Vienna

I spent "Silvester" (New year's eve) in Vienna, and took my Agfa Isola II and

some rolls of Ilford HP5+ with me.

 

<a href="http://www.van-looveren.net/joris/en/foto/wenen.html">See the

results.</a>

Wonderful.

 

When I was a boy, I had a penpal in Wien by the name of Marien Massnitz... we lost touch after a yr or so. I have always wondered about her, have always wanted to go to Wien.

Those are wonderful photos, Joris. The Isola is one of my favorite classics. It borders on being a toy camera. I particularly like <A href="http://home.deds.nl/~jvanlooveren/joris/foto/wenen/wenen-24.jpg"> this shot</a>. It haunting and threatening.

Joris,

 

It's hard to tell the quality of the camera looking at scanned contact sheets ,but not hard to tell the quality of the photographer. Great photographs.............I have 3 friends who took photos in Vienna for 2 weeks last fall and none of their photos were as good as yours.

Congrats, especially for combining old technology to describe an even older city.

 

The shot of the Imperial Eagle and The Mr. Universe Death are my favorites.

 

Have you considered a bit of sepia tint? You might want to experiment with that process or even the old blueish tint on one or two of your prints.

 

Francisco Arcaute

 

Los Angeles

One shot that jilted a memory from me is the one with the verdam^&*% Strassenbahn cables. Good job finding a neat pattern of them in that one shot.

Many interesting photos here, Joris. Versitile in your use of angles and overall I like your compositions.

Hey, I'm from Vienna (and would never have shot the same stuff that you did ;) - its just that you don't usually shoot 'sights' in your own hometown...)

 

Did you by any chance go to WestLicht camera museum and photo gallery (run by the owner of LeicaShop)? Not only do they have nice exhibitions by changing artists, but also this is probably one of the most extensive collections & displays of EXTREMELY rare cameras in Europe (Nikon RFs from Magnum photographers, Leica prototypes, a Hasselblad that flew to the moon and came back - most of them were left there, a Russian Kiev modified for space flights, obscure spy cameras, miniature cameras, all kinds of plate cameras from the 19th c., etc.)

 

 

Roman

Cool! I have reservations about that dead looking guy in the bottom row, though.

Thanks for the kind words everyone! Of course, I edited out the photographically less

interesting snapshots of friends and family :) And yes, the cables above the roads

bothered me too, but in Vienna they are so omnipresent (not only Strassenbahn) that

they are simply a feature of the city.

 

The photos are freshly developed and contact printed, so I haven't really thought very

hard about them yet. The darkroom I go to doesn't have the chemicals for sepia. I

might try it in Photoshop though if I can get the negatives scanned. I enlarged one

photo (the last one in the first row, of the Orangerie at Schönbrunn) to 25x25cm, and

though it is soft and the negative has pinholes (dirt in the camera?), it looks very nice.

Not all negatives have pinholes though.

 

Roman: I live in Brussels and don't usually shoot 'sights' in Brussels either... My 'hotel'

was just around the corner in the Kaiserstrasse, but it seemed the gallery was closed

because they were going to move it to the house to the left of LeicaShop (or

something). It's on my list for next time though, and now I know where it is!

Joris,

the museum/gallery has always been in the house on the left of Leica Shop - you have to walk through that small courtyard and thennup the stairs. You can check for exhibitions & opening hours at http://www.westlicht.at

 

Roman