happy birthday joe.
self-portrait of me and joe, by joe (2003) germany
on the back of the photograph he wrote, " I am right beside you in this life"
Germany 2003-
He setted up the tripod behind us and ran back to me. I was sitting by the edge of the pond.
He had setted up the exposure on Bulb mode, which meant that the camera's shutter was open until joe decided to close it.
If the the shutter was opened too long, the film would be overexposed and if too short, nothing would appear at all.
He told me not to move or we would have appear blur on the film.
" don't move don't move " he said
As I sat beside him, both of us looking at the water, quite idiotically i guess.
" What if someone steals our camera? " i asked.
He ignored that question and just kept still.
" how long should we stay like this? you sure it won't be over exposed? " i asked
" as long as it can be " he said." if i'm not wrong, the water will appear in a nice magical way "
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happy birthday joe.