just one picture & how it was created: The ivy coat of the house
The ivy coat of the house
2024
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Frankfurt. Starting from the grounds of the Japanese film festival, I was on the way to a restaurant. "Walk instead of taking the metro", I say to myself. I don't know my way around Frankfurt. On good days, all the more reason to walk. On bad days, absolutely the opposite and I would definitely take the metro. So it was a good day.
Not far from the grounds and I am captivated by the sight of this house. This house with its turret wears a beautiful coat of ivy. I position myself on a street corner, exactly where I end up taking this photo. I work on the exposure settings. Through the viewfinder, I see the top window of the turret, covered in ivy, opening. An older man, well-dressed, shows himself and looks out. He looks in my direction and waves. I turn round to the back to see who might be standing behind me and would wave back. To my astonishment, or perhaps shock, I don't see anyone there. He's waving at me. Hicks.
He looks friendly but I'm still embarrassed and feel like I've been caught out. I finally wave back and he stands there for a while. I wonder if he wants me to take a photo of him. He gets lost in this big house and the photo, and I don't really like taking photos of strangers anyways. I wait in a very obvious manner and don't take a photo.
He goes back from the window and closes it. Everything is as before. And I take my photo. With this memory between the grains of film.
Camera + lens: Minolta Dynax 7000i + Minolta AF 50 mm f/1.4
Film: Agfaphoto APX100
Development + scan: ON FILM LAB
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Besonders in Frankfurt spricht einiges dafür, in unbekannten Ecken besser die Bahn zu nehmen als zu laufen – aber das Foto war es wert und scheint ja auch in einer guten Ecke gewesen zu sein.
Den Hauptbahnhof und die Straßen drumherum verlasse ich schleunigst. Bisher hatte ich sonst tatsächlich eher Überraschungsmomente der positiven Art in Frankfurt gehabt. Deshalb gehe ich Frankfurt wohl etwas naiv ran. Die Ecke schien mir geheuer zu sein und es war Tag. Aber ich behalte deine Notiz im Hinterkopf!
Welch schöne Geschichte zu diesem sehr atmosphärischen und gelungenen Foto. Der überstrahlte Himmel ist ein tolle Kontrast zum dunklen Efeu.
Danke dir! Der überstrahlte Himmel war eher eine Konsequenz davon, dass ich den Efeu noch einigermaßen hinkriege, aber du hast recht. Der Kontrast ist gar nicht so schlecht.