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istillshootfilm

16 sep.

I have never stopped shooting with analog film. The feeling when you open the developing box and hope that something has happened, that something got stuck on the film, that feeling is fantastic. Every time there is a sense of magic when you hold up the film strip to the light and look at the negatives, that tingling sensation never disappoints you no matter how old you get or how many times you have done it. The brain processes the negatives quickly and you can at this point see if there is potential in some photographs or not. Some pictures may not be as good as you imagined them when you pressed the shutter button. Others are just different, neither better nor worse. Sometimes there are a few diamonds that are much better than you could ever wish for.

For me, the process of developing my film myself has been as important as photographing with an analog camera, seeing the images on the computer screen, or hanging them on a wall. There are three occasions where the feeling of magic is extra tangible. First is the sound of the shutter on most analog cameras when the picture is taken, along with the sound when you advance the film to get ready for your next frame. Then there is the moment I described earlier when looking at the negatives for the first time.

The third opportunity you can experience together with me at the city library throughout October. That is when you experience the picture hung on a wall. For me, it is something completely different than seeing them on a backlit screen, computer or phone. I choose the word experience because it is so much more than just seeing the picture. It is a feeling that is difficult to describe. Of course, it is strongly connected to the subject, but there is also something more, something bigger and more profound. And whatever it is, it is highly individual.

This time I have chosen to show fewer pictures than last time and they have a completely different theme and style than on my previous exhibition. Those photos were taken with various analog cameras during the previous 12 months. I have used films from different manufacturers, variants with their different characters, expressions and difficulties. The only thing they have in common is that they are black/white. For me, it removes a layer of potential noise and captures what is depicted in a more naked way. This time, the theme is simply my creative expression and my creative process that I value so much from start to finish. These images are also caught in Lund and its surrounding areas. So they have something in common with my exhibition in February and June, some kind of common thread. That collection was a tiny part of all the beauty in our local area shoot during our pandemic era.

Welcome to my second exhibition at the City Library in Lund throughout October 2021. This time we may be allowed to have numerous exciting conversations about my photos or why not about photography and photographs in general than we were allowed to have in February.

I look forward to those talks almost more than hanging my pictures. At least as much. :)

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