Tag: photography
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Upcoming Cultural Space: Workshops and Events in Photography
When you visit a holiday destination, do you buy photographs taken there as souvenirs? The Zangaki brothers based their business on this very idea, with their studio conveniently located in Port Said, where people started their Grand Tour of Egypt. Of course, cameras were rare in those days, so the brothers struck while the iron…
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Photography and Storytelling: A Week in Review
Wednesday – À la prochaine, mama, produced by the community theater Ras el-Hanout, dealt with death, grief, and coping with loss, all of which touch each of us sooner or later. It elicited very moving reactions from the audience and made me think that perhaps such issues are not widely discussed in the Moroccan community.…
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Pre-architectures
There are moment in life when the need to be close to something light, airy, primary, and quiet grows so big that it is a blessing to stumble, often by accident, upon exhibitions, books, music… that fill that precise need. I spent last Sunday afternoon with forensic architecture and The Nebelivka Hypothesis. It put my…
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Sıcaktan Soğuk Şehre: Seyahat Günlüğü
Dakar ve Brüksel’de yaşamın izleri, kısa versiyon Çarşamba Bu sabah haberleri okudum. En kötü haber Trump’ın yeniden başkan olmasıydı. O anti-demokratik bir lider ve gündemi tehlikeli. Öğleden sonra Dakar’a gittim. Araba yolculuğu sıcaktı ve 5 saat sürdü, 42 derecede sıcak bir yolculuktu. Perşembe Dakar’ın merkezinde (Plateau) yaşıyorum ve artık taksi̇ şoförleri̇yle pazarlik yapmaya gerek yok.…
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Thoughts on pinhole photography
“Why take photos with a pinhole camera?” a friend asked. This came to mind: One – allow yourself to be out of control, at least to some extent. Two – stretch time. It’s only after some waiting that you’ll see what you caught on film. Expect nothing and get surprised. Every time. Three – be…
J.K. Pikkujämsä 