Showing posts with label sepia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sepia. Show all posts

10 January, 2011

Proiect - Nostalgia

universitatea
Universitate

podul izvor
Podul Izvor

piata senatului
Piata Senatului

piata palatului regal
Piata Palatului Regal

palatul sturdza
Palatul Sturdza

ministerul domeniilor
Ministerul Domeniilor

calea victoriei la palatul telefoanelor
Calea Victoriei la Palatul Telefoanelor

calea victoriei la cercul militar
Calea Victoriei la Cercul Militar

calea grivitei
Calea Grivitei

ion bratianu
Bulevardul Ion Bratianu

ion bratianu
Bulevardul Ion Bratianu

carol - piata rosetti
Bulevardul Carol - Piata Rosetti
Imaginile de mai sus inseamnă ceva doar pentru români. De aceea voi scrie in română. Îmi plac atit de mult încît le voi printa şi înrăma. Am să le pun in perete. De fiecare dată cînd mă voi uita la ele am să mă gîndesc că am avut o istorie frumoasă. Am avut şi noi echivalentul unui "american dream". Eram pe un drum bun, viitorul părea luminos. Dar singura lumină de care ne-am bucurat în acel viitor a fost dată de nenumaratele panouri publicitare care veghează neclintite pe faţadele clădirilor de mai sus. Oricît de disperată este situaţia, mă gîndesc la posibilitatea unei întoarceri 'în timp', alături de aparatul de fotografiat, pentru a reproduce aceste instantanee, care nu-mi aparţin. Numai cind mă gîndesc ce răspunsuri poţi primi dacă vrei să ai acces intr-un balcon pe Magheru, fostul Brătianu! E bine să ne aducem aminte ce am fost, chiar şi cu nostalgie. E un demers idealist, de iarnă mohorîtă, stropită de zăpadă topită şi amestecată cu praful străzii, demers sortit in totalitaritate eşecului. Cu cît ne indepărtăm de aceste imagini, cu atît vom regreta mai mult prezentul.

For the viewers who don't really understand Romanians, these images are from a Bucharest of a distant past, the '30s. We didn't had Depression, but we had soviet tanks and good faith cleansing, we were helped to lose our ways and embrace a foreign normality. In time, bad memories dissipate, and you tend to remember only the good ones. I like to remember we had once "Le Petit Paris".

17 March, 2010

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

May the Irish hills caress you.
May her lakes and rivers bless you.
May the luck of the Irish enfold you.
May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.


- Irish Blessing -

16 March, 2010

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St. Patrick -- one of the few saints whose feast day presents the opportunity to get determinedly whacked and make a fool of oneself all under the guise of acting Irish.


- Charles M. Madigan -

14 March, 2010

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There are only two kinds of people in the world, the Irish and those who wish they were.

An Irishman is never drunk as long as he can hold onto one blade of grass to keep from falling off the earth.

- Irish Saying -

12 March, 2010

T minus 5 funny Irish toasts

It is better to spend money like there's no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there's no money!
May you die in bed at ninety-five, shot by a jealous husband (or wife).


- Irish toasts -

There is a lot to say about Trinity College, about its history, it's architecture, stats and figures. But I'm not the best when it comes to tell you things about it, there are many others more adequate to do it. I am just out there to see it in my own way.

10 March, 2010

T minus 7 Irish quotes



Saint Patrick was a gentleman
Who through strategy and stealth
Drove all the snakes from Ireland
Here's a drinkee to his health!


But not too many drinkees
Lest we lose ourselves and then...
Forget the good Saint Patrick
And see them snakes again!


- unknown author -









I live in a beautiful town. I don't say this too often and for sure, I don't go out to meet him very often. The spring has finally arrived and I resumed my photo trips. There is one week left to St. Patrick's Day and I have noticed the airport is busy already, not to mention the streets, or pubs. I hope the weather will stay positive. Over the next seven days I will run a daily topic dedicated to the event taken place on the 17th March of every year.

28 February, 2010

It all started here


My first attempts to shoot panoramic images


I remember when this happened: October 2006, a trip to Paris took me close to some of the most impressive subjects that can be caught on camera. I had a Panasonic FZ30 for about 4 months and I wasn't sure what to do with it. Versailles Palace was in full recovery after refurbishment works. I felt that one image is not enough to see what I see. So I started to pan(fool)-around. I rediscovered these images yesterday and I said I should give them another chance. The original shots weren't great, so I played with them... a bit.