This series was born under the blinding Sardinian sky— Recently I spent couple of days wandering the island with my Yashica FX-D in hand, chasing moments and playing with this small and smart camera. Lately I’ve been drawn back to 35mm as I have noticed that it is quite handy and when you want to catch a single emotion without planning this is a way to go. With the small camera that is always next to you may go into different regions of photography, where subtle moments can be easily catched. For this shoot I decided to load a film I’d long been curious about: Kodak Eastman Double-X 5222, the same stock used for Schindler’s List.
As you may see it is a film with a soul. The way it handles black and white is almost lyrical — blacks that breathe, whites that hum quietly at the edge of the frame. Everything is soft even when contrasts play main role. There’s depth in this film imperfection, a texture that digital can’t imitate, like time itself has left fingerprints on the emulsion.
Few short sessions (or sometimes just single frames) were shot entirely on this film, and at the center of it all is Victoria — magnetic, unpredictable, endlessly expressive. I had wanted to photograph her for a long time, and when the chance came to explore Sardinia together, everything fell into place. She shifts from softness to strength in a heartbeat, adapting to the light, the wind, the landscape as if she were part of it. I can already promise this: you’ll be seeing Victoria again in my future work :)
