Balinese Rituals with a Holga

[Wcarpenter]

Here's a really cool series on Balinese rituals taken with a Holga. I really enjoyed the photographs and the interview that followed. I guess this disproves the notion that the Holga is merely the plaything of Hipsters. Take a look! They're pretty neat.

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-Walker

 

[direwolf101]

Very nice, thanks for the link.

 

[gho]

Thanks for the link, good photographs and interesting interview.

 

[Pablito]

Great work.

Sadly, treads like this never go anywhere on RFF.

 

[kzphoto]

That is an amazing set of photographs. Much better than when I went to Bali, that much is for sure. Although by photographing in B/W he's missing a part of the culture -- Bali is BURSTING with color. You can't help but appreciate it. The beaches, the jungles, rice fields, hell even the people are a beautiful color.

 

[gavinlg]

I love seeing Holga's being put to good use!

Great series.

 

[PKR]

Great work.

Sadly, treads like this never go anywhere on RFF.

Pablito; I suggest we start a thread named "photo work" or something similar. We keep it alive as a small group on here who are interested in photos. We can revive the thread with a post, rather than start a new thread. If a group of us who care about "photo work" more than camera straps and "what color camera to use on Saturday", we can keep the thread alive, it will be remembered for a thread as pictures and serious photography work..and fun. What do you think? Maybe we could call it "Camera Work" in honor of Stieglitz? pkr

 

[SimonSawSunlight]

#6 oh yes.

 

[Wcarpenter]

Number 6 is amazing. I really loved that one. Number 2 is another favorite.

PKR:
I definitely agree about a photo thread. I love gear talk as much as the next guy, but photos are even better. I'm sure we all find amazing things all over the internet, so there should be a centralized thread in which to share them. Good idea!

 

[robert blu]

interesting interview, the idea to use Holga which "allowed me to look at this rich culture with one foot deep in the past and the other foot firmly rooted in the present."
And to use it, taped in order to avoid light leaks. As for the pictures, which I find very good, I am very impressed by N° 3-5-8-9 ! Thank for this interesting thread and link, hope to see more coming. PKR idea sounds good.

 

[PKR]

interesting interview, the idea to use Holga which "allowed me to look at this rich culture with one foot deep in the past and the other foot firmly rooted in the present."
And to use it, taped in order to avoid light leaks. As for the pictures, which I find very good, I am very impressed by N° 3-5-8-9 ! Thank for this interesting thread and link, hope to see more coming. PKR idea sounds good.

I'll wait to hear from Pablito and post something . Watch for it, and maybe we can keep it alive. I think there are enough of us on here to keep some kind of reasonable thread going..
thanks, pkr

 

[oftheherd]

I am not a fan of Holga, but that is a nice series of photographs. As has been said, any camera is a tool. It's up to the user to make interesting photos with whatever tool at hand.

I prefer different tools for myself, but I am always amazed when I see someone who can take any tool and use it well.

 

[colourblind]

I am not a fan of Holga, but that is a nice series of photographs. As has been said, any camera is a tool. It's up to the user to make interesting photos with whatever tool at hand.

I prefer different tools for myself, but I am always amazed when I see someone who can take any tool and use it well.

I'd never heard of these cameras before this thread. I'd love to try one if I could come across one cheaply enough. The "toy camera" aspect is kind of interesting and I haven't taken a picture in 120 format since...well I have no idea how long but I doubt it was closer than the eighties!

 

[filmfan]

Really great shots. Who was the photog?

 

[thegman]

I got a Lomo quite recently and it immediately became my "take everywhere" camera. They are incredibly fast to use, and I love the results. They're far from perfect of course, but most cameras are.

 

[Ljós]

Yes, thanks for the heads up! And I agree, No 6 is outrageously good. Almost explodes into one's eyes.

The overall pictorial effect... hm. Some of the pictures have a quite high "technical" image quality in the center. Some of these pictures give the look (mind you, the look, I am NOT insinuating all this was done in post!) of being shot with a "normal" camera, and then the "Holga borders" added. (A bit like the way Jeff Ascough treats his digital wedding pictures, with vignetting in the corners and a filed-out-negative-carrier-border -- but more extreme.) And that, to my eye, looks a bit contrived. But overall: heck yes, amazing pictures!

(Gotta love the passage where it is stated that assistant(s) hand the photographer loaded and taped Holgas. 🙂 )

 

[Matus]

That is a very nice work, thanks for posting.

 

[bogelgelbo]

Really great shots. Who was the photog?

It's John Stanmeyer. The new book is available for order at the book site, www.islandofthespirits.com

 

[Wcarpenter]

Thank you bogelgelbo. I can't believe I forgot to mention the photographer's name in my original post!

 

[peterm1]

I dont know if its kosher to use this as a chance to post one of my own collections but here goes.....I have been making this collection of images - some in mono, some in color of my home city - Adelaide South Australia. Mainly street shots and architecture. My aim is just to represent life in the city as I observe it from time to time.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/life_in_shadows/sets/72157610362797162/