December 2010, Exarcheia, AthensJanuary 16, 2011
Log VI
December 2010, Egaleo, AthensWe do not sell anything
We do not help
But we will betray
And we will not forget
~ The Pop Group, "Thief of fire"
Log V
December 2010, Egaleo, AthensREINETTE: I have seen the world inside your head and know that all things are possible.
~ "Doctor Who: The Girl in the fireplace"
Log IV
December 2010, Egaleo, AthensIt's in the national anthem
It's in the scurrying roach
It's in the closed partition
'Tween first class and coach
It's in the relentless fever
It's in the lonely room
It's in the hands of fate
And it's in the pharaoh's tomb
~ The Nightwatchmen, "House gone up in flames"
Log III
December 2010, Egaleo, AthensSit down by the fire and I'll tell you a story
To send you away to bed
Of the things that are creeping when everyone's sleeping
And you wish you were out here instead
...
Remember this place, it is damp and it's cold
The best place on earth but it's dark and it's old
Lie next to the wall and cover your head
Good night and God bless, now fuck off to bed
~ The Pogues, "Sit down by the fire"
Log II
December 2010, Egaleo, AthensSo why do we go through all of this again?
Your eyes are fluttering, such pretty wings
A moth flying into the same old flame again
It never ends
It takes fighting day and night
to make such a good thing die
~ Arcade Fire, "Old flame"
December 11, 2010
Half-open
November 2010, downtown, Athensburn motherfucker burn
One of the few things that make me optimistic is that lately, when I use the auto-correction thingy of GIMP, there's often nothing to correct. I've nailed the tones during shooting. Well... not always. Still, that's a long long way from nine months ago, when I first started using image-editing software.
Of course, after that I'll start tweaking stuff and occasionally ruin everything in the process, but this time it's on purpose. I think.
Of course, after that I'll start tweaking stuff and occasionally ruin everything in the process, but this time it's on purpose. I think.
December 8, 2010
What if
December 2010RIVER: "What if we had ideas that could think for themselves? What if one day our dreams no longer needed us? When these things occur and are held to be true, the time will be upon us. The time of Angels."
~ "Doctor Who: Time of the Angels"
Projection
December 2010So, this particular doll is the Projected Weeping Angel. Technically, not from "Blink" but from "Time of the Angels". Through The Lens, it actually looks like a projection and not a solid plastic thing. Like when you watch TV and you see a computer screen somewhere, and the screen, well, blinks. I know why this happens. No idea how it works with the doll, though.
I used a tripod for all these photos. The light source is fluorescent light - the desk lamp. It's not exactly a spotlight, but it doesn't dissipate all over the place either. Also, easy to move around. Me likes.
As a side note, this was one of the very few times that the auto-focus proved useless. I had actually missed the process of focusing manually. (Good thing they were still scenes and I was in no hurry, though - because if you need to focus real fast with the Lumix... you can't. Or at least I can't.)
A good look
December 2010THE DOCTOR: That was the projection of an Angel. It's reaching out, getting a good look at us. It's no longer dormant.
~ "Doctor Who: Time of the Angels"
Doll
December 2010I refuse to call them action figures. I call them dolls. For one, it's not hypocritical. If you're gonna be childish, do it with joy and pride! And secondly, in stark contrast with action figures, dolls can actually be spooky. Dolls can scare the shit out of you. Dolls can... jesus fucking christ, this doll just moved.
Blink III
December 2010THE DOCTOR: Don't blink. Don't even blink. Blink and you're dead. They are fast, faster than you could believe. Don't turn your back, don't look away and don't blink. Good luck.
~ "Doctor Who: Blink"
Blink II
December 2010THE DOCTOR: Lonely assassins, they used to be called. No one quite knows where they came from, but they're as old as the Universe — or very nearly.
~ "Doctor Who: Blink"
Blink I
December 2010THE DOCTOR: Fascinating race, the Weeping Angels. The only psychopaths in the universe to kill you nicely.
~ "Doctor Who: Blink"
December 4, 2010
Your Russia
November 2010, Woven Hand @ Gagarin 205, AthensBless the ground where we kneel
Safe in your woven creel
We follow for you speak
You speak as no other
~ Woven Hand, "My Russia"
Safe in your woven creel
We follow for you speak
You speak as no other
~ Woven Hand, "My Russia"
Heart and soul
November 2010, Woven Hand @ Gagarin 205, AthensInstincts that can still betray us
~ Joy Division, "Heart and soul"
December 2, 2010
Your lunch money. Now.
October 2010, Agios Ioannis, AthensYou know I spent 15 years in a life raft
15 years in a life raft and now I got something to say
Stay in your life boats, people
It's murder out there, murder out there
Sharks patrol these waters
~ Morphine, "Sharks"
Heh
2010I know it's heavy
I know it ain't light
But how you gonna lift it
With your arms folded tight
~ Arcade Fire, "Month of May"
Overhearing
October 2010, Monastiraki, AthensBut in my teleconference with Houston
they told me I wasn't any use to 'em.
So I walked up the length
of the Street they call Straight
cursing myself
cause I got there too late.
~ The Fiery Furnaces, "Straight Street"
Feed me, Seymour
October 2010, Monastiraki, AthensI'm your genie, I'm your friend, I'm your willing slave
Take a chance, just feed me and
You know the kinda eats, the kinda red hot treats
The kinda sticky licky sweets I crave
~ Little Shop of Horrors, "Feed me (Git it)"
Unsuspecting
October 2010, Monastiraki, AthensBut whatever they offer you
Though they're slopping the trough for you
Please, whatever they offer you,
Don't feed the plants
~ Little Shop Of Horrors, "Finale"
Run
October 2010, downtown, AthensI run from their pity, from responsibility
I run from the country and run from the city
I can run from the law, I can run from myself
I can run for my life, I can run into debt
I can run from it all, I can run 'til I'm gone
I can run for the office and run from the cause
~ Amanda Palmer, "Runs in the family"
Slingshot
October 2010, downtown, AthensI propose a toast to my self control
You see it crawling helpless on the floor
Someday there'll be a cure for pain
That's the day I throw my drugs away
~ Morphine, "Cure for pain"
Propelled
October 2010, downtown, AthensAll I heard was an unearthly silence
Apart from the violence, explode in my head
Where all at once was this moment of beauty
No more since it slew me, no never again
~ Flogging Molly, "Selfish man"
The Photographer
2010Should I choose a noble occupation?
If I did, I'd only show up late and sick
and they would stare at me with hatred
Plus, my only natural talent's wasted
on my alcoholic friends
The party never ends
~ The Dresden Dolls, "My alcoholic friends"
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