#Experiment

Finally - the first encounter with Via Miracoli. I was going up and down, “inspecting” the street, the house walls, looking out for details, snapping around a bit. It proved to be more complicated than expected… Neapolitans are a curious people and I was regularly approached, they wondered what I am doing here… I was dragged along to see a very very interesting thing… it was a religious altar.. I realized that I have to be quite firm in order to complete this project and not get too involved with interactions of residents of the street… I happen to come across a young woman looking outside a Basso on a little side street of Via Miracoli; to me she looked like a Saint! [Read More]

Yesterday I wanted to try to do Peter Frasers experiment out doors, it was a sunny day but unfortunately very windy and not warm enough to sit somewhere for 30 minutes… So, I decided to cycle around in East London, not far from where I live, the whole morning already I had this “feeling” that I want to cruise around the streets between Mare Street and London Fields. For me this experiment was more about having the courage to follow the feelings that evolve and make the photos, rather than thinking “oh - this is too banal or it won’t work anyway. [Read More]

We started the New Year with a wonderful talk by Peter Fraser - it was truly inspiring to see his work and to listen how he experiences photography. At the end Peter asked us to do the following experiment: choose a safe place sit or stand for 30 minutes, eyes closed as soon as you open your eyes make photos of what you feel & not what you see… [Read More]