Borderland: New Work From Estonia
Just before completing a month's residency at CopperLeg Artist Residency in Vaskjala, Estonia, I had an opening for the photographs that I made and printed there. During my month in Estonia I made trips to eastern and southeastern Estonia, close to the Russian border. I was photographing the land and the people's use of it as well as the scars on the land from the abandoned Soviet era buildings.
At CopperLeg, I made a portfolio of silver gelatin prints in their darkroom. Additionally, I exhibited digital prints from both a digital camera and from an iPhone. Below are some of the images.
Borderland
Bodegas Ysios
This is an iPhone capture using a wide angle Moment lens mounted on my phone. The location is Bodega Ysios in Laguardia, Spain, in Rioja. This place has been on my bucket list for years. The architect is Santiago Calatrava of whom I am I big fan. What's cool about the image is that during the conversion from RGB to grayscale, those strange artifacts popped up in the upper corners, For me that's a positive, not a negative.
All Along the Watch Tower
Prowling the calles and the ramparts of the Medieval Spanish city of Caceres after midnight, the rain was falling in a fine misty drizzle. I captured all the images with an iPhone and Moment lenses. Although I had a tripod, I chose to hand hold every capture. A couple of great nights of "street" photography.
Caceres, Spain
Drying Fish
Drying fish on the beach In Nazare, Portugal. Shot with an iPhone and a Moment 18mm lens.