Freedom

My photo “Freedom” was recently portrayed in group exhibition in Yoshidamachi Gallery, Yokohama. I took this photo in last summer in Noge by using Kodak Gold and converted the digital scan to monochrome.

I think “freedom” is perfect title for this photo.

Fujifilm Off Camera Flash

I bought recently some flash stuff for my EOS system, and one of them was the Off-Camera Shoe Cord OC-E3 which is notoriously expensive piece of wire. When I got my Speedlite transmitter to my Canon this became pretty much obsolete, so I tried it to my Fujifilm X100 and the cheapo EF-20 flashy and it works! This will stay in my bag with X100.

Printing Lizard Point

I had great time making first prints for Lizard Point photos in Dark Room Intl. in Yokohama. I was really glad to get advice and guidance from the kind people there.

I really love the look of real silver-halide prints. They look substantial and delightfully analogue. Since I was after the high contrast, I felt I really chose the right medium this time by choosing film versus digital.

Flower Censorship

If we accept censorship of nude photography, then we must definably start to censor photos all kinds of flowers immediately.

Hänelle joka kuihtuneita kukkia kastelee (Part 2)

Second part of my work “Hänelle joka kuihtuneita kukkia kastelee” (For her who waters emaciated flowers).

This line is actually one of my favorite lines from movie “Hana-bi” by Kitano Takeshi. I really like how it sounds in Finnish and I think the translation went somehow like this. This appears in a scene where the main character’s terminally ill wife is giving water to dead plants and is interrupted by a passersby who asks her something along these lines, “are you stupid? Who waters emaciated plants?” Takeshi beats crap out of the guy.

Flowers never lose their gracefulness even after their death.