This window belongs to an antiquarian book-shop in Lund
The note is an advertise whispering out he has Josephine’s roses for sale. The thing is that the roses are on print, but if you don’t know that it appears he has an all-round business. The owner came out and had a few words with me while I was taking this shot. He said he has absolutely no experience with digital cameras, with no other high-tech either, like mobile phones for instance. The shop interior was as taken from the past, and he seemed quite satisfied with the old phone back in the shop. Not too surprisingly, and I can in many ways sympathise with him in his way of living. A very friendly man. I hope he gets to run his shop for many more years, though rents and such are starting to making it difficult.
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Ove, very nice. Maybe I have asked this before, but what camera do you shoot? Do you find the Lensbaby easy to use? Because of the window, you got a very nice tone separation between the note and the books, which really helps the image. I’m so glad I found your work!
Thanks Chris, I’m happy you write this because I think the same, your photos and your writing are really good inspiration to me.
About the camera, I use a Leica Digilux 3. It is a 4/3-format camera, the same system that Olympus and Panasonic use. It’s the one you see in the header of my blog.
Ove: A very nice shot and a great story to go with it. I like the whole nostalgic aspect of it.
Thanks Paul, I felt so too; sometimes I wish we could turn back time.
Ove: I feel that way sometimes, too. I keep trying to make my life simpler and simpler. I am not against new things or technology, but sometimes I just want to slow down and experience life without all of the ‘extras’, off the grid, so to speak. Hearing stories like this and seeing images invokes that feeling all over again. Kudos to those who live that way.
I try that too, Paul, foremost in not heading for jobs where I continuously has to overachieve. This gives me at least some peace of mind. But nevertheless, some money must be digged up to pay for all these camera equipment and such, so off the grid isn’t an option, I’m afraid. A delicate balance act.