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Parallels II - portraits croisés

Me by Chantal Vey

Chantal Vey by me

Parallels

When I first came to Brussels to study photography I brought with me a shiny new 503cw from Victor Hasselblad. The camera was so new that I had hardly dared use it, perhaps I was scared that it would vaporise from my hands if I held it too much, maybe I was afraid that I wouldn't take any photos that justified my having such a wonderful machine.

Therefore I started the year timidly with my trusty Nikon camera, it was a slow start until I took that shiny mechanical marvel with me on an afternoons visit to my host-families parents place where I spent a wonderful afternoon with them and felt free enough to take the following series:




I caught myself thinking of this series this morning and wondering what it would look like if I put these other more recent photos alongside it.

Fancy a trip to Norway?

Winters-a-coming, expecting the first freeze in the coming weeks. Came across the photos from a trip to Norway awhile back when I went to visit my friend Fred Birkelund, the Norwegian who went to Australia (Albury/Wodonga no less!) to study photography when I was about to leave for Belgium for the very same reason. These days he is the photographer in the Museum of Oslo.

Just a teaser - with a bit of luck I just might pull a few together to put up here.

You can see some of Freds photos on his site - just follow the link here on the right hand side of the page.

nostalgia II