Old Class



About 12 years ago i joined my mother for a visit at my grandmother's home,  as we were sitting with her looking at old photos from her childhood and talking about her past.



Not only it was a great way spending the morning with my grandmother looking at her past, but also, being inspired artistically by those years (late 19th century - 1930's), it was amazing to see those unique quality photos from these times, while hearing interesting stories from Germany on the late 1920's-early 1930's.

This beautiful photo of my grandmother hugged by her mother was taken on late 1920's in Regensburg, Germany where my grandmother was born.  

Even though it's not notable from that scanning,  this photo has a unique quality and texture which (unfortunately) doesn't exist nowadays, not only because using film cameras and especially large format cameras is becoming less and less popular,  but also because of the difference on the printing process which gave it its silvery look.

New Life, New Works

 

 

3 Women, 1 Iconic Haircut

 I couldn't ignore it when i suddenly realise how iconic is this haircut and how many it has been used in films, music videos and fashion photoshoots.
here are 3 of the most famous ones:

Jeanne Moreau from "La Baie des Anges" 1963 

The Disappearing Act...

Just did this work about the impact that the most famous buildings and monuments have on the landscape of the most touristic cities, in its present and in its absent.
The idea was to take out the Eiffel Tower from the photo and to ask, if the landscape can still look beautiful as if the tower was still there? can we guess which city is it without this iconic building/monument? or if the absent of the Eiffel Tower make it looks more like just another ordinary European urban landscape?

Lapin au Chocolat!

The Life and Death of Marina Abramović

A truly amazing production..
It's a biography of performance artist Marina Abramović ,  re-imagined by visionary director Robert Wilson.

The piece was shown at the 2011 Manchester International Festival, describes scenes from the artist life with original and traditional music, designed in theatrical and artistic way.

hope I'll have the chance to watch the entire production one day...

but anyway, here's a taste of it.
enjoy :)

Charlotte For Ever

I know the post title is actually a song by Charlotte and Serge Gainsbourg, but who cares.. haha..

As part of the latest French Films Festival the french embassy invited a really special guest, actress Charlotte Rampling who i love a lot.
I was lucky to get a ticket to her documentary film premier "The Look" where she supposed to be present, but unfortunately she didn't feel well and delayed her arrival in one day.

anyway, though i hoped it would happen, i wasn't in the french institute when she came to give a journalists conference. however my french teacher sent me some realllyy exclusive press photos from this event :), so at least i can feel like i was there...