Just walking through the streets of southern Spain and observing the light is the best research I could ever do. The light here is like nowhere else.
So beautiful.
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Research is Beautiful
Thursday, August 16th, 2007I remember, when we used to play shoot ‘em up, bang bang, MC’s and DJ’s
Saturday, November 25th, 2006I want to go back to Spain. I loved visiting that country. I was there for less than a week, but was captivated by the magical quality of the place. From the Gypsies in Barcelona who drank with us all night and tried repeatedly to steal our wallets, to the windmills in Andausia.
I went to Spain the summer before I lit a production of House of Bernarda Alba. Seeing the different quality of light in Spain, helped me get to very strong sense of light for the play. Especially southern Spain, where the light is pregnant with mystical possibility. This is true even during the more prosaic noonday heat.
I took the following picture in Sevilla in 1999. There was almost no detail of the road on the negative and all the windows were solid black. Yes, negative, back when digital photography was not de rigueur. I loved the composition, and I could not develop the print in a straightforward manner, so I had to teach myself split filter printing. I spent several days with this one trying out different filters, and development times. A few of the windows are still solid black, but the road looks good and the overall image I think is quite nice. Of course this digital shot of the photograph is grainy and a bit flat, but you get the idea.
I miss photography. I don’t have time to set up or work in a darkroom, but the phone cam just does not quite cut it. I am not sure if I would take more pictures if I had a good camera or not. I sure would enjoy it more. Hmm . . .
Anyhow, here is the picture:
