Sofia V
I really liked the juxtaposition of the child and bicycle with the controversial communist era monuments and NDK.
Sofia IV
Storm channel, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Sofia III
Peep show, cats and cleaning in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Sofia II
Leica M7, Zeiss ZM 2/35 and Ilford HP5+. And a very wet morning.
Sofia I
While running around to try to repair the camera, I have been catching up with the scanning and processing of some sets of photographs taken at the end of last year. This is the first of a short sequence of black-and-white film (HP5+) images, taken just before Christmas in Sofia, Bulgaria. This was a working trip, and something of a disaster photographically. One mis-loaded film meant loosing most of a day of images (grumble grumble superior Leica engineering…), while the second film was partly destroyed after opening the camera before rewinding the […]
Leica Shutter Curtain Burn and Repair
After returning from Brazil it was difficult to get back in to photography. And, not being a huge fan of flare/burns spots in every image, burning a hole in the M7’s shutter curtain made that a whole lot harder…
Relics XII: Exit
The last in the series. Leica M7 with Zeiss 2/35 and Ilford HP5+. For the terminally curious, the remainder of the series of candidate images for this sequence are here: Tomorrow, back to some colour photography…
Relics XI
Leica M7 with Zeiss 2/35 and Ilford HP5+.
Relics X
Old wooden desk. The building is in quite bad condition here, with sections of the roof having collapsed. Leica M7 with Zeiss 2/35 and Ilford HP5+.
Relics IX
Abandoned plough, small wooden cart and cachaça still.
Relics VIII
I have no idea what to make of this. It seems likely that the toothed wheel was at some point recycled as part of a table, before the building was abandoned.
Relics VII
A room with a view (and good ventilation).
Relics VI
Given all of the iron ore in Minas Gerais, it is surprisingly how frequently we found structures such as this (probably part of an old press) as well as wheels made from wood.
Relics V
Abandoned house. I think that this was originally as part of a hotel expansion, but it is now gradually disintegrating.
Relics IV
Abandoned chair with writing desk and cabinet. Taken with the Lecia M7 with Zeiss 2/35 and Ilford HP5+. The light was very low and it was quite difficult to hold the camera steady while trying also to get the framing in a rather confined space.
Relics III
Abandoned wooden cart and cachaça still.
Transient Eye 