first time for everything

"photos (you take with films) would tell you what mistakes you'd made." a teacher from a photography school said. her word was repeated in my head all afternoon.

i participated in an open house program at a photography school. they rend me a film camera, we went out to shoot for an hour, developed, and printed afterwords.

my first time developing a film myself. shook a bottle which my negatives were in with different chemicals, burned images on to photo papers, and dip them into different chemicals. what a fun!
they encourage people to visit the school more than once. i think i will do this again.

p.s. they fed me lunch.
p.p.s. they let you print as much as you want.

here is the index print i made :)

a photographer who changed my life

i've been waiting to write this entry over 3 months. finally i developed the film which his photo was on so i'm writing.

Jonathan Torgovnik, his work, "Intended Consequences" which i saw at aperture foundation in chelsea in nyc changed the direction i was going to take. now i am an aspiring photographer.

his worked moved me so much. i thought i want to be like him. a person who can move people's heart through photographed images. i've seen photo documentaries of tragities, but i had never been moved like i did.

a few days later after i saw his work, i found that there was an event at the UN to commemorate 15th anniversary of rwandan genocide.

i don't remember much what he said in his speech now, but i had decided to tell him what his work meant to me.

he was busy with shaking hands, signing his books, and being interviewed. while i await him, i got to chat wih his mother. she said happily, "he is still my son," and took photos of him greeting others with her point&shoot camera.

finally he got up from his seat to be interviewd from media. as he walked towards windows, i walked up to him and said, "hi, you've done a fantastic work. i was moved by your work so much."

he kindly posed for me to take a photo. he asked about my toy fisheye camera. here is the photo i took.

an image i was glued

"Christmas in Berlin" 1963 by Ian Berry

I found this photo in a book called "Smile & Smile / 100 smiles" by Magnum photographers.