We will remember them….
Leica M9; Summicron 35mm; VSCO
Lerouge 6×6 Pinhole Camera; Kodak Portra 400
Lest We Forget….
Tag: War
Israel Part Four (Colour) – Jerusalem
If don’t do this everyday then you make mistakes. The girl in the gallery is a young Israeli soldier, I was so nervous that I made a mess of the camera settings and basically forgot everything I know about photography so the shot wasn’t as good as I hoped for.
Leica M9; Summilux 50; Summicron 35; Elmar 21; VSCO
Week 25 – Brick Lane
We went for a curry down Brick Lane, I think my Jalfrezi days might just be over……!
Fujifilm X100 Fujinon f2 23mm Aperture and NIK Â
Week 24 – The Sidecar (BMW R 75)
You don’t see many of these on the roads today…..
I was a little hasty on the trigger and published this week’s post before I had actually written anything. This BMW R 75 was built in 1941 and most probably served the Luftwaffe during this period. It is a rarity but the lucky owner recently managed to purchase the previous model as well. It’s a very large bike but incredibly quiet.
Good luck with the collection!
P.S. So this week’s lesson is never confuse “Save” and “publish” on WordPress ……
Week 16 – Stalin’s Legacy
It was rather fitting that I should find myself in this part of Berlin on this day, May the 1st of course being international labour day.
It was here on the 17th of June 1953 that the workers of the newly formed GDR started their uprising against the fledgling socialist regime, primarily due to the increase of work quotas. The Soviets were called in and the “counter-revolution” was quashed with an official loss of 125 lives. From then on this monumental socialist boulevard was used for parades and celebrations in honour of the “great” regime. The Stalin Allee was later renamed the Karl-Marx-Allee when it wasn’t quite so fashionable to be associated with that particular dictator.
The Tower in the background is the East-Berliner “Fernsehturm” another piece of awe-inspiring socialist architecture.
Week 4 – A Blast from the Past
Karlshorst (Berlin) is the latest “in” urban location for the alternative “new” Berliners (after Prenzlauer Berg, Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain). Whilst the infrastructure, amenities and general standard of living begin to improve, and the rents increase, it is easy to forget that the district has a very special past.
After the unconditional surrender was signed by Field Marshall Wilhelm Keitel on the 8th of April 1945 in Karlshorst, the war in Europe came to a close.
On the 10th of November 1949, it was here that the Soviet administration issued the official mandate for the formation of the new East German state, the Deutsche Demokratische Republik.
Twenty years after the collapse of DDR and the exit of the Soviet troops, Karlshorst now prepares for the new invasion of Starbucks, IKEA, organic supermarkets and Montessori / Waldorf schools.
Russian T-34 (Calibre 85mm) Tank – f10 1/40 ISO 200 22mm
Facing Reality - Faces on Film 