TWO IMAGES FROM "OVER THE SUMMER" SERIES, DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY, MOSTLY COLOR.
AUGUST 2010.

HOME AND CHILL

Recently got home, still with some work to do, but finally settled down after a series of travels. This blog slept for a while, but will wake up soon with some new stuff. Till then....

PENINSULA PROPAGANDA - 11 DAYS TILL THE 8TH EDITION

If you'll open the official festival page you can read what these guys have in store for the Romanian audience this year, but Peninsula is more than just facts. It's true, they're gonna have over 70 artists performing in 4 days! this way covering a variety of genres, so no one gets to complain. Besides the big bands that are attending, the charm of this particular festival is that you're making new musical discoveries every day, finding gorgeous bands that you've never heard of before.

Peninsula promises to be a true festival experience for its visitors with shows held in 4 musical locations, film projections from Transylvania International Film Festival, a variety of sports competitions & extreme sports.

What I consider to be the peak of the whole 4 days, is being able to witness a DUB FX street performance in the center of Targu Mures. Besides that, Dub Fx, Flower Fairy and Mr Woodnote will have a live show in the festival camp on August 29th at Kiss Terrace.

The line-up gathers big names like Korn, Gorillaz Sound System, The Rasmus, Nero, Parov Stelar Band, Noisia, Babylon Circus, Above and Beyond, Sub Focus, Tricky, N.O.H.A, Theraphy and Europe, chilling the thirst for dance and music.

Romanian music was not left aside, therefore legendary rock band Phoenix, psychedelic band Tunderground, the funk-jazzy band Blazzaj, the electro crowd-rocking Suie Paparude, Kumm with their soon legendary sax player Iordache, Butterflies in my stomach and Gojira will hit the public with a mixture of sounds and rhythms.
Check the rest of the bands and Dj's on their website and get yourself surprised.

Also, count on safety and good behavior during your stay, Peninsula got a name of being a well-bred festival.

Yes, start counting days till the beginning of what is known to be the biggest musical happening in Romania.
And get some sleep before! Watch here and see my point!

WHY NOT BE A HERO?

Have some guts this summer, get to die for tickets quickly and don't miss on the biggest urban happening.
I'm gonna freeze some guys up in the air during the skateboarding competition, while they do their tricks and make you envious about how cool they are.
Besides the coolness of this festival, Heroes can be proud of taking place in one of the biggest skate parks you can find in Eastern Europe. Someone will get his hands on a 5000€ cash prize on the BMX competition that will gather 12 professional riders. Urban artists show off with their originality and style and there will be plenty of it: 12 crews, each with 5 writers.
Street artist will have their say. Skate park as an art gallery. Artists that are not bound to the classical working space will attend and make Youth Park a place of unconventional art. And then again, there's dancing. Street dancing that is, with 10 crews, duet and solo performers. Film lovers don't get to complain, as "In search of the Miraculous" composed by Pontus Alv will be launched there and will give you some insights on what urban lifestyle means.

Heroes that will be delighted to give a courageous performance are: Dub FX and band, up to 8 members on stage, Chase and Status together with MC Rage, Borgore, Dropdread, Gojira, DJ Hype.
No need to tell you more. This is the place to take lessons on urban culture.

Street Heroes, only a click away.
3 days, 12-14th August, Youth Park, Bucharest.
Check on updates here.

STREET HEROES # 1

12 - 14 August, Urban Culture Festival
Skate Park Tineretului, Bucuresti
Dub FX, Chase and Status & MC rage, Borgore, Gojira, Dropdread
Street dancing, Skating, BMX and Street Art competitions.


Line-up here
Facebook here
3 days pass - 80 RON

MUM'S GLASSES

Plus X, shot at 100 ASA
February 2010

Picture taken while having coffee with my mom and a friend, while mom was visiting last winter. I used to see her more often than I am right now, but today I'm celebrating with this post because she's in town.

2 empty bottles of beer

Agfa APX, 400 iso
March 2010

After the Saturday night party. Life in the film school dorm.

Old man, trainstation

Agfa APX, 400 iso
March 2010

Too bad it can't be seen in a large format, at a decent resolution. Love this old man's look.*

Any ideas on avoiding this "wonderful" compression?

* Glad to be back.

 

School days

Harnicie de sesiune. I miss posting and will be back with some new stuff in a short (i guess) while.

Boys

Casa studentilor, Timisoara, februarie 2010

Sunset/Moonrise

I've gone soft and now I'm photographing sunsets. This was taken Saturday evening, after rain. Haven't seen such beautiful light and colors for a long time.

Old man

Four years old digital photo, the reason I like it is, that it's almost black and white, few grays, and 2nd, you can hardly see anything behind his eyes, but has such a gentle face that tells you everything about the way he is. I remember that he wasn't upset by me taking this photo, and had an attitude like, why are you photographing me, am I that interesting or intriguing? Maybe he was about to ask me something, but I left before he did. I found him near a market place, in Iasi.

Black and white

First roll of Fuji Neopan 1600,
December 2009, Bucharest

Test shot

Ilford Delta Pro, iso 400, Coloprint camera.

Street kids

Walking, talking and photographing.

Bucharest, February '10

Spring is coming,

So many events,

so many people,

so many paper dreams... 

Max Dupain, Australian photographer

The sunbaker, taken in 1937, only in 70's became iconic in Australian art and photography.

Max Dupain was against studio fakery or manipulation, claiming that "photography is at its best when it shows a thing clearly and simply."

"Simple geometry and dynamic symmetry had perfectly expressed the energy of modernist formalism." Gael Newton (Curator of Australian photography at the National Gallery of Australia) on Dupain's "The Sunbaker"

Modern photography : Something whose aim is partly or wholly aesthetic as opposed to photography which is merely documentary and representational.



Source of information: Each Wild Idea

Some music

Dub Incorporation

Music and friends :)

No direction home

I wish myself a warm comeback to Bucharest!

Warmer days, more sleep, sunshine, less (no...) snow, spare time, reggae parties, trips with friends, travels around the world.

Prima ninsoare

Acelasi Canon, alt fomapan, aceeasi fereastra, acelasi etaj 7, alta perspectiva, o zi frumoasa, aceeasi prieteni.

January 2010

Cris and Alex at a friend's birthday reunion. Shot on old fomapan, iso 200, available light, a 60w light bulb.

Snow table and chairs,

Bucharest, December 15th, 2009

There's something about Manhattan...

Treat a boring day, a day which you spend with enormous lack of imagination, with a film. Take Manhattan for example, even though you've seen it before, this time it fits perfect on the situation. Well, you push play and your eyes see these incredible black and white pictures, little moving-picture postcards. Atmospheric gray shots, each with its own story, snowy streets drowned in evening lights, seen from the point of view of a puppy. Everything has a light taste of poetry, from New York's immense buildings seen by night, billboards and street signs that hurt your eyes, fireworks electrocuting the entire sky, leaving light dust behind. Rich blacks, slightly underexposed interiors where characters affected maybe by the city they live in, have endless conversations on a variation of topics, making no point at the end. Simple, beautiful compositions, shots where only highlights guide you through and help you follow the actors inside it. If I wouldn't be writing about a Woody Allen film, I would make a reference about the music played in the background, saying it's so..Woody Allen. Cinematography's so intimate, matching the story and the relation(ship)s between characters. Besides the way Gordon Willis handled photography, I love the fact that there's a joke or reference every step of the conversation, not just common humor, but sometimes sad or (auto)ironical and you find yourself laughing. Too bad that this 2.35:1 film can only be seen on a laptop.
Two things to mention before I stop writing, Diane Keaton made me think of Julie Delpy's character in Before Sunset, and second, Meryl Streep looked incredible, I'm just curious why Allen cast her for this part, not taking into consideration her acting talent.
Enjoy if you end up watching it!