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Perhaps it’s true that things can change in a day. That a few dozen hours can affect the outcome of whole lifetimes. And that when they do, those few dozen hours, like the salvaged remains of a burned house—the charred clock, the singed photograph, the scorched furniture—must be resurrected from the ruins and examined. Preserved. Accounted for. Little events, ordinary things, smashed and reconstituted. Imbued with new meaning. Suddenly they become the bleached bones of a story.

“The God of Small Things” by Arundhati Roy (via kari-shma)

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To find beauty in war photographs seems heartless. But the landscape of devastation is still a landscape. There is beauty in ruins.

Susan Sontag

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Infrared 120 film © Martyna Sroda

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“If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.” - Mark Twain

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Model: Lyle Garces

15.06.2012

© Martyna Sroda

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Bavaria Dublin City Racing, Sunday, June 3, 2012.

© Martyna Sroda

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On Sunday, June 10, 2012 smoke quickly filled the air as the fire strated near Western Way, Phibsborough. 

© Martyna Sroda

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Preparation for the Open Your Eyes Photography Exhibition. May 23rd 2012, Little Green Street Gallery, Smithfield, Dublin.

© Siobhan Dillon

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The Quiet Car:  on a train from Bucharest to Sibiu, a kid tossed random items from a backpack on an empty seat and walked away.  Finally realizing this was a sales tactic, I bought a notebook for 3 Lei, then watched as he used sign language with his friend.  They were both deaf.  I wanted to know more, and wrote questions in the notebook.  Did they know any English?  Could I photograph them?  What was their story?  Mac (in the cap) is twenty and has been hustling this way since he was nine years old.  When Mac jumped off the train, I watched him make a few last signs to his friend from the tracks.

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09.04.2012

© Martyna Sroda

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12.05.2012, World Falun Dafa Day.

Falun Dafa is a religious regulation. It was introduced in China, 1992. In July 1999, Falun Dafa was barred by Jiang Zemin.

© Martyna Sroda

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Studio Brief

Photographs I've submitted for today's printing.

I had a few problems with my hard drive as well as Lightroom catalog. Also I've made a mistake by exporting original files instead of dngs, which I've already edited in Lightroom 4 version and had to edited them for a second time, unfortunately in Lightroom 3. 

So here is the version I was mean to print but ended up changing adjustments on the first four photographs. 

Big thanks for my models and their help. Much appreciated, you're all great.

© Martyna Sroda

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Who are you Martyna... you say I am your inspiration, wow, thank you! Where did you see End of the Affair, I don't think I published it? I am not on Tumblr, E mail me on Facebook or my E mail is on my website. Richard Dunkley

I am a student. Your images are simple, yet ever so stunning, especially End of Affair's photographs. I have seen it in interview you did with Black & White Photography in December 2011 issue, Behind Every Picture article. I absolutely admired your work, even before I have seen End of Affair. 

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Open Your Eyes is the collective work of the first year students of Dublin Institute of Technology’s BA in Photography programme. The work displayed reflects each student’s individuality and character, as well as their own personal relationship with photography. The theme of the exhibition is for each student to discover the unlimited possibilities that the camera can offer, and show it from their own perspective, be it portraiture, landscape, documentary or fine art. Throughout the year the student’s have been experimenting, learning, developing and exploring their photographic practice. This show is the work that they feel reflects their first year successfully.

View the Facebook Event Here: http://www.facebook.com/events/208066662645501/

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Gabriel "Kwikstep" Dionisio

Director of Photography: David Michalek

Slow Dancing is a series of 43 larger-than-life, hyper-slow-motion video portraits of dancers and choreographers from around the world, displayed on multiple screens. Each subject's movement (approximately 5 seconds long) was shot on a specially constructed set using a high-speed, high-definition camera recording at 1,000 frames per second (standard film captures 30 frames per second). The result is approximately 10 minutes of extreme slow motion. The trio of portraits will be randomly selected for each cycle, allowing viewers to simultaneously compare dancers from different styles and cultures. What at first appears to be a series of still photographs unfolds gesture by barely perceptible gesture—a motion portrait in which each dancer's unique artistic expression and technique are revealed. Viewers can choose to focus on one dancer's complete performance or observe the interplay among the screens. The extreme slow motion enables the viewer to share privileged information about the complexity of the simplest gestures, catching details that would normally escape the naked eye.