Trapac says:
I can't explain why I like this image so much - it's almost a 'bingo card' of lomo photography - gorgeous colour - check, crunchy texture - check, crazy vignetting - check, funky footwear - check, quirky vantage point - check. Somehow though, this is more than 'just another lomo shot'.
The reality is, there's plenty more where this one came from, but scribex doesn't only shoot with a Lomo, he's happy to give film a run for it's money in a variety of cameras if it's hard enough. What's more, scribex makes me laugh - a lot. He produces great images but has healthy flickr karma, and it's always good to see him around.
Trapac says:
It is almost as if a breeze flows over and through and past his images, ghosting light over corners and random edges as it goes. Later, as evening falls he lays it gently to rest under the muted cyans of an ATZ sky, and the urban neons of a city preparing for the night.
Defocus, pools of colour, the nape of a neck, a streetlight - the gentleman imbues visual and emotional significance to the smallest of observations - his stream is not so much about what you see, but what you feel.
Trapac says:
Reminiscent of the dusty attic of a long dead, but much loved relative. Perhaps a dark corner in a tiny independent antique shop you discover down a back alley one day. Maybe a back-room of boxes, cases, bookshelves & folders that you keep meaning to organise but every time you pick up one box, you lose yourself.
Visit Parisian museums, London squares and Russian architecture viewed through the lenses of box cameras, or just a hole. Montages of sepia postcards, mandalas, photographs of negatives and plenty of old world charm await.
I never know quite what I will find here, but it is always transporting.
Evocations of lost time.
Trapac says:
Takes things apart, sticks 'em together again. Peels, lifts, enlarges, leaks, melts, burns, exposes, under-exposes, develops, exhausts and inspires.
I imagine her photographic world to be one of burned fingers & squinting, of swearing & grimaces, of smoothing, and waiting, and great patience, and even greater impatience.
Bingo Little + Plastic Camera(s) + Melted fingerprints + Curses = Alchemy.
Trapac says:
Visiting fiona's stream is rather like getting into the sea when the water is too cold - if you tiptoe in too carefully you might be too terrified to proceed further.
However, DON'T turn tail and scamper up the beach in a cowardly fashion! If you dare, take a deep breath and plunge right on in, it soon gets to feel warm very quickly.
Her place is the photographic equivalent of an all-night rave. No amount of exposure and re-exposure of a roll of film is too many, lightleaks will be deliberately introduced, as might coffee, salt, vodka & plenty of grain. Not for the fainthearted: if you fancy letting go of some of your photographic inhibitions and representational aspirations, then this is the place to go.
Just make sure you have a soothing drink, a quiet space and a darkened room to 'come down' in afterwards!
Trapac says:
This lovely man took me to New York a few years ago, armed with his Nikon F80 and a 50mm f/1.8mm lens for me to be getting on with, and hasn't been able to get either of them back since - so to say that I'm biased in my estimation of him as a human being is almost certainly an understatement.
I love this shot of his because it somehow manages to be both sinister and beautiful at the same time, and captures the spirit of a street that is to all intent and purpose, empty; whilst somehow remaining laden with the presence of humanity. The feeling that anything might have already happened even before you consider what hasn't yet!
This set would be empty without Xabl in it, because he's my partner in crime, my co-conspirator, and my constant companion. He tolerates my addiction to photography and flickr with admirable fortitude and I am blessed to be able to explore my creativity and share my life with him.
Trapac says:
It's somewhat ironic that I've chosen an image with a barrier across it; because clean lines, an eye for geometry, angles and big skies, would be more characteristic of Dan's work. Visiting his stream feels like standing on the top of a mountain and deeply inhaling pure air. He somehow seems to dispense with un-necessary clutter and extraneous detail, liberating the very grain of the film to do the talking.
It was Dan who taught me how to make my own redscale, and after that - how to home develop my own Black &White film - so he has a big heart and a generous spirit too.
Trapac says:
His images are a place of calm and sanctuary from the collision of ego and addiction that can sometimes overwhelm this tiny corner of cyberspace.
Here there are no dragons, just leafy glades of botanical gardens changing through the seasons, the discerning eye of a person who finds strands of moss quivering on frosty mornings, the long shadows of wrought iron facing the dying rays of an evening sun, and the occasional writing of a man who pauses and waits a little longer before uttering a sound.
You can take off your shoes, and walk barefoot through the grasses without fear of injury here.
Trapac says:
Through her work, sweet distiin somehow manages to convey the texture of warm, damp hair, the imprint of a palm on gleaming windows, the garden scent of clean laundry, the exuberance of the sea pounding a beach, and the uncompromising gaze of a teenager. I don't know how she achieves this, but that is what happens when I look at her work.
Dissolving into pinholes, blending and melding light and colour, or playing with planes and representation and lipstick - her work can be captivating, disarming and at times un-nerving.
....and she will never accept that she's that good.
But she is.
Trapac says:
Slimmer posts vibrant, cross-processed, striking images that knock you straight in the face in the manner of Bloody Mary with just a little too much Tabasco, the 'morning after the night before'. You know you shouldn't, but you also know that you'll feel better after a quick hit.
That said, I've chosen this more muted (and arguably out of character) multiple exposure, because it seems to be asking questions about how to manipulate that colour, evoke a mood and share a moment - explorations I can identify with at this point in my own photography.
He's a great doubles collaborator, shouldn't underestimate his talent for a punchy image, and is an all round nice guy.
Trapac says:
When I grow up I want to be able to shoot pinholes the way that Mark does. All of his photography is somehow like the space between inhaling and exhaling. You don't really notice that it's there, but goodness me, you'd miss it if it wasn't.
It would be easier to write that his stream is rather like a haven, but that would suggest a kind of 'lying back, getting a drink & admiring the scenery' sort of place, and although you can do that, that's not what it's really about. Not for me anyway.
I think the footprints/shadows/feet in this image offer a glimpse into the impact of Mark's explorations for me.
Where did I come from? Where am I going? Who knows - but what's the tiny act of 'being' happening right here, right now?
Stop and savour awhile.
Trapac says:
A tour de force - single handedly responsible for demonstrating to me, that it is perfectly reasonable to carry many, many cameras about one's person at all times, no matter what.
It was knautia who thrust her Lomo, loaded with Agfa CT Precisa, into my hand and told me to 'just give it a go'.
It was knautia who at once terrified me and inspired me with a Russian Zenit, to get me to believe that I might after all be able to take a picture using an slr.
A stream chock full of different camera & film combinations, ideas, observations, street art and Vik. It's a place for rummaging and finding a treasure trove of colours, shapes, textures, moments snatched on trains and people who jump for her just because....most recently I'm found doing some online 'lurking' in her polytunnel set, because she makes it a beautiful place to be.
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