december 29, 2008- switzerland

zurich traffic

reflections in glass barriers along the autobahn

albert driving tour bus blur

baden- tor blur mit fenster schmutz

[c]2008 doug duffey

mirrors- arosa, switzerland

double self portrait in bathroom mirrors- grand hotel tschuggen, arosa, switzerland- 12.28.2008

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voodoo xmas tree

shot at my friend edmund's house in the early 90s

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cindy sherman/lucas samaras syndrome

i feel like i must have [or people must think i have] cindy sherman/lucas samaras syndrome, what with all the self portraits i post. i think i "shoot myself" mostly out of boredom. i'll see a polaroid or my digital camera lying around, pick it up and "click"; sometimes i get an interesting result...sometimes not. the sx-70 w/600 film usually yields something of interest, just because the film is too fast for the camera.

what i like about CS and LS is that they created situations/sets and posed IN them; photographers shooting portraits of themselves as other people/subjects. i havent quite gotten to that, except for halloween/mardi gras shots!

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digital of sx-70 blur

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self portraits

plane blur-self portrait- december 8, 2008

self portrait- reflection in a shop window switzerland - december 22.2008

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partial camera collection in switzerland

these are only a few of my cameras here in switzerland... even though i've carted most home, there are more here in the shelves, night stands, under the bed and couch... and god knows where else. i'm like an alcoholic who stashes his liquor then forgets where he hid it! and of course, not remembering, i brought even more with me! [not shown]

i plan to use the oldie Agfa medium formats to shoot in zermatt next trip up/down on the train, and/or while there... i need some medium format FILM shots of the mountains, snow, streams, etc. i didn't bring the rollei or the yashicamat...so, fixed focus is gonna have to do.

i recently went to new orleans for prospect 1- and took over 30 cameras, which ALL had film in them that i had meant to shoot- to test the cameras. out of the 30, i might have finished off only 5 rolls! oh well... at least they're loaded for when i head home.
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train shooting -december 17. 2008- switzerland

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train window- cameras etc

my reflection in the train window -bern- dec.09.2008

i left most of my cameras in Louisiana. i tried to pare down and only brought my nikon, a diana, 2 plastic vivitars, polaroid sx70, my sony video camera- 2 casio exilims. i might have thrown my old kodak pony 135 in my suitcase- it makes great double exposures. i also have an arsenal over here- my friend boris brought me a lot of old russian cameras a while back- and i have some others that i left here; a great old kowa, and maybe one of my all time favorites: a cosina.

my one big entertainment when here [europe] -when I"M not entertaining- is hitting the 2nd hand shops, and salvation army stores in search of cameras and lenses. i have gotten some real treasures. so, i know i'll be adding to the collection while here. it's a disease.

unfortunately it is so cold at the moment here in zermatt - minus 10 Celsius- that i have not been going out to shoot anything at all. i shot a bunch of digital stuff en route and from the train, but, haven't even been making photos in the hotel or the bar since i got here. i wrap up and walk out on the balcony to smoke, and shoot the matterhorn, daily... as it is just right there. but i have never been real big on landscape photography- except for the funky south.

i hope to do some night shots in bern and zurich -for the blur series- once i am off the mountain. but there are some great old barns and things here- hundreds of years old- that i should shoot; stuff i've probably already shot... since i have been coming here since the mid 90s.
[c]2008 doug duffey

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strangers from a train

self portrait reflected in the train window

entering bern by train

escalators- bern haupt bahnhof- 12.09.2008

train window reflections -bern to visp- december 09, 2008

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yashica self portrait

i found this small yashica rangefinder in a junk shop here in louisiana- this self portrait was a test in low light.
[c]2008 doug duffey