Fotokiosk: Spring in the backyard

Mai Quynh on 5. April 2024

Spring in the backyard. Spring in the backyard.

2022

I think magnolias are beautiful. But who doesn't agree? I'm just about to catch the flowering season but actually I'm already too late.

There were no magnolias in our backyard. But spring says Hello in so many different ways. Everything is in bloom, the colours are exploding everywhere you look (and the hay fever is also saying "Hello!"). I once made a note somewhere that black and white pictures often have a melancholy effect. And although the colour is missing, the picture still has something spring-like about it. You can feel the light, the sun, even in black and white. Perhaps all the more because of that.

Camera + lens: Olympus XA2
Film: Agfaphoto APX 100
Developement: self developped
Scan: Charlie Engel Lab 2.0

Sicily in January

Mai Quynh on 18. March 2024

Sicily in January is as sunny as the sunniest spring, at the same time as frosty as winter can be. In the church, for the wedding ceremony, I really regretted my choice of clothes as I sat on the cold bench. I was freezing for an hour and a half, my toes had already said goodbye to a pleasant blood circulation at the very beginning of the ceremony. But the sun was shining outside!?

The next morning, with the sun still shining brightly, some guests recovered from the long night while others made their way to the beach. We joined the latter. A winter pullover on an Italian beach - I hadn't seen this combination coming. But the flair of the Sicilian city by the sea didn't care a jot about the temperature and invited us to take a stroll. Whenever that may be - I hope that the next time I visit Sicily, it not only looks warm but also feels warm.

Sicily, 2022.

Camera + lens: Olympus XA2
Film: Agfaphoto APX 100
Developement: self developped
Scan: Charlie Engel Lab 2.0