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Dušan, November 2010

Iva — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 11:58:43 +0000

My friend Marija's toddler son is one of the funniest children ever. Whether it's one of his made-up adventures with crocodiles, whether it's his incredibly squeaky voice, whether it's picking the most unexpected words ever or accidentally coming up with them in a whole confusion of syllabiles, he's guaranteed to make his mother, grandmother and me smile even on the darkest of days. His name is Dušan (Dooshan) and he's a true Pisces, which actually makes me a bit worried, as he's already living more in fantasy than reality, but let's hope he'll learn how to keep the right balance between those things when he's older.

Here's a series of photos I did a couple of days ago, using the film grain setting on my camera. There has barely been any other editing, mostly to fix exposure or remove bits of redundant items from the corners. You can also view these on Flickr, should you prefer it that way.

Transience

Iva — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 03:53:22 +0000

July 2008. Dad and I sat in the car on a rain day near the end of a month full of surprises - visiting our friends in Slovenia, a day trip to Trieste (my first to Italy in 20 years), my first and to date only visit to the EXIT festival when Gogol Bordello and Juliette And The Licks played...and hours after an unexpected Lenny Kravitz front row and Lenny posing for me for half a minute (while I kept on hoping he'll move on to someone who's honestly crazy about him, would've been ashamed to steal someone else's dream). We were set to go to the forest spring and get spring water. This little flower was stuck on the windshield and I took a photo, planning to take more, as we're driving through the city. However, after one corner, dad wiped it off, though it wasn't in this view. I asked him why and he thought I was paying too much attentio to little things.

I miss my dad. Even if he wiped the flower. To me, this flower is pure transience, symbolising a moment of colour and inspiration in a grey string of time and reality.

View this image on Flickr.
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Black and white

Iva — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 12:00:18 +0000

One of my favourite photographers is my first cousin, Nebojša; who unfortunately cannot photograph much at the moment as one of his arms isn't properly rehab'd from the stroke he had last year. One of my other favourite photographers is my dad from his pre-stroke, pre-high voltage accident and pre-heart stroke days. And they are both more into black and white than colour. So, this could be a homage to their work of sorts.

Drugs

Iva — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:24:33 +0000

My friend Hrvoje asked me what kind of drugs I was on when I wrote Opet, ti / You, Again. He was joking, he knows I'm straight-edge (though often caffeinated enough to see someone six next to me or think WWIII is going to happen every second); but I thought a little about it and realised that someone, perhaps, would really think I was high. Nah. It's just a mind that suddenly was inspired by an old slogan of a newspaper that's been running for 106 years and a heart that feels that some people are as good for it as they're hazardous.

This was what I had last night, the only difference is that last night's lollipop was strawberry and cream, not peach and cream. And yes, plain water...I ran out of Pepsi Max too early for two nights in a row...that's my way of dealing with how much Italians babble between songs at the Sanremo festival; also a way of being late with a project.

The apple is a "Mucu" or "Muca", I am actually not sure how they're called internationally...they're like a class-B take on Granny Smith apples.

As for the lollipops, that's something new. It's my second lollipop addiction. The first one was throughout the first five months of 1997, when Chupa Chups had those "caps" one had to collect. My favourite series was "City People" and I remember that the first "cap" I got from that series was called Psychedelic. This time, the addiction came unexpectedly, this very month and it's for the taste, as there are no longer any collectibles. I usually get 9 Chupa Chups' lollipops: all three from the magic series (lemon/cola, mango/apple, vanilla/cherry), the 3 in 1 one, strawberry and cream, peach and cream, orange and sometimes even that weird one that tastes like blueberries and an energy drink.

So...now I need a myth on what this combo causes in people. Apple + water + lollipop?

Miki is an icedragqueen

Iva — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:04:18 +0000

He's grown so much, hasn't he? This was on Saturday morning.

(Also on Flickr and deviantART)

A mood experiment – partly successful

Iva — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:59:22 +0000

I used Raining Light Bokeh Pack of textures created by my ever-so-talented acquaintance , Jane to breathe some life into two photos taken during the very depressing month of April 2009 (half of which was spent visiting dad in the hospital after a heavy stroke). I think they still look depressing.

Conclusion? They might have gained some new shine, but the mood will remain, even if they're retouched to be glam or have their plain, urban and dirty backgrounds changed.

The cat is also on Flickr deviantART. The shoes are also on Flickr.

Attitude?

Iva — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:30:36 +0000

(Also on Flickr)

People throw everything away these days

Iva — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:46:14 +0000

This was not meant to be offensive. It's just plain strange. Plus, it was glowing.

(Also on Flickr)

Someone else’s broken dream

Iva — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:39:36 +0000

...because we all have them, don't we?

(Also on Flickr)

Beautiful Blue

Iva — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:02:00 +0000

I love the way this turned out. The photo, taken on 11th January 2008, was not that strange before editing and I wanted to send it thirty years back in time and give it a soc-realism vibe, in addition to making it look like a painting. I do hope it worked out.

This image is perfectly related to this p..., by the way.