Once again, I could never wear these – not even for a single step – but, boy, would I like to just have them to look at…
A Pair Shoes 8, 2013
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A Pair Shoes 6, 2013
I could never in a thousand years wear shoes like this. But I would like to hang them on my wall as the pieces of art I consider them to be.
A Pair Shoes 3, 2013
Before I went to shoot I had an idea that I wanted to do stilettos and I had an idea about how I wanted to do it. I think it turned out pretty well…
A Pair Shoes 2, 2013
I really had fun exploring what depth of field – or lack of the same – can do for you.
Project Amagerbrogade 132, 15-2013
In real time these shots are about one month old. I visit the building site pretty much once a week, and every time I think it won’t be possible reduce what’s left further. Once I got over the initial shock of how much of the building was to be removed, my thoughts are mostly concerned with if I might still find something to photograph. I always do but among other things this project has turned out to be a great exercise for me in finding motives even when I think there isn’t a single one.
Project Amagerbrogade 132, 11-2013
Another ‘through the hole’ shot from the building that now only has the facade left. This particular photo cannot possibly be repeated. That’s one of the reasons why I love this project.
Project Amagerbrogade 132, 8-2013
The few items left behind in a building empty even of walls become all the more visible and powerful if they have colour.
Project Amagerbrogade 132, 6-2013
I was doing my weekly photo shoot at the building site today. A guy was curious about what I was doing and told me how he used to work in the store across the street and knew the man who had the watch shop.
Amager, the island I live on, is a funny place. We’re 1-3 miles form the very center of Copenhagen, 180,000 people live here and still it often feels like village. The saying is that if you grow up, you never leave. And should you happen to move away, you’ll return. Iøve only lived here 15 years but my kids can be local 🙂
Project Amagerbrogade 132, 3-2013
When I first visited the building it looked at first sight as if there was already nothing left. But as I walked around and l focused on just being present, the place began to speak to me. In the end I spent over two hours photographing the ‘nothing left’.
Project Amagerbrogade 132, 2-2013
The two story building on Amagerbrogade 132 has intrigued me for years. More than eight years ago I tried to contact the owner at the time to see if I could buy it for the café I wanted to establish. No luck – though probably ‘luck’ is not the right word considering the state it was in already then.
I resently read in the local newspaper that an entrepeneur had managed to both buy the building and convince a chain of steak houses to establish themselves in Copenhagen at this particular spot. Driving by the small-town-USA-looking building one day, as I often do, I suddenly thought, “! wish I could photograph the renovation!” I got in touch with Jan Elving of Øens Murerfirma and got the go ahead. As far as I know, no one else is recording the transformation of this local ‘landmark’.
The images I’m about to share are all from my first visits inside. Already now there is only a shell left and what you see over the next couple of weeks is gone.
Karins Fotos 