What is left behind?! Or is it?

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A recent trip to Retro Rabbit in Pierneef street, Pretoria proved to be quite the eye catcher. Here my impressions.

This series "What is left behind?! Or is it?" was inspired by a rather sad event, the passing of my grandmother. She left behind a fully functioning household with loads of crockery and goodies and things. The overwhelming task of sorting through the items and finding a new home for them or bluntly put just throwing some of them away is exhausting. I guess this shoot helped me to see the matter in a more positive light, to find beauty rather than sadness in things that once belonged to someone else. 

The idea is that some things are never left behind, they might only change hands or minds.

 

Moving forward by looking into the past

It's been taking some time to get things sorted and arranged but after many phone calls, browsing tons of classifieds and driving kilometer after kilometer to different places, something that resembles a darkroom can be found in my studio. Here a sneak peak:

I am missing two more items to get started, which hopefully (lately I seem to use this word a lot) will arrive sooner than later.

For now I can only imagine the possibilities and all the things that I want to try which I guess is also something exciting to do while waiting, waiting and waiting to get started.

Stone Quarry

 

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