#ct precisa

[devinbesides]

washington pl

[yamadyck]

Tumblrというものを始めてから一週間に一回はなんか書こうと思っていたけど、やっぱり難しい。

でも、ある出来事が僕をここに向かわせた。

昨日GR1が壊れた。シャッターが切れない。

何年間も毎日持ち歩いて、途中浮気をしてT2とかにしてた時もあったけど、最近はスタメンだったのに...これからどうすんの。

あのクラリネットの歌とは違うけど、壊れてからずっと”オーパッキャラマオオーパッキャマラオパオパオパパパ”が頭の中で繰り返し再生中。1日経ってもループ。

あーなんか無気力。

[coolgirlsshootfilm]

Blue Occupied Blue, 2012

Agfa CT Precisa 100 on Nikon FG, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8

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A deep blue sea, a clear blue sky, a ghostly shore in the distance. No clouds up above, no ripples on the surface. What could be more serene?

This is the Dead Sea, and across the still body of water is Israel or Occupied Palestine, depending on your perspective.

Some months after I took this photograph, my friend who I was traveling with at the time, was in Gaza during an aerial and ground assault carried out by the Israeli military. She escaped unhurt, at least physically. She is a humanitarian aid worker and when listening to her speak of her work, I wonder where she finds the inner strength to cope with it all.

I met a young man who served his compulsory three years service in the Israeli military. He spent two of those years patrolling Gaza. He has a scar on the back of his head caused by a piece of shrapnel. It had healed well and I only noticed it when I ran my fingers through his hair. I asked him why he had taken off his helmet. He said, "It gets hot. We get complacent. Then something happens that reminds us..."

--Sera Marshall

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