Dug through some old videos I’ve made and that I’ve never come around uploading. I guess it’s time. This is a photo compilation from when I followed my dear friend’s dance team back in the summer of 2009. I documented the training sessions and their participation in Nippon Domannaka Matsuri (www.domatsuri.com) in Nagoya Japan, one of the largest annual dance festivals in central Japan. The soundtrack is the actual background music they danced to at that festival.
The experience was intense, I learned a lot and it was probably one of the first important events that I feel developed my journalistic style of photography. Would love to do another one, I just have to save up some money to go there again…
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A slice of life
Street photography is my favorite genre in photography, capturing special and fleeting moments of everyday life of ordinary people on the streets; like holding up a mirror to society.
Furthermore, one might say that street photography is the hardest type of photography out there; you have absolutely no control of light or people. It’s up to you to be there at the right time and place; capturing the moment.
To me, this means that I have to train my eyes to see the world differently, being able to anticipate moments before they occur. As silly as it may sound, it has given me a new outlook on life. The world is your studio.
After a year of personal struggles and difficulties (although not over yet), I’ve been slowly starting to pick it up again from a long period of inactivity. Starting with a trip back to my family’s homecountry Vietnam back in December last year.
Upon returning to Sweden I felt a photographic emptiness of some sort. Obviously, Sweden is not as densely populated as many other countries out there; making street photography of people a little bit harder. I was bummed out by this but felt that I wouldn’t give up on documenting life in Sweden. Half a year later, equipped with my street photographer’s camera Ricoh GRDII, I hit the streets once more.
There is hope…
Martin + Linda
Martin and Linda’s simple but oh so wonderful wedding at Knäbäckshusen and Baskemölla. A celebration of love on a late-summer day.
Thank you Martin & Linda, your family, friends and everyone else who attended the wedding; for reminding me why I love doing this so much.
I was so fascinated by the glasses, all neatly handmade by Anders (www.baske.se). Simply beautiful!
Severin Koller Images: The Cliches of Being a 'Street' Photographer I
Being Invisible
When I shoot street, I’m not trying to hide, because I don’t feel that there is anything I should be ashamed for. I try not to stand out either to draw attention (since the photos I take should not be about me, but about what I see and where I am). There is a big difference…
investing in relationship(s) and supporting catalysts of change/affect. it’s the only place that i’ll find value/fulfillment when i’m wrinkly and showing off my senior citizen discount card.
Teaser: Martin & Linda
Here’s a small selection of photos from Martin and Linda’s wedding I got the honor to shoot last week. Stay tuned for more photos later. Enjoy!
