One has to be the tallest to watch the fastest? I initially processed this picture with my usual colors, but this is one of these cases where I think it works so much better in B&W. So why fight it? Parana River – Leica M8 with 35mm Summicron at F8.0, 1/500, ISO160
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Sitting in a crowd
Sitting in a large crowd won’t enable you to share your problems. (Click on picture for high res) Leica M8 with 35mm Summicron
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The day the elephant crushed the mouse….
… the ambulanceman ran away. No, this ain’t no old Swiss saying, just surrealism. (Click on picture for high res) Note that I am experimenting some trouble with the website as a 500 internal server error keeps on popping up. My attempts to solve it resulted in more trouble as I lost some of the […]
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Spot the odd ones: filter or no filter ?
The use of filters, HDR, cropping and cloning tools is often debated in street photography. Should the documentary aspect of street photography prohibit any manipulation made by the photographer in post-processing? There is no simple answer to that and most of the time, viewers can’t even distinguish when manipulations are made. For example, could you […]
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Sho(r)t Stories #9 : Andrea Monti
Italy is our destination this week with exceptionally two Sho(r)t Stories by Andrea Monti of Pescara. Quis custodies – GR Digital III The last Waltz – GR Digital III What is the sho(r)t story? Quis custodies: Well, I was wandering around Rome and, while heading at Monte Citorio (the Italian Parliament) I crossed the square […]
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The Queen of the track
Car races in Argentina are quite surprising. Not only because most cars that run there have 30 years old engine (Fiat 500, 147, Ford Falcone), but also due to the passion that revolves around it. The presence of a female driver must have triggered quite a few comments in the surrounding teams. I might attend […]
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De(connected) generation ?
Great to see that Ipads, cell phones and playstations have not yet completely killed magazines, books and newspapers. Leica M9 with 35mm Lux Asph at F1.4, 1/1500, ISO160
Though I suppose that most readers of this blog are especially interested by street photography, we all have other interests, be it portrait, landscape or why not, reportage. Let’s discover this week what is that discipline you especially enjoy aside from street photography. As always, no registration is required to vote and no personal information […]
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Viva el papa !
So the first ever non-European Pope is Argentine, what a surprise! I don't know much of him except he took special care of poor people and i a fan of the San Lorenzo football club (which is always an important fact here in Argentina). It is obviously a great news for Argentina and all of […]
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Encounters
Dogs meet dogs at the corner of any street, and old men wish they were a little bit younger. (click on picture for high res) Yesterday was the first time since our move to Argentina that I could spend a full day shooting in the streets. I took along my M9 whose shutter had basically […]