The Marks of Man

photo book review in almost every picture #7 photographs collected & edited by Erik Kessels and Joep Eljkens http://www.lensculture.com/kessels.html In almost every picture #7 tells the story of a Dutch woman whose life is seen from the point of view of a fairground shooting gallery. The chronological series begins in 1936, when a 16-year-old girl from Tilburg in Holland picks up a gun and shoots at the target in a shooting gallery. Every time she hits the target, it triggers the shutter of a camera and a portrait of the girl in firing pose is taken and given as a prize. And so a lifelong love affair with the shooting gallery begins. This series documents almost every year of the woman's life (there is a conspicuous pause from 1939 to 1945) up until present times. At the age of 88 Ria van Dijk still makes her pilgrimage to the Shooting Gallery. In almost every picture #7 is a biography of one woman...

Oh How I don't like Post-production, at least I don't have to stand in a dark room all day. Me after being told I couldn't possibly take good photographs. I just smiled, every one is a photographer.

Scanning back with no filtration, phase one 360 MP 125th of a second x 12000. Nikon 65 mm enlarging lens. I was exposing Polaroids here to, I wonder how they will compare. Its much easier with a scanning back and laptop, then carting around a bucket of water for the 665 Positive Negative film.

Using my Graflex 5x4 field and scanning back with no filtration, makes for a very sharp image with the old Nikon 65mm enlarging lens, but not quite enough coverage.

We took the children to Hanmer Springs for a break from the after shocks. As we know Hanmer is right on the main fault line that runs down the middle of the South Island. I worried constantly about a mirror shock happening . It would be a devastating quake here. Only felt a little one over the two days. We are still sleeping together in one room with the truck loaded up with escape equipment and survival gear. Every time a truck went by, my heart jumped a bit. Used my old Polaroid pack 100 camera, and type 665 pos neg film that expired in 1999. It still worked with a 3 minute exposure.

We are all a bit tired of these Earth Quakes.