shots in the dark
discoveries in life happen when one finds out that the gadget actually lights up. and then, of course, one has to wait for the night as LED’s don’t make any sense in broad daylight. nor do bulbs, candles or lighters. thus one turns into a technology bat, living life upside down and turning the night [...]
driving the straight line
we drove the straight line to Edmonton, then Calgary. and we drove back on the roads of another planet. it was almost spring when we left. the surprise was waiting for us on the flip-flop, shapeless and colorless, but not less lethal. it’s called a whiteout and may as well be one of my strongest [...]
on a lake shore
60°48′45″N, 115°47′20″W.
A hard-working, hard-bitten town, Hay River has little to offer visitors. Arriving from Enterprise, the first thing you’ll see is the 16-story high-rise looming over the flatness. Then you’ll see the sprawl – kilometers of dilapidated motels, hulking tank farms, creaking railcars and scores of boats and trucks decomposing in weed-choked lots. This is [...]
wheels on roads
the culture shock starts here: hi, nice to meet you, I was born behind the wheel. and so were a few hundred million other North-Americans. the secret to survive this: get past the windshield, go feel the landscape and all of a sudden it’s not boring anymore. and so point A and point B become [...]
west coast, canada
the city we left in time, the first love, the first Canadian sight, the best of all worlds, the landing, the discoveries, the shock and the awe, the learning and the crisis, the friends, the distances, the inlet and the nature. it’s not easy to forget Vancouver and it damn sure is not easy to [...]
life but not still
this used to be the daily routine. the backbreaking knapsack, the strangers photographed and the hedonism of the whole thing altogether. carved deep in the palms and fingertips, the shape of a camera ghosts the senses like a missing limb. the one thing not missing is the place, for there’s a whole world “out there” [...]
this world
driving the straight line
we drove the straight line to Edmonton, then Calgary. and we drove back on the roads of another planet. it was almost spring when we left. the surprise was waiting for us on the flip-flop, shapeless and colorless, but not less lethal. it’s called a whiteout and may as well be one of my strongest [...]
light fixation
shots in the dark
discoveries in life happen when one finds out that the gadget actually lights up. and then, of course, one has to wait for the night as LED’s don’t make any sense in broad daylight. nor do bulbs, candles or lighters. thus one turns into a technology bat, living life upside down and turning the night [...]
old news
on a lake shore
60°48′45″N, 115°47′20″W.
A hard-working, hard-bitten town, Hay River has little to offer visitors. Arriving from Enterprise, the first thing you’ll see is the 16-story high-rise looming over the flatness. Then you’ll see the sprawl – kilometers of dilapidated motels, hulking tank farms, creaking railcars and scores of boats and trucks decomposing in weed-choked lots. This is [...]
the other world
life but not still
this used to be the daily routine. the backbreaking knapsack, the strangers photographed and the hedonism of the whole thing altogether. carved deep in the palms and fingertips, the shape of a camera ghosts the senses like a missing limb. the one thing not missing is the place, for there’s a whole world “out there” [...]