Random Jerusalem and some thoughts about photography – film and digital.
Somehow it always feels less comfortable to me to write a post about digital photography after the post about film photography. Something is poisoning my mind lately – I’m not any kind of photography racist – digital or film, mirrorless or DSLR (haha, I wrote this with capital characters) point and shoot or shitty plastic. The only result is interesting to me – not crispy pixels or perfectly focused details – the only content of the frame, that move something exciting in my perception of seeing in the next frame. I don’t like this feeling like I don’t like the extremist remarks from both sides of the same photographic venue.
To be sincere, most of the posts I see in my Facebook and Twitter timeline are from film photography communities, which creates a false impression that most of the photographers already moved back (i mean back in time and not in evolutional process) to analog photography, sold their digital gear and experiment with a film developing photography printing in their home dark rooms. So, when people ask me – where I buy film today and make big, round eyes when I answer that possible to find the fresh color and BW film just here, nearby photo store. And I really understand that these social networks make our life easy but also somehow isolated from other spheres of interests when they bring us the most relevant to us content.
Never mind. Today’s post is about the street life of Jerusalem – one of my most visited for photography walks places in this country (probably in this world). I love the vibe of this city. I love this vibe just in small portions, for short periods, only when I would like to start the game and to finish it, but to be enough time inside this out of my comfort zone. As usual, during these walks, I do small pauses with coffee and longer pauses with beer. The city is colorful. Extremely colorful. But I see it in black and white and would like to show you in the same way of compressed emotions, forms, and personages.
Excellent and informative series as always, Victor.
hey Paula. thank you for the kind words.
Great series of interesting images, I love the one of the man with the box on his head – a beggar?
Film or digital, in the end it’s the final image, so who cares how it was made. You’re right though, some get really upset with the whole thing.
thank you David for the kind words. This man is also holding an empty glass for a cents he accept and collect even he dont look like some homeless. seems like kinda everyday “job”
as always great and lively series of images, and interesting view, indeed it’s the result that counts, and somehow sometimes I like more the not so perfect but authentic feel of film!
thank you Chris for the kind words. i love imperfection in film and digital as well as imperfection in music 😉
Excellent street photography captured the vibe in lively! They are all so good! It would be so nice on film or even with slide series along with some psychedelic tune..
Thank you Naomi for the kind words. One day will play my own psyche tunes for my own slide series 😉
It doesn’t matter much to me whether you shoot with digital or film, Victor, as long as you keep shooting. 🙂 Your images are wonderful, as always.
thank you for the beautiful words Heide !
Great work Victor, beautiful images
thank you Yuri.
When words ain’t needed, because.. when images speak all the words you need to hear, with that while watching your images I hear the words speak.
glad to hear from you Aline and read your kind words.
I agree with you sentiments about film or digital. It’s all about the images, and this is another wonderful set of images! I also agree, B&W can make us see colorful places in a different light. Great post!
thank you very much Sam. such timing – i just read your recent post and wrote a comment and at the same time i got this feedback from you ! happy happy Sam
Thanks Victor for your kind comments!