Photography
I have to face life with a newly found passion. I must rediscover the irresistible will to learn, to live and to love. Andrea Bocelli I have been to Rome three times in total, and it is one of those places that I can keep visiting without ever feeling that I am repeating the same experience […]
Freedom is the oxygen of the soul. Moshe Dayan I am living through the third lockdown in a row in Ireland, since the beginning of the pandemic. It is needless to say that at this stage it just feels like a bad deja vu. What makes it especially hard is the 5 km range that […]
I have decided to share a few more winter shots from my time in Bulgaria this winter. All these photos were taken before the snow arrived, which is when I ran out of film. At the time all stocks of film in country seemed to have run out and I couldn’t even order online. So […]
The color of springtime is in the flowers, the color of winter is in the imagination. Terri Guillemets I always had a difficult relationship with winter. I have always been prone to depression during this time of year and it seems like difficult times always occurred in winter. I have had my fair share of […]
We are in the middle of the second lockdown for this winter, which is in stark contrast to the warm and cheerful atmosphere before the holidays. With the light dying early I didn’t manage to take many pictures of the city before Christmas, but as always it was a really pretty. As we are stuck […]
I went back to Ireland after the long summer in Bulgaria and the two months until Christmas went by very quickly. I developed 6 films with pictures from the summer, but I somehow forgot to share them in the blog. Now a couple days after Christmas it is a bit late to share summer images, […]
I live not in myself, but I become Portion of that around me; and to me High mountains are a feeling, but the hum of human cities torture. Lord Byron This quote from Lord Byron really captures the feelings I experienced this summer. Spending more than three months in the countryside, I did become a […]
Ever since I came back to Bulgaria, I have been experiencing a connection with the land. There is so much that grows here and even around our house there are many fruit trees. We also have some raspberry bushes, so I enjoyed picking my own fresh raspberries. I have been working on a lot of […]
Today I received the scans from the second film I shot at Ambaritsa hut. The film is Kodak Gold, as usual, but as I am using a lab here in Bulgaria, the colours of the scans are a bit different from the ones I usually get in Ireland. I guess this is the beauty of […]
Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity. John Muir, Our National Parks
I love the warm and purple tones of Kodak Gold especially at sunset light. Lucky for me lockdown presented plenty of opportunities to walk around the city and the great weather and late sunsets made for some great walks in search of good light. I developed these more than a month ago, but I was […]
Dublin is divided in North and South Dublin by the river Liffey. The south side is full of equal parts of vintage charm and hipster vibe. Even though some might find it too posh for their taste, I certainly love its aesthetic. I love taking walks around the neighbourhoods on the south side, as they […]
Milena Penkova 