Today I got another opportunity to photograph more horse racing. I had a great time! This time at Täby Galopp just outside Stockholm. It will be interesting to see how I can develope this series.
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A different view
More from BBC. IR images can make a great difference. See for yourself. A way of creating a different view. The photographers name is Terry Gold. And her photographes shine!
http://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-33622821
See more on her homepage: http://www.terrigoldworldimagery.com/
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A new experience
I have never been much of a horse person. A cat and dog person, perhaps, but not horse. I have mostly had a neutral interest in them. However, recently I discovered the excitement attending horse racing in southern Sweden. At Jägersro.
Standing up close and feeling the power of the horses and the concentration, determination of the jockeys were overwhelming. With a very small camera I made theese photographs.
The images are mostly from the warm up and while the jockeys were showing them to the audience and those to bet on them.
This was all new to me and I must say that I have discovered a whole new world. I really like to go there again, or to another horse race, to see what I can accomplish. Time for a new challange!
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Luckily the sun doesn´t always shine
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What happened to Amanda?
When photographers and objects meet things can happend that will leave traces. For very long. When Mary Ellen Mark met Amanda they formed a relation that still talks to us. Mary with her photography and Amanda with her expression, attitude. Here is the story about what happaned to Amanda. She is still thinking about the moments for the photographs and her contact with the photographer. The interesting article from npr.
Here is also a link from The Guardian about more of Mary Ellen Marks famous photographs. Of course the one with Amanda is included.
People are everything!
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Nothing much
It is summer in Sweden, and it is NOT “nothing much”. Flowers in the fields sending their delightful aromas. Just go out and inhale. Enjoy the colors. After a cold and dark winter this is important for us. The light, the sun and the warmth. Fill up with energy before next autumn and winter.
Have a great summer everybody! 😊🌺🌻🌿
Well, is it?
To me there is no question, but, not all photographs are art. So what is and what isn´t? It is up to you, and me of course. These are 2 articles from The Guardian about the subject. What would you be prepared to pay for that you couldn´t do yourself?
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/oct/19/photography-is-it-art
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/dec/11/photography-is-art-sean-ohagan-jonathan-jones
This is a photograph of a painting. What is art and what isn´t? Can both be, and at the same time? You tell me.
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Salt of The Earth
This is the name of a film about photographer Sebastião Salgado. I saw it yesterday and I really like to recommend it to you all. No light movie entertainment but a moving story about his life and photography. Always traveling the world documenting areas where not many people like to go. Unless you absolutely have to. Like Doctors without borders. This is real life and it is shocking to see how terrible circumstances are for too many people in our world.
Sebastião Salgado is one of the most widely-respected of contemporary photojournalists. His in-depth bodies of work document the lives of people the world over, finding beauty, strength and hope even in those in the bleakest of circumstances.
These are some links that will take you to his images and more information about him.
http://www.amazonasimages.com/qui-sommes-nous
http://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/sebastiaosalgado
If you get a chance, go see the movie and send a contribution to Doctors without borders. I will do that right now.
I understand that the movie will be presented after the summer.
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The gun was loaded’: photographers on the shots that changed their lives
This article is from The Guardian where you can find lots of interesting articles about photography.
“Some photos change the photographers life”. Not only the viewers.
These 3 images changed my life years later with 9/11, when WTC was a target for a terror attack. These 2 images above were taken from the observation deck at World Trade Center. The one closest through the binoculars there. All with a small 35 mm Minox GT.
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To be objective
I tested a couple of lenses some time ago. F 50mm, 1.4. Since I don´t like the charts or the too technical talk I made it this way. In the nature. Not much more to say.
Share if you care, thank you! 😊
On a photographers mind 