Lisbon - City of Light, City of Pain (2012)

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Shot with Leica M3 or M4 cameras.

Kodak T-Max 400 developed in Kodak D-76 1+1.

Lisbon, Portugal, in the year 2012.

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"The Loner" - Circus Probst, Schwetzingen, June 1983

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Circus Probst - Schwetzingen, Germany, June 1983

(Leica M2 + Versenkbar Summicron 50mm)

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Alfama, Lisbon - July 1987

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Hasselblad 500 EL/M + Carl Zeiss lenses

Ilford HP-5 + Kodak T-Max 400

developed in Kodak D-76 1+1

Alfama, Lisbon - July 1987

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High Time

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Mourão, Portugal - August 1985

(Hasselblad 500 EL/M)

“High Time” – Jerry Garcia/Robert Hunter

You told me goodbye, how was I to know

you didn't mean goodbye, you meant please don't let me go?

I was having a high time, living the good life, well I know

The wheels are muddy, got a ton of hay,

now listen here, Baby, 'cause I mean what I say.

I'm having a hard time, living the good life, well I know.

I was losing time, I had nothing to do,

no one to fight, I came to you.

Wheels broke down, leader won't draw,

the line is busted, the last one I saw.

Tomorrow come trouble, tomorrow come pain,

now don't think too hard Baby, 'cause I know what I'm saying.

I could show you a high time, living the good life, don't be that way.

Nothing's for certain, it could always go wrong,

We could have us a high time, living the good life, well I know.

From the album “Workingman’s Dead” by the Grateful Dead (1970)

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Dark Star

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Mourão, Portugal - August, 1985

(Hasselblad 500 EL/M)

“Dark Star” – Jerry Garcia / Robert Hunter

Dark star crashes
pouring its light
into ashes

Reason tatters
the forces tear loose
from the axis

Searchlight casting
for faults in the
clouds of delusion

Shall we go,
you and I
while we can?
Through
the transitive nightfall of diamonds

Mirror shatters in formless reflections
of matter

Glass hand dissolving
to ice petal flowers
revolving

Lady in velvet
recedes
in the nights of goodbye

Shall we go,
you and I
While we can?
Through
the transitive nightfall
of diamonds

From the album “Live/Dead” by the Grateful Dead (1969)

(And many other recordings by the Grateful Dead)

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Minha Namorada

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Alfama, Lisboa - Julho de 1987

(Hasselblad 500 EL/M)

"Minha Namorada" - Vinicius de Moraes / Carlos Lyra

 

Se você quer ser minha namorada

Ah, que linda namorada você poderia ser

Se quiser ser somente minha

Exatamente essa coisinha, essa coisa toda minha

Que ninguém mais pode ser

Você tem que me fazer um juramento

De só ter um pensamento, ser só minha até morrer

E também de não perder esse jeitinho de falar devagarinho

Essas histórias de você

E de repente me fazer muito carinho

E chorar bem de mansinho sem ninguém saber porquê.

E se mais do que minha namorada
Você quer ser minha amada, minha amada, mas amada pra valer
Aquela amada pelo amor predestinada
Sem a qual a vida é nada, sem a qual se quer morrer
Você tem que vir comigo em meu caminho
E talvez o meu caminho seja triste pra você.
Os seus olhos tem que ser só dos meus olhos
Os seus braços o meu ninho no silêncio de depois
E você tem que ser a estrela derradeira
Minha amiga e companheira
No infinito de nós dois.

 

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Lyon, France - August 2008 (Leica M3)

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After my last post about the Leica M3, I thought that it would be appropriate to show some more photographs made with this fine photographic tool.

On a hot summer day, we were travelling by car from Germany to Portugal. Not wanting to fall asleep at the wheel and needing to stretch our legs, we decided that it was time to take a short break in the French city of Lyon.

Rangefinder cameras can be very good travel companions. They are small and unobtrusive, people usually don’t seem to take them very seriously. That’s why many photographers – obviously myself included - consider them ideal for street photography.

I hope that you enjoy the photographs.



Technical Data:

Camera - Leica M3

Lenses - 28mm Elmarit-M + 50mm Summicron-M + 90mm Tele-Elmarit-M

Film - Kodak Tri-X

Developer - Kodak D-76 1+1

Location - August, 2008

Scanner - Epson 4990 Photo

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Vampire Blues

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Coimbra, 1979

(Minolta XD-7, Kodak Tri-X)

“Vampire Blues” – Neil Young


I'm a vampire, babe,
suckin' blood
from the earth
I'm a vampire, baby,
suckin' blood
from the earth.
Well, I'm a vampire, babe,
sell you
twenty barrels worth.

I'm a black bat, babe,
bangin' on
your window pane
I'm a black bat, baby,
bangin' on
your window pane.
Well, I'm a black bat, babe,
I need my high octane.

Good times are comin',
I hear it everywhere I go
Good times are comin',
I hear it everywhere I go.
Good times are comin',
but they sure comin' slow.

I'm a vampire, babe,
suckin' blood
from the earth
I'm a vampire, baby,
suckin' blood
from the earth.
Well, I'm a vampire, babe,
sell you
twenty barrels worth.

Good times are comin'.


From the album “On the Beach” (1974)



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Porto Brandão, Portugal - August 2011

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Technical data:
Camera - Leica M4
Lenses - Leitz Summicron 35mm + Tele-Elmarit 90mm
Film - Agfa APX 100
Developer - Kodak D-76, 1+1
Location - Porto Brandão, Portugal
Date - August 2011
Scanner - Epson Perfection 4990 Photo


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Isn't it a Pity

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Nazaré, 1980

(Leica M4-2+Summicron 50mm)

“Isn’t it a Pity” – George Harrison

Isn’t it a pity

Isn’t it a shame

How we break each other’s hearts,

And cause each other pain

How we take each other’s love,

Without thinking anymore

Forgetting to give back

Isn’t it a pity

Some things take so long, but how do I explain?

When not too many people

Can see we are all the same

And because of all their tears,

Their eyes can’t hope to see

The beauty that surrounds them –

Oh isn’t it a pity

From the album “All Things Must Pass” (1970)

Bold As Love

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Lisboa, Março de 1980

(Leica M4-2+Summicron 50mm)

“Bold As Love” – Jimi Hendrix

Anger, he smiles, towering shiny metallic purple armour
Queen Jealousy, Envy, waits behind him
Her fiery green gown sneers at the grassy ground

Blue are the life-giving waters taken for granted,
They quietly understand
Once happy Turquoise armies lay opposite ready,
But wonder why the fight is on
But they're all bold as love, yeah, they're all bold as love
Yeah, they're all bold as love
Just ask the Axis

My Red is so confident that he flashes trophies of war
And ribbons of euphoria
Orange is young, full of daring, but very unsteady for the first go 'round
My Yellow in this case is not so mellow
In fact I'm trying to say it's frightened like me
And all these emotions of mine keep holding me
From giving my life to a rainbow like you
But I'm, yeah, I'm bold as love,
Yeah, yeah
Well, I'm bold, bold as love (hear me talking, girl)
I'm bold as love.
Just ask the Axis (he knows everything)

Yeah, yeah!

From the album:

“Axis: Bold As Love” – The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1967)

Jimi Hendrix: guitar and vocals

Noel Redding: bass and vocals

Mitch Mitchell: drums

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Eu Não Sei Quase Nada do Mar

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Nazaré, Portugal - Março de 1980

(Leica M4-2+Summicron 50mm)

“Eu Não Sei Quase Nada do Mar” – Ana Carolina e Jorge Vercilo

(Do álbum “Pirata” de Maria Bethânia - 2006)

Garimpeira da beleza
Te achei na beira de você me achar
Me agarra na cintura, me segura e jura que não vai soltar
E vem me bebendo toda, me deixando tonta de tanto prazer
Navegando nos meus seios, mar partindo ao meio
Não vou esquecer

Eu que não sei quase nada do mar
Descobri que não sei nada de mim

Clara, noite rara, nos levando além da arrebentação
Já não tenho medo de saber quem somos na escuridão

Me agarrei nos seus cabelos
Sua boca quente para não me afogar
Tua língua correnteza lambe minhas pernas
Como faz o mar
E vem me bebendo toda, me deixando tonta de tanto prazer
Navegando nos meus seios, mar partindo ao meio
Não vou esquecer

Eu que não sei quase nada do mar
Descobri que não sei nada de mim




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Gente Humilde

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Lisboa, Alfama, 1987
(Hasselblad 500 EL/M+Carl Zeiss Distagon)

"Gente Humilde" - Garoto / Vinicius de Moraes / Chico Buarque


Tem certos dias em que eu penso em minha gente
E sinto assim todo o meu peito se apertar
Porque parece que acontece de repente
Como um desejo de eu viver sem me notar

Igual a como quando eu passo no subúrbio
Eu muito bem, vindo de trem, de algum lugar
E aí me dá uma inveja dessa gente
Que vai em frente, sem nem ter com que contar

São casas simples, com cadeiras na calçada
E na fachada escrito em cima que é um lar
Pela varanda, flores tristes e baldias
Como a alegria que não tem onde encostar

E aí me dá uma tristeza no meu peito
Feito um despeito de eu não ter como lutar
E eu que não creio, peço a Deus por minha gente
É gente humilde, que vontade de chorar


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