Monday, October 30, 2006

L-età ta' l-innoċenza

Fuq hekk jitratta l-aħħar update fis-sit tiegħi (monochrome >> 05). Ma kinitx xi ħaġa faċli tiffotografa tfal ta' dik l-età - ma tistax timponilhom jew iġġagħalhom jaddottaw ċerta poża, trid tittrasforma ruħek f'Ġob ta' paċenzja, trid tkun lest biex taqbad il-mument opportun.

Iddeċiedejt ukoll li ntijhom ton ta' sepia minħabba l-fatt li jidhirli li jtihom ċerta feel. Kien hemm anke l-possibilità għal black and white, imma naħseb li dak huwa wisq 'adult'.

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

focus-on-imaging


Erm? But it's a nice picture ain't it?

Anyway, this used to be the poster for Europe's biggest annual imaging show, between 27 February and 2 March 2006. See for yourself.

Sunday, October 22, 2006

Il-Kaxxa tal-Ħsibijiet

Kulħadd ikollu bħalha, imma mhux kulħadd jammetti. Ilbieraħ erġajt ftaħtha u sibt mija u wiehed oġġetti li qanqluli memorji mill-passat. Affarijiet li għamluni dak li jien illum, u forsi dak li għad ikun aktar 'il quddiem. Fost dawn l-affarijiet kien hemm dawn:

  • University of Malta Graduation Album 2003;
  • the Photo Book;
  • "today you're 3!";
  • biċċa karta żgħira minn dawk li ssib fil-Baci, ftit mgerrma mill-ġenb u li tgħid hekk: "Quei giuramenti, quei profumi, quei baci infiniti, rinasceranno."
  • pataflun ta' cards;
  • polaroid (imma mhux daqshekk espliċitu);
  • kaxxa żgħira bajda, mhux akbar minn id ta' raġel. X'ħin inħarrikha jinstema' ħoss ta xi ħaġa tħaxwex. Mhux ħa nazzarda niftaħha;
  • e-mails ipprintjati li xi darba kienu daħlu fuq id-deċedut account li kelli mal-yahoo;
  • mitt storja qasira ta' Franz Kafka (dak iż-żmien kien jinteressani bil-kbir);
  • postcard ta' The Doors;
  • "I came, I saw, I kissed";
  • Mug mat tac-Cisk;
  • irċevuti tal-VAT;
  • katalgu tal-GSUS, collection Spring 2006, b'ritratti pessmi.

Thursday, October 19, 2006

Gilad

Gilad huwa ħabib tiegħi Iżraelit. L-arti li jipproduċi hija ta' ispirazzjoni kontinwa u friska għalija. Jirnexxielu jamalgama l-litteratura u l-fotografija b'passjoni liema bħalha. Inniżżillu l-kappell u jekk hemm bzonn ninkina wkoll.

Dan hu l-aħħar xogħol tiegħu "Living between the lines":



Line one - accept the rules of the world, or at least accept that there are rules;
Line two - accept who you are, but more importantly who you are not ;
Line three - choose your music, your food, and your friends. Never choose who to love;
Line four - accept the fact you may want to change your mind, or not;
Line five - be happy with the ones that love you, and accept the fact that others may not ;
Line six - cherish your moments of satisfaction, they may be your best;
Line seven - live your life only for yourself. Others have their own lives to live for;
Line eight - surprise yourself with something new. A day with no surprises is a day you lost;
Line nine - death will come. Accept it and just enjoy your time living;
Line ten - make up your own space between the lines. It is all up to you.

Monday, October 16, 2006

Spaghetti Western

Il Buono: "You see, in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend: Those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig."









Il Brutto: "You never had a rope around your neck. Well, I'm going to tell you something. When that rope starts to pull tight, you can feel the Devil bite your ass."








Il Cattivo: "Oh I almost forgot. He payed me a thousand. I think his idea was that I kill you... but you know the pity is when I'm paid, I always follow my job through. You know that."


Monday, October 09, 2006

cold turkey

Happy birthday, John.
/66/
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Wednesday, October 04, 2006

1994 (wara 1979)

Shakedown 1979,
cool kids never have the time
On a live wire right up off the street
You and I should meet

U dak iż-żmien konna inqattgħu ġranet u ljieli niġġerrew fit-triqat. Ommijietna lanqas kienu jidhru li jinkwetaw wisq, l-aqwa li konna nibqgħu r-raħal. Stajna xrobna bramel ta' inbid u ħadna mitt elf droga, l-aqwa li ma ħriġniex mill-periferijja. Kienet tkun l-hena tagħna nittantaw lix-xemx għaddejja, ngħajjtu, inħabbtu l-bibien, naqbżu fuq il-bandla u nippruvaw niddeċifraw l-intriċċi ta' l-att sesswali.

Junebug skipping like a stone
With the headlights pointed at the dawn
We were sure we’d never see an end to it all

Is-sjuf kienu milqugħa bħal tazza ilma friska fis-Sahara. Bi nhar miksijin bl-għaraq u bir-riħa ta' gomma tat-tyre tar-rota iddur magħna bħalma tagħmel dubbiena fuq ħmar magħkus, bil-lejl imdawwrin bin-nemus u l-wirdien. Ġieli qattajna nofs ta' nhar nilagħbu logħba boċċi fil-klabb, dik kienet tkun logħba eterna għax kważi ħadd ma kien jirnexxielu jqarreb il-ħoxna jew il-boċċa lejn il-likk.

And I don’t even care to shake these zipper blues
And we don’t know
Just where our bones will rest
To dust I guess
Forgotten and absorbed into the earth below

Double cross the vacant and the bored
They’re not sure just what we have in the store
Morphine city slippin dues down to see


Il-ħmieġ kien sinonimu magħna, aktar ma jkollna ħmieġ aktar aħjar għax b'hekk it-tilja ħmieġ ta' wara ma tkunx ovvja daqskemm kienet ta' qabilha. Il-jeans kellu xi ħaġa li jżomm il-ħmieġ imwaħħal miegħu, anke wara li tipprova tnaddfu. Konna naħsbu li għad baqalna mitt sena ħajja, li għad ikollna ħafna nisa, ħafna karozzi u li xi ħadd minna (qatt ma qbilna fuq min) għad ikun il-ħakkiem tar-raħal bil-bqija konsulenti miegħu. Il-paga kienet se tkun bagalja liri fil-ġimgħa.

We feel the pull in the land of a thousand guilts
And poured cement, lamented and assured
To the lights and towns below

Faster than the speed of sound
Faster than we thought we’d go, beneath the sound of hope
Justine never knew the rules,
Hung down with the freaks and the ghouls
No apologies ever need be made, I know you better than you fake it

Darba żorna għalqa mimlija silla, xewk, ħaxixa ingliża u tfief. Sibna kamra, nofsha mwaqqa' imma li setgħet titranġa. Daħħalniha f'rasna li din kellha tkun il-kwartieri ġenerali fejn se inqattgħu parti sostanzjali minn ħajjitna. Mhux kulħadd seta' jaċċessaha, dawk l-ipprivileġġati biss, l-elite! Konna saħansitra xtrajna żewġ xkejjer siment u armajna l-injam biex insaqqfuwha għax kien ċeda. Żamm għal jumejn, għamlet ix-xita u reġa ġie kollox gorboġ. Qatt m'għamilna dik ir-regola klassika: "Vjetat għan-nisa". L-ewwelnett ma kienx hemm għalfejn għax il-bniet kienu mehdijin jgħoddu kemm kellu xagħar Jason Priestley u t-tieni għax ma konna niddejjqu xejn nilagħbuwha tal-esploraturi.

Iġġilidna waħda sew, apoloġija ma waslitx u magħha la reġgħu ġew il-kamra, la r-riħa ta' tyres u lanqas il-wirdien u n-nemus.

Monday, October 02, 2006

This Et Al

Updejt ieħor fil-website tiegħi wara avveniment ieħor organizzat minn alternativemalta (people >> 12). Grupp ħomor u suwed mill-Ingilterra - This Et Al. Personalment mhux li laqtuni wisq u dan kien eżempju ieħor ċar għalija li dak li ġej minn barra (speċjalment mill-Ingilterra) mhux neċessarjament aħjar mill-prodott Malti.