Airbag.

2017, Favourite, Inspiration, Leica 75mm Summilux (Canada 🇨🇦) f/1.4, Leica M9(P)/M-E (CCD Lives!), Print, Within 200 feet of My House™

In the next world war
In a jackknifed juggernaut
I am born again

In the neon sign
Scrolling up and down
I am born again

In an interstellar burst
I am back to save the universe

In a deep deep sleep of the innocent
I am born again

In a fast German car
I’m amazed that I survived
An airbag saved my life…

Radiohead, Airbag.

Leica M9 (CCD Lives!Prosophos Open Letter to Leica) + Leica 75mm Summilux (Canada 🇨🇦).

Birthday Blink.

2017, Favourite, Film, Inspiration, Kodak Portra 400, Mamiya RZ 110mm F/2.8, Mamiya RZ67 Professional Pro II, Portrait, Q&A, Within 200 feet of My House™

Last week, I took this photograph of my daughter to mark her 12th birthday.

But the image was created with film, so I didn’t know until yesterday that she had accidentally blinked (the loud shutter noise of the big Mamiya RZ67 is often startling).

I’m posting the image anyway because it’s painterly and beautiful and because I want you to know how much it’s killing me, LOL.

—Peter.

↑Mamiya RZ67 + Mamiya 110mm f/2.8 + Kodak Portra 400.