Before Covid-19.
Busy every day.
Work.
Rest.
Commute.
Preparation.
Calculate.
Fix.
Gather.
Tag: Kodak
Some Time Ago V
What to do.
We are our environment.
Supplicants.
Covered in light and shadow.
To and fro.
Heavy news every day.
We carry on.
Some Time Ago IV
Again and again.
We try to figure things out.
With optimism.
Thoughts for display.
Waiting for more light.
Hurried thoughts.
Ruminating.
Quiet Thoughts II
Nothing to say.
Sometimes we forget and speak.
Like the door is not shut.
Imperfections.
Looking back.
The ground is hard.
Quiet Thoughts I
What a year.
We’re waiting for it to be over but it’s still happening.
Quietly.
We seek consolation.
We wait.
Quietly, quietly.
A broken path is still a path.
There’s a waiting boat.
When will we be children again.
Or do we bend to wisdom of our age.
Tai Po Market Area
That’s the bustling area near Tai Po Market MTR Station.
The trick I suppose with street photography is to find a place that is bustling and yet not too crowded so you could walk and stop comfortably without being too conspicuous.
Lots of metaphorical possibilities here.
Tree + building + bamboo scaffolding = Hong Kong!
Rectangular grids.
It’s a hot day.
A shredded plastic bag as leading line.
Yummy watermelons!
Longans!
Street exhibition.
Let the buildings speak.
Hard at work.
I managed to take all these shots before my Contax TVS II decided to call it a day. The shutters stuttered and died.
I’ve been to a few repair places and was told, well, that’s the story of vintage electronic film cameras. Sigh.
And guess what … it’s loaded with one of my few remaining rolls of the discontinued Kodak BW400CN.
Sigh.
Oh well … at least I have one more working TVS II and another TVS I…
Camera: Contax TVS II
Film: Kodak BW400CN
Thinking Space
A bit of self reflection.
Now you see me.
Now you don’t.
There’re lives here waiting to happen.
Journeys waiting to happen.
Games to begin.
Steps to take.
Obstacles to avoid.
Work to do.
Camera: Contax TVS II
Film: Kodak UltraMax 400
Spaces of Discipline
We shape the city.
The city shapes us.
We create new possibilities.
But there’re only so many paths you could choose to take.
Sometimes the view surprises us.
Sometimes it stops us from going further.
We have to do the work of philosophy.
To think about what we’re moving, and what moves us.
Camera: Contax TVS II
Film: Kodak UltraMax 400
Urban Space in Singapore
We like to know where we are in urban space.
We cannot help ourselves.
We need to know where we are.
We need space to frame ourselves.
But space can speak for itself.
Sometimes we’re simply compelled to look.
And look again.
Thanks for reading!
Camera: Contax TVS II
Film: Kodak UltraMax 400
Spaces of Beauty
Whenever we’re in Singapore, my children get to attend school there. So they get to see their classmates in Singapore once a year, for a few weeks.
This area is near my daughter’s school.
The reds and greens interact nicely.
So yes, it’s good to carry a film camera wherever I go.
I spent a few mornings thinking about colours and composition.
Things make sense here.
This is everyday Singapore.
Camera: Contax TVS II
Film: Kodak UltraMax 400
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