About two years ago Boris Johnson stood in the election for Rector of Edinburgh University. He lost. Third out of four candidates.
Throughout his campaign he showed himself to be completely out of touch with what students wanted: the concept that spending a night drinking with students (in the more expensive bars) would rally all the support he would need, along with an inability to realise that students were complaining about the excessive cost of student accommodation rather than the quality left him as an interesting celebrity aside to an otherwise mundane bit of student politics.
My conclusion is like that of many others: someone had Boris on a very short leash. When he isn’t he quickly seems to attract pints over the head and girls [and boys] who want their chest signed.
I was given a diana+ plus for christmas by my girlfriend - it’s remake of the original diana, a beautifully basic, plastic, toy camera - and alas I have only just got round to using it.
I already own a holga so I had an idea of what to expect - though that hasn’t stopped me leaving the shutter on bulb for the first film and then not letting my development tank and spindle dry fully causing the second film to get a bit jammed during development.
At least it hasn’t caused and huge problems with the film, which is a relief as it was the first roll of Kodak tri-x 120 that I’d come across in a long time.
So, the camera is essentially a remake of a classic. This begs the question of whether it is as good as the original or whether it has lost its charm. Frankly I don’t know. Nor do I particularly care. It seems to produce interesting shots with plenty of vignette and a surprising (but not excessive!) amount of sharpness in the centre of the pic.
Took some shots for the franks at a recent gig at Cabaret Voltaire. Has to be one of the nicest venues in Edinburgh to shoot in, bit dark, but nice, nice light.
The Franks myspace page: here.
Small Gallery of shots: here.
This was only the second exhibition that the Student newspaper has asked me to shoot and I have to say I’m starting to quite enjoy it. Plus I get to see round the exhibition for free and some of Ansel’s prints are truly stunning. Really enjoyed watching how many people couldn’t resist looking at a print from 2 cm’s away.
Small Gallery here.
