this is the first image i shot with 5x4 sheet film. its cropped very slightly as, whilst i managed a straight horizon, the stripped subject was not quite central. the exposure/focus were good. i've been reading, quite slowly, a book of short stories by nabokov which is a fantastic book. and last night i watched tarkovsky's solaris for the first time, although i was disappointed when it ended after only 1.5 hrs or so. i think i must have the original version which was heavily cut. i think i need to realise the potentials between literature and film/photography. so i've decided to pay more attention to this. yesterday i went in search of the grapes of wrath which im told is an extraordinarily depressing book. i didn't find it so i bought 'one day in the life of ivan denisovich' which is a ' brutal shattering glimpse of the fate of millions of russians under stalin'. i'm told i will ' discover the importance of a piece of bread or an extra bowl of soup, the incredible luxury of a book, the ingenious possibilities of a nail, a piece of string or a single match'. this sounded quite appealing. i want to feel devastated. or rather, i want to be under the illusion of feeling devastated.
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