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It took some massive efforts and sleepless nights but now the site for “A Stranger’s Wish” is online.
There will still be some minor adaptations but the direction is there and I think it works – it is the only way I can think of to make it possible for everyone involved or interested in the project to follow up: A web based (basic) presentation.
Basic? Yes, of course, because everything is tiny and packed together. On top of this everyone of you will see it differently depending on your monitor & settings. So it is a basic presentation, but an important one, as I see it. I will be writing more about this at a different time.
A question that will arise is: why are some of the listed names not linked to a page?
This is a growing project, as you might have noticed if you followed the “news”. At the very beginning I was planning on getting a handfull of images for a workshop. Then I thought about expanding it to maybe 50 images … And now? No limits! No limit in time, in place or in numbers of portraits. Quite a different setting than at the beginning! And it is more or less due to these and some other alterations that I took some of the portraits out again, as they would not have fittet what I am after now. This is very sad as it meant to take some nice images out. And some excellent stories. I am not sure if I will get the chance to revisit everyone to redo the portraits, but I will try to find ways to revisit as many people as possible, to let them be seen and their voices be heard (I will try to add as much audio in the future as possible).
As everyone knows we do have a minor worldwide economical incident … so I did in fact postpone the travells which were planned for the next months. I will stick around here for a while, adding locals to the project. Frankfurt is very international, so I am sure I will find interesting characters for “A Stranger’s Wish” … And who knows what will happen? Something always happens when I am “out there” … The adventure changes a little, as it most likely will change again in the future, but it goes on stronger than ever!!
Forget everything I said about “no more projects”. Yes, I have quite a lot long term projects going on right now, BUT: This one was missing. Definitvely.
“Two Cents”, or “My Two Cents” does not have a specific topic apart from whatever is going on in the world around me. The big and the small pictures. Details that catch my eye but normally would not find a place to stand. It is a humble project with humble pictures. No censorship. Just life as it presents it’s various facettes. It is solely about that. Not more, not less.
I will not force myself into having to take the famous “one picture a day”, but as with few exceptions I actually do take pictures daily, it should not be a problem to come quite close.
Due to circumstances the little slideshow, that I will put together, will be updated irregularly.
My friends at Vektorrausch have started to programm me a separate site for “A Stranger’s Wish” and first results were tested today. Apart from 1mio things still missing, I already find it quite impressive! The countries, which I have already visited, will be shown in cyan. Once you click on them you will see a zooming effect and the visited cities will appear. Going into those you will find the portraits. And the stories.
Still struggeling with some of the intendet additional information. I will be changing my plans because I now saw a site that unfortunately is quite similar … On top of it all from a pretty famous photographer … It is all similar on the net, if you use the same features. But … I will try to find another way nontheless. It really bothers me!
Back from Helsinki with a bag full of impressions, postcards and portraits. It was absolutely amazing and I am looking forward to get everything ready to show. It will take me some time I fear, until I have it all ready, so I start with a little teaser and will come back from time to time to put more on here. My priority now lies in the portraits which I want to have ready soon so I can sent them back to my “collaborateurs”.
SLOVENIA
Just returned from Slovenia and had a quick glance at the portraits I did there with the help of Iztok Boncina. Not only did he do all of the translations but he also guided me around and was 100% there for every issue and at every time. As I am slowly beginning to understand the nature and subtle complexity of what is laying ahead of me I can truly say that I would not have gotten very far in the two days of shooting in Slovenia if it had not been for Iztok’s help. Great guy – thanks again Iztok!
Nonetheless, looking at what I have now, I see that the road ahead of me is a long one. A VERY long one. And that I might have to visit these people in Slovenia again to take another go at the portraits.
As I am still waiting for my new passport and thus confined to countries I can travel to with my simple ID-card, I see daylight getting dimmer and temperatures falling. We had actually snow in southern Germany over the weekend. A unusually early start of a winter that did not even show up last year. The hours in which the photos I want to take (outside) can actually be taken – and please withouth the very thick jackets that hide so much and lets everybody look alike – these hours are getting fewer and fewer.
So I am a little shaky about Helsinki, my next stop. Maybe I will not be bringing home anything suitable.
(By the way, even if I am giving an insight into the photos I took in Slovenia, it is not certain at all where the final edit will take me).
I encountered a number of issues along the path now. Issues that come up when one is on one’s way. And not before. So I will spent the winter pause trying to work them out. Maybe I will have to start all over again with the photos next year … maybe not. Maybe a little. We will see. It is organic, even being a conceptual work, because I have a number of parameters in, which are out of my reach (and it is supposed to be this way). I just feel I have to tighten things up on the parameters that are within my reach.
I will have to think about it. But first now: Helsinki!
I decided to take the restrictions off this project and to make it a more universal approach about communication and commitment. So now I accept “applications”! If you think you want to be a part of this project (including a possible exhibition, book and whatever might come out of it) AND we do not have met before, then please have a closer look here!
True Beauty Comes From Inside
working title: Lost & Found
Since being accompanied by a puppy, who still cannot tell between what is good for him to eat and what not, I started looking more to the ground than before, trying to prevent any further expensive visits to the vet (yes, we have already been there quite often).
Of course it is relevant that I do live in a part of town which is rich in bars, restaurants and cafes, but … Apparently it is not only my little dog who does not know what is good for him and where exaggeration starts. While it is specially annoying to walk around these pitfalls in the middle of the night – remember: young dogs do have to get out much more often than older ones – I started taking my camera to document some of the amazing things I find. Not all of them born out of human intestines, I assume, and some of them quite picturesque … Well, sort of.
