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Images => Life, the Universe & Everything Else => Topic started by: Frank Fremerey on May 25, 2016, 11:23:31

Title: * the * other * life *
Post by: Frank Fremerey on May 25, 2016, 11:23:31

Our city has 320.000 human inhabitants originating from roughly 200 different countries ... I guess there are 100.000 different life styles to meet and being met by here ... the other life ... all humans who are not in my direct circle of a few hundred ... all animals and plants ... create forms ... forms I cannot always understand ... fascinating to be touched by these ... leading a life not as a solitaire but as a person connecting to these others ... to the other life ... yesterday I shot a first series of other life walking my city ... life that somehow echoed my current mood ... green was important ... light was important ... wild growth ... buildings as expression of other life styles ... walking my city not as a constructionist photographer but as an emotional human being ... being moved, being touched, being changed and enchanted by the other life ... to be continued

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Post by: Akira on May 25, 2016, 17:07:14

Very "conceptual" series.  I like your points of view.

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Post by: elsa hoffmann on May 25, 2016, 19:29:15

different..

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Post by: BEZ on May 25, 2016, 19:48:36

Now we are talking  ....love the concept, and see your vision.

The first image, dead fly's and the Mannequin heads touched my emotions  ....well done!

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Post by: charlie on May 25, 2016, 20:40:08

Frank, I'm into the darker mood you've presented across this series, both visually and conceptually. I look forward to the continuation.

Title: Re: * the * other * life *
Post by: Frank Fremerey on May 25, 2016, 21:35:17

dreams: broken and fulfilled.

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Post by: Airy on May 25, 2016, 22:32:22

Great series, the second one technically very different from the first (but in a close mood, it seems).

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Post by: Anthony on May 26, 2016, 10:02:38

Great concept, well executed.

Title: Re: * the * other * life *
Post by: Frank Fremerey on May 26, 2016, 14:45:03

my neighbours once a year create a makeshift altar with a flower mandala (other neighbours a few hunderd meters away do the same, 4 Altars together) ... I can easily attach to this, very nice and open modern girls and boys with all the hopes and clothes and smartphones and ideas ... love that hurts and joy of earthling things everybody enjoys ...

Title: Re: * the * other * life *
Post by: Frank Fremerey on May 26, 2016, 14:47:39

but then a strange thing happens ... police blocks  a public road for the while and ... a procession comes that has its root deep in German Biedermeier ... and they most enstrangingly hold a Latin language church service right below my window ... this year I did dare to step closer to capture some of the feel of this event that seems to have fallen out of time ... transporting values that I cannot attach to ... all the melodies I know but in a different context ... Pope Pius X as their hero ... anti modernist and at times politically very questionable at least in some representatives ... I hope I managed to capture and transport my enstrangement in these two sets of pictures...

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Post by: Frank Fremerey on May 26, 2016, 14:57:13

In this third set I show how normal & modern these people seem to me ... how comes they cater to this anti modernist celebration of belief?

Title: Re: * the * other * life *
Post by: Frank Fremerey on August 06, 2016, 04:33:57

dark street

Title: Re: * the * other * life *
Post by: Frank Fremerey on January 27, 2018, 02:23:57

Today at the horses I found again:

The X100T is G O R G E O U S !!!!!

Title: Re: * the * other * life *
Post by: pluton on January 27, 2018, 21:32:23

Lovely series, Frank.  The color and density choices feel 'right'.
The imagery made by the fixed 23mm on the X100T has a great charm...even wide open.
I use my Fuji 23mm all the time, now on my new XE2s.
Question:  What is your current preferred raw converter for the Fuji-X files?

Title: Re: * the * other * life *
Post by: Frank Fremerey on January 28, 2018, 05:02:05

Quote from: pluton on January 27, 2018, 21:32:23

Lovely series, Frank.  The color and density choices feel 'right'.
The imagery made by the fixed 23mm on the X100T has a great charm...even wide open.
I use my Fuji 23mm all the time, now on my new XE2s.
Question:  What is your current preferred raw converter for the Fuji-X files?

PhotoNinja 1.3.5c

Title: Re: * the * other * life *
Post by: golunvolo on January 28, 2018, 12:02:40

Frank, I have enjoyed the series as a whole with some very touching moments. Pity I have missed it until today.


  Thanks for bringing it back!


 

Title: Re: * the * other * life *
Post by: Fons Baerken on January 28, 2018, 12:47:21

Very personal work, i like.

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Post by: Bill Mellen on January 28, 2018, 12:49:05

Interesting and engaging seipries Frank.  Very nice indeed!

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Post by: Frank Fremerey on January 28, 2018, 18:00:42

Today at mass

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Post by: armando_m on January 28, 2018, 18:17:30

wow, such drama in the first image of the last series, great light, only the hands in focus, and the person kneeling really transmit a deep emotion

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Post by: John Geerts on January 28, 2018, 20:48:33

Quote from: armando_m on January 28, 2018, 18:17:30

wow, such drama in the first image of the last series, great light, only the hands in focus, and the person kneeling really transmit a deep emotion

Yes. Agree.  Very impressive shot.

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Post by: Mongo on January 28, 2018, 21:15:13

had not seen this series before today. Quite an emotional mind space you were in when creating this insight Frank. Some really thought provoking images and themes. Quite like some standout images in the first lot and a number of others in subsequent lots. The "today and Mass" first  image is truly in so many respects (conventional and less conventionally) a charged and compelling image.
It is refreshing to see photographic themes like this series/post that are outside the box .

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Post by: Akira on January 28, 2018, 21:20:46

Frank, this series is very poignant.  All images are reflections of your self.  Appreciate it.

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Post by: BEZ on January 28, 2018, 21:44:52

#0287   Is stunning   ......it feels intrusive/invasive, which makes it even more powerful. Well done mate!

Love
Bez

Title: Re: * the * other * life *
Post by: golunvolo on January 28, 2018, 22:04:50

0287 is emotionally very strong. It is a very personal series. Thanks for sharing Frank

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Post by: Frank Fremerey on January 28, 2018, 23:50:20

It is hard to see someone suffering so badly.

He was for me the incarnation of suffering.

I was flattened and only begin to dare shooting occurances like these. I do not believe he was kneeling for prayer. He was kneeling because his inner demons and pain made him kneel. I only shot this because I still respect his personal identity due to his position. I do not shoot people praying. My interprertation is not that he is praying.

Title: Re: * the * other * life *
Post by: Frank Fremerey on January 31, 2018, 20:33:33

I just post some ooc shots today. I am tired.

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Post by: gryphon1911 on January 31, 2018, 21:49:29

Frank,

You have a very unique and engaging was of expression through photography.   I'm always curious in what you share.  Thank you!

Title: Re: * the * other * life *
Post by: Frank Fremerey on January 31, 2018, 22:56:39

Quote from: gryphon1911 on January 31, 2018, 21:49:29

Frank,

You have a very unique and engaging was of expression through photography.   I'm always curious in what you share.  Thank you!

Love your work and your words, Andrew.

Title: Re: * the * other * life *
Post by: Frank Fremerey on February 03, 2018, 00:39:34

today

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Post by: Frank Fremerey on February 10, 2018, 18:56:15

more from the torn bleeding heart of our city

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Post by: Frank Fremerey on February 10, 2018, 18:59:17

And for the record:

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Post by: Frank Fremerey on July 25, 2018, 13:39:35

watering memories

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Post by: Frank Fremerey on July 26, 2018, 22:22:05

new balance

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Post by: Airy on July 30, 2018, 21:45:06

Wonderful Baustellenästhetik :)

Title: Re: * the * other * life *
Post by: Frank Fremerey on July 31, 2018, 08:19:45

I am pleased you like my de construction pictures. Now all corners are cut and the bore is dominating

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Post by: the solitaire on August 05, 2018, 23:23:03

Thank you for sharing these Frank. I could pick 5 favorites from all the pictures posted, but this topic is clearly not about that. It is about your perception, and finding well over 5 very involving photographs in, what is essentially, a small body of work, goes to show that you observe your environment very well and think about daily occurences a lot. Such devotion to observation makes me ashamed of myself, because most of my photography is snapshot like in comparison. These series of photos make me strive to do better :)

Title: Re: * the * other * life *
Post by: Frank Fremerey on August 07, 2018, 17:27:53

these words come from one of my most admired person and photographer here? I am floored. I feel that I am working hard to achieve something in photography. Others have talent, I am struggeling for every pixel I get right. The more proud I am if I manage to achieve my benchmark: a photo that satisfies me. My customers are satisfied too fast most of the time and I know how to be a camera whore with well shown horses at dawn pleasing everyone. But pleasing myself, my hardest critic is next to impossible