2011March 7, 2011
February 23, 2011
Bamboo
February 2011, Exarcheia, AthensWho needs love when there's Law and Order?
Who needs love when there's Southern Comfort?
~ Amanda Palmer, "Leeds United"
Werewolf honkin'
February 2011, Exarcheia, AthensListen carefully to me, old devil
I'm only interested in two things
See if you can guess what they are
~ Frank Zappa, "Titties and beer"
February 18, 2011
"Give me an old Pentax..."
February 2011, Exarcheia, AthensIt's addictive...
Also: borrowed tripod FTW.
Also: borrowed tripod FTW.
Flagship
February 2011, Exarcheia, AthensIt was a black night
When the black woman came
Through my dark room
With a dark dress
Darker than black
~ The Hormonas, "Black Goddess"
February 17, 2011
Head II
February 2011, downtown, AthensΤώρα που έχασες το τελευταίο σου δόντι
πώς θ' ανοίγουμε τις μπύρες;
Πώς;
~ Αέρα Πατέρα, "Μπύρες"
Head I (Faster! Kill! Kill!)
February 2011, downtown, AthensPussycat is living reckless
Pussycat is riding high
If you think that you can tame her
Well just you try
~ The Bostweeds, "Run pussycat"
February 10, 2011
Retinette III : Pennies from Heaven
February 2011, Exarcheia, AthensSome people buy cameras. Others just stand there, and cameras fall on their lap. Like pennies from heaven. There Ain't No Justice...
January 16, 2011
Hole in the veil
January 2011, Exarcheia, AthensTake it easy
but take it
~ Pete Seeger, "Talking Union (Talking blues)"
Veil
January 2011, Exarcheia, AthensWell, I'm not going to point any moral
I'll leave that for yourself
Maybe you're still walking, you're still talking
You'd like to keep your health
But every time I read the paper
Them old feelings come on
We're waist deep in the Big Muddy
And the big fool says to push on
~ Pete Seeger, "Waist deep in the Big Muddy"
Booze II : caught in the glow
January 2011, downtown, Athenscome in and drink
with a false name
~ Iggy Pop, "TV screen"
Frontbox
January 2011, Exarcheia, AthensIn a box made of pine
lays the sweet love of mine
~ William Elliott Whitmore, "Pine Box"
Little Boxes
January 2011, Exarcheia, AthensThere's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same
~ Pete Seeger, "Little Boxes"
Optical
January 2011, Exarcheia, AthensAnd now we stare up from our hole
Theme tune in, the credits roll
The story told
~ Fad Gadget, "The box"
The Brownie
January 2011, Exarcheia, AthensMama's got a squeeze box
She wears on her chest
And when Daddy comes home
He never gets no rest
'Cause she's playing all night
And the music's all right
Mama's got a squeeze box
Daddy never sleeps at night
~ The Who, "Squeeze Box"
The box of the box
January 2011, Exarcheia, AthensAnd then an empty box came floating by
An empty box and I crawled inside
Half in the shadows
Half in the husky moonlight
~ Morphine, "Empty box"
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"
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