.
Mai Khao Beach. [Phuket, Thailand]: photo by Tavepong Pratoomwong, 4 January 2017
Mai Khao Beach. [Phuket, Thailand]: photo by Tavepong Pratoomwong, 4 January 2017
Mai Khao Beach. [Phuket, Thailand]: photo by Tavepong Pratoomwong, 4 January 2017
DSCF9043-02: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 18 October 2016
DSCF9043-02: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 18 October 2016
DSCF9043-02: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 18 October 2016
The little girls on the street: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 10 April 2016
The little girls on the street: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 10 April 2016
The little girls on the street: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 10 April 2016
Hanoi 1.2017: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 25 January 2017
Hanoi 1.2017: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 25 January 2017
Hanoi 1.2017: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 25 January 2017
20170110_162237-01: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 10 January 2017
20170110_162237-01: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 10 January 2017
20170110_162237-01: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 10 January 2017
[Untitled, Hanoi]: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 18 November 2016
[Untitled, Hanoi]: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 18 November 2016
[Untitled, Hanoi]: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 18 November 2016
Hanoi 2016: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 18 November 2016
Hanoi 2016: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 18 November 2016
Hanoi 2016: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 18 November 2016
[Untitled]: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 9 November 2016
[Untitled]: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 9 November 2016
[Untitled]: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 9 November 2016
PC 270255: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 27 December 2016
PC 270255: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 27 December 2016
PC 270255: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 27 December 2016
Hanoi. 2-2017: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 19 February 2017
Hanoi. 2-2017: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 19 February 2017
Hanoi. 2-2017: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 19 February 2017
[Untitled]: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 30 May 2016
[Untitled]: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 30 May 2016
What are you doing?
.
Ron?
.
I saw a man killed this morning.
We're Here -- Balloon Beluga: photo by harpazo_hope, 16 March 2014
I wonder how many drunks have urinated where I dropped my remote.: photo by harpazo_hope, 16 March 2014
I wonder how many drunks have urinated where I dropped my remote -- in focus.: photo by harpazo_hope, 16 March 2014
You would not believe what it took to get this photo!*: photo by harpazo_hope, 16 March 2014
So on to fighting with the balloon some more. I never got it quite right and more than half of my images were terribly out of focus. The wind might have been a good thing, because I never would have thought to step on the balloon otherwise. :) In the end, my battery died and I decided to throw in the towel. But that's not all... The balloon flew away in Walmart and made my daughter cry. Damned balloon.
P.S . This was all done in heels. I have photographic evidence that I'm not good with heels.
[Dhaka]: photo by Muhammad Imam Hasan, 19 December 2016
[Dhaka]: photo by Muhammad Imam Hasan, 15 February 2017
At my Door [Lisbon]: photo by Marezia57, 21 December 2014
Cat People (Putting out Fire). Ghent (BE).: photo by Jeffrey De Keyser, 16 October 2016
Cat People (Putting out Fire). Ghent (BE).: photo by Jeffrey De Keyser, 16 October 2016
Cat People (Putting out Fire). Ghent (BE).: photo by Jeffrey De Keyser, 16 October 2016
#07 Black Cat [Bangkok]: photo by Tavepong Pratoomwong, 30 May 2016
#07 Black Cat [Bangkok]: photo by Tavepong Pratoomwong, 30 May 2016
#07 Black Cat [Bangkok]: photo by Tavepong Pratoomwong, 30 May 2016
[Untitled]: photo by Ilan Burla, 21 January 2017
Trikaya. Ayutthaya, Thailand.: photo by Jeffrey De Keyser, 15 July 2016
Hide. Bangkok.: photo by Jeffrey De Keyser, 29 July 2016
Hide. Bangkok.: photo by Jeffrey De Keyser, 29 July 2016
Hide. Bangkok.: photo by Jeffrey De Keyser, 29 July 2016
#21 [Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand]: photo by Tavepong Pratoomwong, 12 December 2016
#21 [Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand]: photo by Tavepong Pratoomwong, 12 December 2016
#21 [Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand]: photo by Tavepong Pratoomwong, 12 December 2016
Station to Station. Ayutthaya, Thailand.: photo by Jeffrey De Keyser, 17 July 2016
Station to Station. Ayutthaya, Thailand.: photo by Jeffrey De Keyser, 17 July 2016
Station to Station. Ayutthaya, Thailand.: photo by Jeffrey De Keyser, 17 July 2016
Secrets. Lop Buri, Thailand.: photo by Jeffrey De Keyser, 15 July 2016
Secrets. Lop Buri, Thailand.: photo by Jeffrey De Keyser, 15 July 2016
Secrets. Lop Buri, Thailand.: photo by Jeffrey De Keyser, 15 July 2016
Julio Cortázar (1914-1984): from Blow-Up, in Final del juego (1956); English version by Paul Blackburn
Blow-Up. Spitalfields, London.: photo by Jeffrey De Keyser, 12 April 2015
Blow-Up. Spitalfields, London.: photo by Jeffrey De Keyser, 12 April 2015
Mai Khao Beach. [Phuket, Thailand]: photo by Tavepong Pratoomwong, 4 January 2017
Mai Khao Beach. [Phuket, Thailand]: photo by Tavepong Pratoomwong, 4 January 2017
Mai Khao Beach. [Phuket, Thailand]: photo by Tavepong Pratoomwong, 4 January 2017
DSCF9043-02: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 18 October 2016
DSCF9043-02: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 18 October 2016
DSCF9043-02: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 18 October 2016
The little girls on the street: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 10 April 2016
The little girls on the street: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 10 April 2016
The little girls on the street: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 10 April 2016
Hanoi 1.2017: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 25 January 2017
Hanoi 1.2017: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 25 January 2017
Hanoi 1.2017: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 25 January 2017
20170110_162237-01: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 10 January 2017
20170110_162237-01: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 10 January 2017
20170110_162237-01: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 10 January 2017
[Untitled, Hanoi]: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 18 November 2016
[Untitled, Hanoi]: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 18 November 2016
[Untitled, Hanoi]: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 18 November 2016
Hanoi 2016: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 18 November 2016
Hanoi 2016: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 18 November 2016
Hanoi 2016: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 18 November 2016
[Untitled]: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 9 November 2016
[Untitled]: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 9 November 2016
[Untitled]: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 9 November 2016
PC 270255: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 27 December 2016
PC 270255: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 27 December 2016
PC 270255: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 27 December 2016
Hanoi. 2-2017: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 19 February 2017
Hanoi. 2-2017: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 19 February 2017
Hanoi. 2-2017: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 19 February 2017
[Untitled]: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 30 May 2016
[Untitled]: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 30 May 2016
[Untitled]: photo by Chu Việt Hà, 30 May 2016
"I saw a man killed this morning..."
What are you doing?
Stop it! Stop it!
Give me those. You can't
photograph people like that.
Who says I can't?
I'm only doing my job.
Some people are bullfighters...
...some people are politicians.
I'm a photographer.
This is a public place. Everyone has
the right to be left in peace.
It's not my fault if there's no peace.
You know, most girls would pay me
to photograph them.
I'll pay you.
I overcharge.
.Ron?
Something fantastic's happened.
Those photographs
in the park, fantastic!
Somebody was trying to kill
somebody else.
I saved his life.
Listen, Ron, there was a girl.
Ron, will you listen?
What makes it so fantastic--
Look, hang on, will you, Ron?
There's somebody at the door.
.I saw a man killed this morning.
Where?
Shot.
In some sort of park.
Are you sure?
He's still there.
Who was he?
Someone.
How did it happen?
I don't know, I didn't see.
You didn't see.
No.
Shouldn't you call the police?
That's the body.
Looks like one of Bill's paintings.
Yes.
Will you help me?
I don't know what to do.
What is it?
I wonder why they shot him.
I didn't ask.
Hello, Ron?
Oh, hello, love. Is Ron there?
No, I just wanted to take
him somewhere. Where is he?
Okay, I'll fetch him there.
Bye-bye, love.
Give them the song again.
Ron.
Give me a minute, will you?
Ron.
Someone's been killed.
Now, would you--?
Okay.
Okay.
Listen.
Those pictures I took in the park--
I thought you were supposed
to be in Paris.
I am in Paris.
Here. Have a drag.
I want you to see the corpse.
We've got to get a shot of it.
I'm not a photographer.
I am.
What's the matter with him?
What did you see in that park?
Nothing.
Ron.
Michelangelo Antonioni / Tonino Guerra: Blow-Up (1966), movie script
We're Here -- Balloon Beluga: photo by harpazo_hope, 16 March 2014
I wonder how many drunks have urinated where I dropped my remote.: photo by harpazo_hope, 16 March 2014
I wonder how many drunks have urinated where I dropped my remote -- in focus.: photo by harpazo_hope, 16 March 2014
You would not believe what it took to get this photo!*: photo by harpazo_hope, 16 March 2014
*You would not believe what it took to get this photo!
I left my camera home this morning and, after purchasing the wrong band-aids, I raced home to get it. After a quick stop to buy less transparent band-aids, I parked by this alley which happened to be near a liquor store which is closed on Sundays (a fact a person might forget if they are extremely intoxicated.) A drunk man who looked like he had some kind of zombie flu was wandering around acting strangely. Since he frightened my daughter and me, I locked the car doors and waited for him to leave before unloading my camera bag and tripod. After getting my tripod set up I found my camera was not in my usual camera bag but at the house. Home again, home again, jiggity jig.
When I returned, I learned that my balloon couldn't float with the new bandages on it. I wasn't frustrated yet, because that was my first idea -- a sad, sinking balloon. But it was the wind that had me upset. I couldn't get the balloon even close to where I wanted it. I think I might have raised my voice a bit while talking to my balloon because ANOTHER drunk guy turned around from across the street and came my way. Though he wasn't scary like the first man, I still didn't want him hanging out with my daughter as I took my photo. I tried to kindly tell him I was busy, but he just stepped away and talked on his phone for a bit and then came back. He asked me how much I would charge to take his photo. He would have been a great stranger for my project, but I had met him once before. I told him in several different ways that I couldn't or wouldn'ttake his picture. When I told him I was too angry at my balloon to do it, he asked me if I was drunk. Finally he took off irritated and told me it's my loss and I'm missing out on ten bucks.
P.S . This was all done in heels. I have photographic evidence that I'm not good with heels.
[Dhaka]: photo by Muhammad Imam Hasan, 19 December 2016
[Dhaka]: photo by Muhammad Imam Hasan, 15 February 2017
At my Door [Lisbon]: photo by Marezia57, 21 December 2014
Cat People (Putting out Fire). Ghent (BE).: photo by Jeffrey De Keyser, 16 October 2016
Cat People (Putting out Fire). Ghent (BE).: photo by Jeffrey De Keyser, 16 October 2016
Cat People (Putting out Fire). Ghent (BE).: photo by Jeffrey De Keyser, 16 October 2016
#07 Black Cat [Bangkok]: photo by Tavepong Pratoomwong, 30 May 2016
#07 Black Cat [Bangkok]: photo by Tavepong Pratoomwong, 30 May 2016
#07 Black Cat [Bangkok]: photo by Tavepong Pratoomwong, 30 May 2016
[Untitled]: photo by Ilan Burla, 21 January 2017
Trikaya. Ayutthaya, Thailand.: photo by Jeffrey De Keyser, 15 July 2016
Hide. Bangkok.: photo by Jeffrey De Keyser, 29 July 2016
Hide. Bangkok.: photo by Jeffrey De Keyser, 29 July 2016
Hide. Bangkok.: photo by Jeffrey De Keyser, 29 July 2016
#21 [Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand]: photo by Tavepong Pratoomwong, 12 December 2016
#21 [Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand]: photo by Tavepong Pratoomwong, 12 December 2016
#21 [Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand]: photo by Tavepong Pratoomwong, 12 December 2016
Station to Station. Ayutthaya, Thailand.: photo by Jeffrey De Keyser, 17 July 2016
Station to Station. Ayutthaya, Thailand.: photo by Jeffrey De Keyser, 17 July 2016
Station to Station. Ayutthaya, Thailand.: photo by Jeffrey De Keyser, 17 July 2016
Secrets. Lop Buri, Thailand.: photo by Jeffrey De Keyser, 15 July 2016
Secrets. Lop Buri, Thailand.: photo by Jeffrey De Keyser, 15 July 2016
Secrets. Lop Buri, Thailand.: photo by Jeffrey De Keyser, 15 July 2016
Well, it wasn't because of the good act that I looked at it between paragraphs while I was working. At that moment I didn't know the reason, the reason I had tacked the enlargement onto the wall, maybe all fatal acts happen that way, and that is the condition of their fulfillment. I don't think the almost-furtive trembling of the leaves on the tree alarmed me. I was working on a sentence and rounded it out successfully. Habits are like immense herbariums, in the end an enlargement of 32 x 28 looks like a movie screen, where, on the tip of the island, a woman is speaking with a boy and a tree is shaking its dry leaves over their heads.
Julio Cortázar (1914-1984): from Blow-Up, in Final del juego (1956); English version by Paul Blackburn
Blow-Up. Spitalfields, London.: photo by Jeffrey De Keyser, 12 April 2015
Blow-Up. Spitalfields, London.: photo by Jeffrey De Keyser, 12 April 2015
Blow-Up. Spitalfields, London.: photo by Jeffrey De Keyser, 12 April 2015