How to Extend the Perception of Time - [1]
[1] Taking Self Portraits With An Analogue Camera
To change your time perception, you need to slow down and wait.
The process of waiting is not boring anymore.
2020 DEC - 2021 NOVTORONTOLast winter, my partner and I often took walks around Toronto (at -20°C no less) and found interesting places to take spontaneous photos using my trusty Olympus XA film camera. I didn’t have a concept in mind when taking the photographs, and my partner was simply following my orders.
But after I saw the developed photos, they turned out to be surprisingly beautiful and evoked in me a strong sensation of "punctum" (Please read Roland Barthes's "punctum" if you are into conceptual photography).
During the exploration, we were purely looking for spots/corners that visually speak to us. We have found lots of places that we had never noticed before because we were both fast walkers.
These are the locations that we have explored in Toronto:
Our favourite Chinese grocery store:
Sidewalk near TTC streetcar:
All kinds of places that have reflection:
Turn off your phone and just do random walking, you will always find somewhere unexpectedly beautiful:
Home sweet home:
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