Du-Enter

It seems like everyone is throwing back to the 80s these days. I keep running into photographs that pop simplicity, geometry, atmosphere, beauty, feel and fundamental abstractness. Beyond the lasting memory of the performance itself I want my images to remain long after the other things have faded. Personally, I prefer black & white photography because it does more to evoke an emotion and freeze a moment in time than any other medium.

This page is dedicated to my ongoing love affair with a German lady. She needs a bit more clean up, but I ran some film through and I like the effect. In 1954 came the Weltaflex. A post-war German camera from Welta of Dresden. It’s a nice TLR (twin-lens reflex), and just the kind of TLR I would recommend for a medium format photography. It’s reliable and quite pretty, but it adds into your weight when travelling.

The content is of course based on my own personal collection. Only a very few photographs are currently available for public, but fewer is better than a never-ending slide show. Majority have been captured in my very favourite Prague quarter where I lived most of my time. Prague number 5 is located on the left bank of the river. An area that has gone through major changes in its lifetime. From the middle ages, when Smichov was comprised of vineyards, gardens, and hop fields. The late 18th century saw the beginnings of an industrial boom, which eventually led to the replacement of gardens with factories. In the 18th century the quarter was also known as a “hundred-chimney Manchester“. Now! Office buildings pushed out industrial complexes while modern residences replaced cheap working-class housing.