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

Fotokiosk: Library corner

Mai Quynh on 6. January 2024

An inviting corner in the public library

2022

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

Schrammsteine | Between pixel and grain

Mai Quynh on 24. May 2023

„Schrammsteine“, that’s a rock formation in Saxon Switzerland (a national park). Not far from where I used to live. As often is the case when you live in a place and the beautiful thing is only a stone’s throw away, you postpone visiting this beauties until later. Until later suddenly means „goodbye“ and beauty is at least 10 stone’s throw away. And so I am writing this text with some kind of nostalgia.

Most probably I remember the name of this rock formation because I took a photo of it. I was very excited about the picture – more excited than I usually am anyways – because this was the first film I developed by myself. I can’t describe it very well but I’ll put it this way: How happyyyyy I was when I hung the developed film up to dry and then discovered „die kleinen Schrammsteine“ on the negative. Joy oh joy!

And even if the photo itself is okay and the motif is not special, the photo is a nice reminder of „I was here!“ And also of those days when I called Dresden my home and Saxon Switzerland was just a stone’s throw away.

Camera + lens: Olympus XA2
Film: Agfaphoto APX 100 (probably; my film is still in the photo lab for scanning)
Developement: self developped (2022#1)
Scan: Charlie Engel Lab 2.0