This has been a long time coming...

When I was in high school, I found this poem by Christina Rossetti called "Remember". It's about losing a loved one. It spoke to me so much that it became one of my three favorite poems (the other two are by Shakespeare and Neruda).

When I started doing Lomography a few years back, I wanted to do a series inspired by this poem. Unfortunately, I never got the chance to. Then less than two years ago, I got my heart broken so badly and this poem helped me through that rough time.

The wound has long healed and I finally have the courage talk about moving on through my photos. So I packed my Belair and my amazing tripod and set off to Malibu - to shoot a series inspired by both the poem and my heartbreak.

Of course, the results aren't as good as they would have been had I used my Mamiya but I'm still happy, if only because I finally got to do this series and because it's a labor of love.

My boyfriend and I got up at 5 am to drive all the way to Malibu for this series. My hands and feet were freezing the entire shoot AND we got a parking ticket for it so I really really hope people will enjoy the photos, even if they're not amazing quality.

9 Comments

  1. hhjm
    hhjm ·

    cool :)

  2. biri
    biri ·

    very nice album! That poem is amazing!

  3. bravebird
    bravebird ·

    Great idea!!

  4. paurizio
    paurizio ·

    WOW: This one perfectly fits the description. Much love.

  5. sweetyyydreams
    sweetyyydreams ·

    love this one!

  6. bloomchen
    bloomchen ·

    capital letters WOW!

  7. alexaouaoua
    alexaouaoua ·

    L.O.V.E..... I.T!

  8. mijc
    mijc ·

    Love this one!

  9. ulmo
    ulmo ·

    Actually, I love this album. The narrative and the poetics that you generate with the double exposure is tremendous, thank you very much for sharing your work.

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