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Barrio del Carmen_Rolleiflex 2.8E
Carmen is a bit of everything...
While Carmen can amaze, it can also disappoint. It depends on what you like. They say that Carmen has a bit of everything. It is true. The Valencian gay scene is in Carmen only. So are the jazz bars, the punk hangouts, the reggae bars, the truly bohemian cafes, and other curious underground venues.
Carmen has a lot of unique qualities to offer and will remain the favourite of many a traveller. The diversity, the bohemia, the quirk and the charisma here induce a whole caleidoscope of experiences. Someone who likes the underground, the alternative, the subcultures will love it. Someone who likes to explore, to stumble randomly upon something unique will adore it. Carmen is where the ambiences have the most personality and it is where you can meet some of the most unusual people in Valencia.
Carmen is not the place where fashion rules, glamour shines, flesh glimmers and thousands of bodies swing in suggestion amongst the bright lights of nightlife. There a few places here that aspire to be such but in all fairness, in comparison to some of Valencia's other areas, they should just give up trying. Valencia has plenty of those places but they are not in Carmen. Carmen is where you talk to a stranger at the bar or dive into the pagan subcultures who won't give a damn about conventional looks.
Gear info:
Rolleiflex 2.8E, 1956
Taking Lens: Carl Zeiss Planar 2.8/80
Finder Lens: Heidosmat 2,8/80
f 5.6, 1/60
film: Kodak Portra 160 @ 160 ISO, postprocessed to black and white
Location: Barrio del Carmen / Valencia / Spain
Please view on flickriver:
www.flickriver.com/photos/105795038@N03/
It looks better :-)
Barrio del Carmen_Rolleiflex 2.8E
Carmen is a bit of everything...
While Carmen can amaze, it can also disappoint. It depends on what you like. They say that Carmen has a bit of everything. It is true. The Valencian gay scene is in Carmen only. So are the jazz bars, the punk hangouts, the reggae bars, the truly bohemian cafes, and other curious underground venues.
Carmen has a lot of unique qualities to offer and will remain the favourite of many a traveller. The diversity, the bohemia, the quirk and the charisma here induce a whole caleidoscope of experiences. Someone who likes the underground, the alternative, the subcultures will love it. Someone who likes to explore, to stumble randomly upon something unique will adore it. Carmen is where the ambiences have the most personality and it is where you can meet some of the most unusual people in Valencia.
Carmen is not the place where fashion rules, glamour shines, flesh glimmers and thousands of bodies swing in suggestion amongst the bright lights of nightlife. There a few places here that aspire to be such but in all fairness, in comparison to some of Valencia's other areas, they should just give up trying. Valencia has plenty of those places but they are not in Carmen. Carmen is where you talk to a stranger at the bar or dive into the pagan subcultures who won't give a damn about conventional looks.
Gear info:
Rolleiflex 2.8E, 1956
Taking Lens: Carl Zeiss Planar 2.8/80
Finder Lens: Heidosmat 2,8/80
f 5.6, 1/60
film: Kodak Portra 160 @ 160 ISO, postprocessed to black and white
Location: Barrio del Carmen / Valencia / Spain
Please view on flickriver:
www.flickriver.com/photos/105795038@N03/
It looks better :-)