People who come into my life bring joy along with them and I feel I'm richer with each such encounter. This is how I would describe my afternoon with Alina. Another perfect subject for my Guilty Pleasures project and very inspiring person to have around.
Nothing special for many people that it snowed today in Berlin. But for Brenda it was her first snow in her life and she is 26 years old. She came last September from Uganda. Today after our German class, we got out and very joyfully, she took the snow in her hands and said that it's her first time in her life, when she sees and feels snow. I was glad to be there with her!
One of my guilty pleasures is FRENCH FRIES. I eat today and die tomorrow or go to emergency room, they are poison for me but still I am unstoppable sometimes...I just want french fries and fuck it, I will not live as long as a turtle.
I don't know if this is what I wanted and I still want from all the people I take pictures of for my project...but definitely, I am in a way more relaxed ... it's only me and my camera and I hope people don't get tired of me as I did close to the end.
It's exhausting to take self-portraits and this is my second time....
The small video, with hundred photos, I made it for my mother, to make her laugh, because she complains she hasn't seen me lately in any photos. It seems like I don't send enough photos with me back home. I hope now it's enough : ) ... together with Drive - REM, my favorite song ever ...
Sometimes I know from the very first moment when I meet somebody that I would love to take pictures of him/her. It happened this with them, with Rada and Liviu. They made my day beautiful.
Photography is what makes me tick in this life. Curiosity and love for imagery and for people keep me going in being a photographer in Berlin for 11 years now.
