My Name Is Red
December 2006, Somewhere between Munich and Berlin.
The Last Train
April 2007, Athens.
Fuji Neopan 400
(Press F11 for proper viewing)
Deeper Underground
April 2007, Athens.
Fuji Neopan 400
Ristorante
April 2007, Lugano.
Fuji Neopan 400
An Empty Future
April 2007, Athens.
Fuji Neopan 400.
This is the first photo to be put up here from one of my recently acquired compact rangefinders. This one was shot with the Minolta Hi-Matic 7sII. Inspite of a slightly dim viewfinder the camera is a pleasure to use and the lens seems to be superb, very sharp, contrasty and with a lovely bokeh. If interested, you can read a little more about this little wonder here.
Frisbee
May 2007, Regensburg.
One of my photos, The Symmetrical Soldiers, won the Best in Show award through a popular vote over at Modern Fabulousity. A big thank you to the folks at Mod Fab for choosing the photo as well as to everyone who voted for it.
Boat Ride III
December 2003, Amsterdam.
I finally bought a dedicated film scanner, a Nikon Coolscan V ED, which I received today. This is the first shot scanned with it. I’ve posted this particular photo before a long long time back, albeit in a modified form, here. This photo is from the first ever roll I shot with my then recently acquired Minolta Dynax 5, also my first modern SLR.
The Protest
May 2007, Athens.
On May 1st, while we were on the way to the old Olympic Stadium we ran into a big protest march in front of the Greek parliament. On one side there was the police in full riot gear (you will see this in a diff. photo) waiting for the protestors to do something. But the latter were a peaceful lot for the most part except for a few smoke bombs thrown in the general direction of the police. We forgot about the stadium and instead joined the local pressmen in darting through the crowds photographing everything and everyone. We even got warned by the police not to photograph them! It was quite exciting actually. One of the rare occasions when I felt like a proper photojournalist! Later, on TV, we saw that the protest had turned violent further along the route, with the protestors and the police clashing.
The Symmetrical Soldiers
May 2007, Athens.
This is part of the (very theatrical) changing of guard ceremony of the Evzones (the elite Presidential Guard) at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier which lies in front of the Greek Parliament.
Jagan
April 2007, Zürich.