honorable mention
Gustaf Boman swedenPhoto © Gustaf Boman
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Today
In the early days of the pandemic, a group of friends and I went to stay in Rhode Island for a few weeks. There was a beach close where I would go for walks almost every day, usually with my 120 film camera present.
With a giant storm lurking behind us, I saw my friend Celena standing on a log, with a shared friend of ours taking photos of her. I took a picture of her while I had the chance, and only seconds later, we got run over by the shower.
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
Rhode Island, 2020. Taken on my Zeiss Ikon Ikonta M with Fujicolor Pro 400H film. On the sides, you can see light leaks from taking out the roll from the camera.In the early days of the pandemic, a group of friends and I went to stay in Rhode Island for a few weeks. There was a beach close where I would go for walks almost every day, usually with my 120 film camera present.
With a giant storm lurking behind us, I saw my friend Celena standing on a log, with a shared friend of ours taking photos of her. I took a picture of her while I had the chance, and only seconds later, we got run over by the shower.
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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