Cave's Clock. April2026. Newly renovated, the reflection is of the Union Plaza Building. This clock is a historic landmark located at the intersection of Main Street and Capitol Avenue in downtown Little Rock. Originally erected in the early 1930s by Thomas M. Cave, owner of Caveβs Jewelers, the old clock has neon lighting and is a symbol of the city's downtown history. Fomapan100push400. FujicaST801. M42-Fujinon55mm. PolarizingFilter. DiafineDeveloper5+5. Washed:AGOFilmProcessor. CameraScan:FujifilmXH1.
Light splits the second,
two faces check themselves β
the world writes a formula.
The Bolshoi Theatre has stood for centuries, hosting operas about gods, tsars, and tragic lovers. Today, it hosts two girls checking if their hair looked good in the last photo. The fountain throws water into the airβa useless, beautiful gesture, not unlike the act of taking a selfie. They lean over the glowing rectangle, seeking validation from pixels, while the 1963 Zeiss Ikon watches them through a layer of expired Soviet silver. The film doesn't care about their angles. The film only cares about the light. "Well, what pictures have we got?" we ask. The pictures we got are of people asking what pictures they got. A perfect, closed loop of modern existence, frozen in the grain of a dying factory's last breath. The theatre waits. The water falls. The screen scrolls.
βοΈ Technical credits:
Location: Russia. Moscow. Theatre Square (Fountain at the Bolshoi Theatre)
Camera: Zeiss Ikon Colora (1963)
Lens: Novicar 50mm f/2.8-f/22
Focus: Zone focusing (approximately 1.5mβthe distance of self-reflection)
Film: Svema A-2Sh (expired 2003)
Date: 13.05.2017
Scanner: Epson Stylus Photo RX500
Philosophy: "The pictures we got are of people asking what pictures they got"
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