Wednesday, August 20, 2008

more moscow 1991-1992

in front of st. basil's- which i actually got into one day- and took photos, which was NOT allowed at the time. normally all the tourist sites were never open, but one day i lucked out. i saw some people in front of a little ticket kiosk, so got in line and got a ticket. they pointed at my camera and said "nyet nyet" and i said " da... da" but once inside made some 'non flash' shots anyway:

me in my quasi religious pose- inside st. basils- with self the timer on my AE-1

self portrait- sitting on the bridge, with the kremlin behind me [moscow]- during my day of walking around making photos. i wasn't supposed to go alone... but did.

playing piano in a music store in moscow- the piano says "mockba" - russian for moscow. my trusty canon AE-1 is on me. i shot everything with it. great camera! very small and lightweight. i still have/use it.

in an art gallery- in front of the largest of 2 lithographs i bought - and brought home on the plane in their huge hand made wooden frames! those were the days- but i did have to fight every step of the way to get them in the cabin and bring them home! they're 2 of my most prized possessions.

playing piano in the u.s. ambassador's residence- moscow, russia- 1990 or 1991. this must've been taken the day of the show we did there.

outside a monastery in moscow

shooting at the u.s. ambassador's dacha- outside moscow july 1991 [foto: chuck davis]

me and jimmy messa- possibly zagorsk [foto: chuck davis]
[c]2008 doug duffey[c] 2008 doug duffey

more moscow-1991 and 1992- in black and white

i've been going through my negatives from moscow-again- scanning them. even though i had actual photos printed from the negatives, years ago, some didn't get printed; some might've been too dark, or totally screwed up, or there might've been just a bit of an image on a negative strip, or for whatever reason, just didn't get printed; also, if the negative was too dark, they didn't print it.

i actually printed some of the bits and pieces, the screw ups- in the darkroom- a lot of trial and error-but got a few good, interesting prints. things i never would've seen if i hadnt printed them myself. BUT i've found, scanning them now, that i was missing even more images; some that didnt even come out when i tried printing them, but the scanner picks them up. some were blurred or double exposed or under exposed, but with my scanner and photoshop, i can fix a lot of them.

also the negatives seem to be changing color-due to age- and probably bad storage habits- but that's rather cool for some things- it makes them look even older than they are! but i can remedy that also in Photoshop- brighten them up- and also do them as B&W or sepia or whatever; and scanning black and white film as color yields some nice results.

on red square

in Gum department store

in the embassy compound

in hotel metropol

in front of Tass newspaper
[c] 2008 doug duffey