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Gustaf Boman swedenPhoto © Gustaf Boman
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Erica
One of my favorite things to do while I was in the states was to spend a lot of time on an apartment building rooftop in East Village, NYC. Two of my friends stayed on the top floor, and every now and then, we would go up there. It happened even more during the pandemic.
As Erica and I sat up there, there was something about the simplicity of her setup I adored. I took the photo very spontaneously, and it ended up being (so far) my favorite photo I've taken.
I never thought that I would ever present the pictures in any way. It all was for fun.
But the more rolls I got back from my local lab, the more I noticed a pattern in my work that I immensely enjoyed; my favorite pictures were all driven by the individual on-screen, similar to my films—people in THEIR spaces.
Photography, but even more specifically, analog photography, for me, is to capture the moment raw. My photos are not cropped; they are barely touched as I believe they should reflect the moments, not a stylized version of them. I shoot primarily on analog formats as I enjoy, of course, the look and feel of it, but mainly for the discipline, knowledge, and patience needed for capturing the subjects.
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entry description
It was taken on a Zeiss Ikon Ikonta M with film roll Kodak Portra 800 in 2020.One of my favorite things to do while I was in the states was to spend a lot of time on an apartment building rooftop in East Village, NYC. Two of my friends stayed on the top floor, and every now and then, we would go up there. It happened even more during the pandemic.
As Erica and I sat up there, there was something about the simplicity of her setup I adored. I took the photo very spontaneously, and it ended up being (so far) my favorite photo I've taken.
about the photographer
My name is Gustaf Boman. I am a movie director and photographer from Sweden, currently living in Trosa, Sweden but will shortly leave for New York, USA. I’ve spent years taking random pictures of my friends with my analog cameras… and now I’m finally showing them.I never thought that I would ever present the pictures in any way. It all was for fun.
But the more rolls I got back from my local lab, the more I noticed a pattern in my work that I immensely enjoyed; my favorite pictures were all driven by the individual on-screen, similar to my films—people in THEIR spaces.
Photography, but even more specifically, analog photography, for me, is to capture the moment raw. My photos are not cropped; they are barely touched as I believe they should reflect the moments, not a stylized version of them. I shoot primarily on analog formats as I enjoy, of course, the look and feel of it, but mainly for the discipline, knowledge, and patience needed for capturing the subjects.
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