I have not tried to capture daily moments inside a home. Especially when that home is my space. My mechanical cameras and interest have looked for the daily behavior of others, in streets around the world.
As a street photographer, choreographing my environment is not something I do – I just wait for the unprepared and try to capture it raw.
So, I took a few shots in my domestic space, and was delighted to experience the difference between what I think I see and what gets impressed upon the celluloid.
These photos were taken with an Olympus OM-2 and a vintage Vivitar 28mm 1:2.5 wide angle lens. I cropped both photos while scanning them.
A. The photo on top is a typical posture of my Akita. He is a powerful guard dog, but when “off duty”, follows me everywhere and likes to touch with his paws. A daily moment of harmony and mutual trust.
B. Dinner time. I got upon a chair for framing it. Again, a daily routine that I had not captured before.
I like these unscripted scenes and the perspective I get that differs from what I see with the naked eye. Next time I will try my 1970s Nikkor 24mm lens to see what else is around me that I take for granted within my space…
September 10, 2023
© Vahé A. Kazandjian, 2023
