26 October 2009
9 February 2009
my latest trip to poland...
last week i was in poland. my grandfather got into hospital so my father and i went to poland to visit him in the hope that he'll recover quickly.
he did not. he died on friday, january the 30th.
before and after i felt free to make some photographs of my family; cousins, aunts, uncles and so on...
my cousin was trying to repair my fathers mobile. well, he tried.
only one day after our arrival it started to snow as hell,...
some serious bussines
my cousin an i had to wait in the car near the hospital.
leaving your car, with austrian plates, in poland is not such a good idea.
...what an handsome guy
handsome guys father.
my cousin, zosia (sofia)
another uncle, he is funny as hell and is the person with the most "znajomosci" (connections) that i know.
and he feels very attracted to my camera.
this was the very first photograph after the message that my grandfather died. family, friends and neighbors came to lament with us.
after few hours my aunt wrote a text that was going to be hung out all around the village and the city near the village.
we sat around till late at night.
showing off with fancy mobile.
preparations for the rosary,... a tradition in poland when someone in the family dies, to pray the rosary
the very last photograph taken of my grandfather.
my grandmother going through her telephone book.
she said whom to call, my father called and said that his father has died.
my fathers brother.
my fathers brothers wife.
the funeral:
the old dissection house of the hospital. one really fucked up place.
a collection of some really handsome polish men. the one on the left told me he once got so pissed that he felt asleep in that old dissection house. i really didn't want to know why he got there.
in poland it is tradition to bring the coffin before the funeral to the home of the decesed.
many people came to say goodbye.
even the fancy ones.
good fiends and family members carried the coffin to the church. that's tradition too.
obviously a lot of people came.
at the cemetery.
than, after the funeral, the funeral feast.
we invited many friends of the family and members of the family.
"studniòwka"... some kind of "der letzte schultag".
gnaah, these children.
another uncle, a very funny one. a very unusual dresscode for him.
looks sweet though.
nagh,... now a serious one.
family was invited then home. it was very nice.
aftermath.
after the hard work, washing the dishes we needed some energy!
my mother, she didn't want to eat.
the day after. random photos.
i never really took part in such a thing. seeing a person die and then everything afterwards.
of course, i was on funerals before, but i never experienced the dying of a person that was so close to me.
my grandfather had a good death. if there is something like a good death but for him it was painless and he died not alone.
2 January 2009
mamiya action
horny photography in parisdorf.my good friend fabian lent me his mamiya for a roll of tmax 400.
i used him also as a model, he is a quite good one i'd say!
here are the results.
cheers fabian
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