jbielikowski
Jan Bielikowski
Welcome dear RRFers! As the title says it took me almost four years to visit again Istanbul, had almost two weeks for walking, enyoing street food, and reset myself. Last couple times I was quite heavily focused on doing some "hardcore" street photography, but this time I slowed down, took a Spotmatic with a 50mm (plus Ricoh GR1 for "phone shots" but it died after couple days), some BW as well as color film. While I'm waiting for color film to be developed (Vision3 250D) I'm processing BW shots (Adox CHS II 100, dev. in FX-39 1+14) and I'll share them with you as I progress. I have a feeling alot is changing in Istanbul, so I decided to try and capture whats left from the "old one", I dont know when I'll be back.
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jbielikowski
Jan Bielikowski
I do have some people shots but I was more focused on animals this time. No horses in the woods unfortunately, horse-drawn carriages are gone from Princess Islands, replaced by electric trolleys.
p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
Brilliant picture. Is this the Adox CHS II 100?I do have some people shots but I was more focused on animals this time. No horses in the woods unfortunately, horse-drawn carriages are gone from Princess Islands, replaced by electric trolleys.
jbielikowski
Jan Bielikowski
yes, thank you! most of the shots are quite thin on the negative beacuse I wanted to emphasize the harsh lighting, but this one is quite dense and it shows.
and a bonus version with some wide open Super-Takumar magic:
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Henry
Well-known
This sense of transition is palpable, wonderful images.
Canyongazer
Canyongazer
Why did Constantinople get the works?
jbielikowski
Jan Bielikowski
That's nobody's business but the Turks.*
*it all looks like a propaganda to me.
thank you Henry! also thanks everybody for stopping by, I see the likes and there is more to come.
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Ko.Fe.
Lenses 35/21 Gears 46/20
We just spoke about ex-Constantinople with my colleague last Thursday.
And independent Russian speaking media pays close attention to Turkey.
Looks like they have decent person elected for Major.
Turkey might vote for another change soon.
And independent Russian speaking media pays close attention to Turkey.
Looks like they have decent person elected for Major.
Turkey might vote for another change soon.
jbielikowski
Jan Bielikowski
Ekrem Imamoglu, your right, only problem is he was sentenced to two years and seven months in prison by the Turkish justice system in December 2022 for "insulting a high authority of the state" (during elections for the Major, which Erdoğan's government tried to falsify, he said that the Electoral Commission is dumb) so he can't start for the President.
As for "the works" being BS I mean lots of the public investments are used by Erdoğan to show off how wonderful is Turkey under his rule. Like some new lines of the underground in Istanbul are held under "ministry of something" with TVs in the subway cars pumping non-stop "success propaganda".
As for "the works" being BS I mean lots of the public investments are used by Erdoğan to show off how wonderful is Turkey under his rule. Like some new lines of the underground in Istanbul are held under "ministry of something" with TVs in the subway cars pumping non-stop "success propaganda".
jbielikowski
Jan Bielikowski
Although I must admit some parts of city walls around Yedikule are nicely restored/preserved.
Thank you Jan for sharing your interesting Istanbul photos. I spent a day wandering about hitting the tourist spots, I guess it was June 1964. I was shooting a Petriflex V then. I was guided by an off-duty hotel clerk who would watch over my shoulder as I made notations to see that I was spelling the names of the places correctly. Surely, as Turkish spelling is easy and I had just spent the previous 18 months near Izmir. Then, after arriving back in the US I watched the new movie "Topkapi" with Melina Mercouri and Peter Ustinov... reminding me of some of what I had seen.
jbielikowski
Jan Bielikowski
So a year after the release of From Russia with Love you must have seen a true Orient back there. Thank you Doug for sharing those memories.
jbielikowski
Jan Bielikowski
jbielikowski
Jan Bielikowski
and now for something completely different... color snapshots.
Ricoh GR1, Kodak Vision3 250D in ECN-2.
Ricoh GR1, Kodak Vision3 250D in ECN-2.
jbielikowski
Jan Bielikowski
some pastel cliches from Tarlabaşı, Super-Takumar 50mm.
jbielikowski
Jan Bielikowski
they are like 10 minutes and 100 meters apart. I had no luck for most of the day, the weather was quite nasty, and then I was blessed with those critters.
jbielikowski
Jan Bielikowski
and this one just fit those above nicely.
jbielikowski
Jan Bielikowski
I can imagine how Atget felt while he was documenting vanishing old Paris, sometimes I felt the same... not that I believe I done any important pictures but the feeling was nice.
jbielikowski
Jan Bielikowski
Erik van Straten
Veteran
Great pictures, Jan, really nice. I like your color work too. It is not digital I guess. Is it all shot with a Takumar?
Erik.
Erik.