Established as a principality in the mid-14th century, the small medieval state of Moldova is best known for its fierce resistance against the Mongols and Turks, up until the 17th century. In a 350 years span of continuous war (mid 15th century to late 18th), devastation, rebuild, and more war, Moldova was one of the main Christian …
Monastery of Varzaresti, Moldova – resistance through faith and tradition Read More
Back in January 1981, I was in my final year at university, and after a Christmas holiday spent doing an incredibly boring job, I had more than the usual student grant money in my pocket. Enough to think about replacing the Cosmic 35 camera which had been on long-term loan from my brother for quite …
Olympus OM – 42 years, Full Circle Back to Where I Started Read More
I don’t remember seeing so many details in any of my photographs taken in the last 20+ yrs. Actually, I do not remember my eyes watering at the myriad of lines, angles, dots and small details, such as the buildings made from Lego. One could say this is a geometrical nightmare, if one would be …
I recently visited a small town in Eastern Europe, in the Republic of Moldova. A small country, somewhere on a sliver of land between the Prut and the Dniester rivers, a country that currently struggles with the uneasiness of its past and the uncertainty of its future. Torn between the Soviet past and its reorientation …
In order for you to understand why this camera is so important to me, I’ll have to take you back in the mid-90s. It shan’t be a long journey, I promise. For those of you who were using a film camera in those years, the following story will be very familiar; for those who came after that into film photography, have a seat. Because yes, there is yet another “me and my cameras” boring story to be shared with people who heard it all before. I am not going to rant about what this camera does or not, no technical stuff because there are plenty other people, much more knowledgeable than I, who said all about it. No, this is a trip down memory lane, as it were.
