a dog covered with snow crossing the road on a crosswalk

CPH: personal

With our Copenhagen based photo collective we decided to have a two week photo project: “A personal view on Copenhagen”. It was inspired by the preview of a project by Michał Kwapisiewicz.

It was very interesting to see what people came up with as their take on the brief. The idea was to have some fresh work. During those two weeks many things were in transition for me and I think my final selection for this mini project reflects it. I didn’t really conceptualized my take on the brief. These are more or less snap shots from my daily life in Copenhagen at the moment. Most of the photographs are taken on my way to the Danish class or explorations of the neighborhood I currently live in, Norrebro. You’ll see quite a few cranes since the city is constructing or reconstructing many sites at the moment. These cranes become part of the cityscape. I wonder what are those internal cranes that currently work on my personal reconstruction…

When I was going through the photographs I took in those two weeks, I was listening to some music by Ósk. I felt like they go together very well and put together the slideshow with the final selects. Þorbjörg Ósk generously gave her permission to use one of her songs for it.

reflecting in the windows of the Copenhagen Royal Theater, someone drinking coffee, not paying attention to the beautiful sunset, photographs in the restaurant give an interesting interplay with forms and colors

exploring reflections

kids look out at the sunset from the Copenhagen Royal Theater restaurant with the cityscape reflecting in the big glass of the restaurant

Inspired by Street Photography Now Community instruction # 08
“Show beauty where apparently there is none.” – Guido Steenkamp

my A-side for the brief

reflecting in the windows of the Copenhagen Royal Theater, someone drinking coffee, not paying attention to the beautiful sunset, photographs in the restaurant give an interesting interplay with forms and colors

Inspired by Street Photography Now Community instruction # 08
“Show beauty where apparently there is none.” – Guido Steenkamp

my B-side, which some people from the community liked more than my selection for the A-side. I can never decide actually… and always wonder what would happen if I’d enter the other one instead?

 

 

a couple walks hand in hand by the lakes in Copenhagen in the afternoon light

Street poetry

a couple walks hand in hand by the lakes in Copenhagen in the afternoon light

Inspired by Street Photography Now Community instruction #06: “Try to find the poetry. Tell an emotionally interesting story.” – Chema Hernandez

my A-side for the brief

mother and child on a bike ride by the lake towards the sun; the child spreads his arms to the sides almost like flying

Inspired by Street Photography Now Community instruction #06:
“Try to find the poetry. Tell an emotionally interesting story.” – Chema Hernandez

my B-side for the brief