The little road

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I'm sure this little series I've just made will appear in B+W but for the moment I'm releasing maybe a single colour image.

Venturing to the mountains again I happened upon a little road I did not know existed. Followed it quite a way before the rain caused me to turn back (that's what happens when you carry three cameras and no umbrella on your journey :-)

I will be visiting this area again but hopefully next time it will be by bike and I will see where the rest of it leads.

The weather, if you have not guessed by the picture was wet and foggy with the whole mountain covered in cloud. At points you couldn't see beyond 15 feet in front of you (that's 4.5 metres for the modern world).

I also shot Holga and Horizon Perfekt. Will be interesting to see how the film turns out.

As usual click the image for a larger version.

Escalators

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This was shot back in 2008. At least that was when I scanned the neg. Shot on the Horizon Perfekt in a subway I can't remember at a time I don't recall.

Shibuya

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I don't use this camera enough.Shot with the Horizon Perfekt.

Fukutoshin Line

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I've shot this on the Hasselblad before but not using the Horizon Perfekt. Shot on Tri-x400 and developed in special sauce, this shot is straight off the neg with no adjustments.

Breakfast

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Mark

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Stephan

Our little team doesn't seem to do enough of these. They do look a little sleepy I must say but this was shot before they had coffee :-)

Kabukicho bar

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Jim O’Connell and Dan Buzzo in THE bar in Kabukicho

This is the legendary Jim O’Connell on the right and my good friend Dan Buzzo on the left who spent the evening speaking about the creative muses (was it three or nine?) in the photographers bar (I never remember the name of the place) in Kabukicho. Recommended if you like beer or whiskey, photography and tight spaces.

Death by developer

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Vending machine death by developer

Don't ask what went wrong. I'm not sure. I've had this in the archive for a while (along with countless other images - Adrian and Jon can attest to this) and I like it a lot.  Not so much the blown out huge white bit but the vending machine part. The way the light from the machine is blown out and the developer has stained the neg and run down to where the light is making it spill out. I must be in happy accident mode because everything I'm working on has loads of grain, light leaks and other imperfections that just seem to make the image. This is probably why you see so little of the pin sharp digital stuff I shoot (not very interesting).