The last of the pictures from Ciutadella that I’ll post (although I might put out some of the digital shots I took at some point).
I’m quite fond of this one because of the placement of the figures; the man reclining on the bench; the couple looking at directions; the mannequin in the shop window; and, most of all, the bewigged individual watching us from the doorway.
Olympus 35 RC & Fuji Superia 100 (expired 2008). Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.
I had a very pleasant time wandering around these narrow residential streets in Ciutadella, what my wife would call “backwhacks”- a word she uses to refer to places in towns that are off the beaten track, or warrens of narrow alleyways.
I’m not sure if backwhacks is local vernacular only used in Sheffield or something used everywhere. Despite having lived in Sheffield my entire life, it’s not a description I tended to use until I met her. It’s a good word though.
It was nice to find these streets almost completely empty of other pedestrians, and very few vehicles (assuming they would even fit!), perhaps as a result of it being the afternoon siesta time when I ambled up and down them. I really enjoy these types of location when I find them. It’s rare to find anything similar in the UK.
Olympus 35 RC & Fuji Superia 100 (expired 2008). Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.
A job-lot of pictures today, all from my solo visit to Ciutadella, and all linked by the fact that I took them while walking along the inlet that leads to the city’s marina area. I think I’ve got them in consecutive order, so you can follow the route I took vicariously.
Olympus 35 RC & Fuji Superia 100 (expired 2008). Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.
I think this ship’s propeller was placed here for decorative purposes, rather than some sort of commemoration, but it made for a striking sight.
The three people give a nice sense of scale. They also kept wandering into my shots of other things, such as the fort I posted pictures of yesterday, which was a bit frustrating as they would stand there for several minutes admiring whatever my subject was while I waited to take my picture. Obviously, they had every right to do so, but it felt like some sort of minor karmic retribution for something I must have done wrong at some time.
Olympus 35 RC & Fuji Superia 100 (expired 2008). Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.
Three shots today which are typical of my approach to photography.
I might have said this before, but in case not, one of my favourite photography quotes is from New York street photographer, Garry Winogrand. I’ll paraphrase because I can’t remember if this is the exact quote (he’s recorded as saying a similar thing on many occasions), but it goes like:
“I photograph things because I want to see what they look like when photographed“.
This is pretty much my entire photographic ethos. There’s something slightly removed from reality in a photograph. They’re a moment in time and limited by the camera, lens, and recording medium in a way that our usual eye/brain observations are not. Photographs are stripped of movement, or the wider environment, of the sounds and smells that were present when they were taken. I look at a photograph of a scene or object in a way that I don’t if I’m physically present and, despite the removal of so much sensory information, there is something magical about that still image.
The three pictures shared here today are like that for me. I doubt many would travel especially to see these things. They’re ordinary. But they’re also interesting. Interesting enough for some reason for me to press the shutter button.
Olympus 35 RC & Fuji Superia 100 (expired 2008). Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.
Steel City Snapper photography 