Short stories
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talking, talking / Parler pour parler
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The man on the left says to me: Mister Carl, where are you going? What are you looking for?
My answer: « I am looking for images». As I brought my Leica to my eye, I said: « I think I found one. Please look here». Leica M9. 28 mm Summicron L'homme à la gauche de la photo me dit: « Monsieur Carl, où allez-vous? Que cherchez vous? Ma réponse: « Je cherche des images. Tout en portant le Leica à mon oeil, je dis: « Je viens de trouver une image: « Ne bougez plus». |
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Local Solonese barber (From The City Of Solo)
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Once my hair was cut, I asked the barber to pose for my camera. « Wait a second », he says to me and throws an apron over his shoulder and exclaims: « now you can take the photo.» Leica M9. 28 mm Summicon |
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question mark
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As I was walking the streets of Solo this man asked me for some cigarettes. After talking with him for a while, I asked his permission to take his photograph. I only noticed the tattoo on his forehead when I edited the images on the computer. Leica M9. 75mm Summarit |
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The grass lady / La dame verte
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Returning from the field with grass to feed the cows, this woman almost disappears in the green background. Leica M9. 28mm Summicron |
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De retour de son champ avec de l'herbe pour nourrir les vaches, cette femme se confond presque avec l’arrière plan vert. |
Hear-not. See-not. Say-not.
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Saw these three boys sitting on a bench in a Jakarta alley. Making gestures with my hands and pointing to each boy (I did not speak Indonesian), I asked them to take the 3 poses. Leica M 9. 28 mm Summicron |
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