veils photography
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digital film thoughts about
digital
veils.
01 / 07 omonoia, athens
the sky found a place to rest.
02 / 07 albania
from above, labour looks like choreography.
03 / 07 bulqizë, albania
before the call to prayer. or after. I don't remember.
04 / 07 kosovo
she chose what to show. only the eyes. that was enough.
05 / 07 athens
car. didn't see the driver.
06 / 07 aegina
post-covid walks. everyone still moving like they forgot.
07 / 07 athens
← →
film
the grass was purple. the goose didn't care.
01 / 09 lomochrome purple / copenhagen
she's been standing there without a head for years. nobody asks.
02 / 09 lomochrome purple / copenhagen
he has a face. it doesn't help.
03 / 09 harman phoenix / warsaw
city from above, on fire.
04 / 09 harman phoenix / warsaw
one flower decided to open. everything else was still waiting.
05 / 09 cinestill 400d / athens
diaspora
06 / 09 rollei infrared / copenhagen
they were already leaving when I pressed it. I kept the photo anyway.
07 / 09 ilford hp5 / athens
glass between us
08 / 09 rollei infrared / poland
Late, someone walking home or away from it.
09 / 09 ilford hp5 / athens
← →
i.
I don't know what I'm looking for when I go out with a camera. I find things that exist without asking permission. Presence without a face. Light in the wrong colour. I stopped trying to explain it.
ii. — labour
From high enough, labour looks like choreography. You lose the weight of it. I'm not sure if that's a problem with photography or with me.
iii. — statues
One has no head. One has a face. Neither of them is there.
iv. — belief
I don't believe in anything. I photographed it anyway. Some structures demand to be looked at regardless of what you think they mean.
v. — colour
Colour film lies about the world. I trust the lies more than the truth.
vi.
I keep photographing people who aren't showing their face. I don't think it's a coincidence.

Ceci Ivanov, 27.

I've been shooting for a little over a year. It started with a digital camera I carried everywhere without really knowing why. Then film, which slowed everything down in a way I didn't expect. The grain, the waiting, the colours that come out wrong — I started to prefer it.

I shoot in Athens mostly. Sometimes I travel and bring a camera. I'm drawn to things that exist without asking to be seen — animals that don't notice you, people whose faces you can't find, places between moments.

These are not projects. These are just things I saw.

based in

Athens, Greece

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digital
35mm b&w
35mm colour

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