HONEST. Advocate: Tia Leino
TIA LEINO - MEMORY LANE
Used in this project: Camera: Minolta XD-7 - lenses used were Vivitar 28 mm f 2.8 and Minolta MD Rokkor 50 mm f 1.4.
Various color negative films: Kodak Ektar 100, Kodak Potra 800 and Fujifilm X-tra Superia 400.
Tia Leino was born in Lahti, Finland in 1977. Her interest in photography started during her first trips around Europe.
Tia has done various courses of photography in Italy and the UK. In 2009 she started a 3 years degree in photography at GrisArt, “Escuela Internacional Fotografia” in Barcelona, where she specialized in creating fine art projects.
Tia currently works as a freelance photographer and is still passionate about film photography and old-school techniques. She lives and works in Barcelona.
Used in this project: Camera: Minolta XD-7 - lenses used were Vivitar 28 mm f 2.8 and Minolta MD Rokkor 50 mm f 1.4.
Various color negative films: Kodak Ektar 100, Kodak Potra 800 and Fujifilm X-tra Superia 400.
“Time flies and waits for no one. This is a retro-perspective and very personal photography project about my father, who passed away too early – from a stroke at the age of 53. It is my last words to him.
This series is all about time, life and death, and how the present meets the past. In this project I go back to my roots and construct my memory all over again, in order to not to forget, reflecting it to this moment and trying to make it remain forever.
“We exist as long as somebody remembers us” (Carlos Ruiz Zafón). The human memory is fragile and we do not have clear memories from most parts of our lives at all. When someone dies, one story is gone, only the interpretation remains. To be able to remember we need to tell a story.”
Used in this project: Camera: Minolta XD-7 - lenses used were Vivitar 28 mm f 2.8 and Minolta MD Rokkor 50 mm f 1.4.
Various color negative films: Kodak Ektar 100, Kodak Potra 800 and Fujifilm X-tra Superia 400.
“I prefer analogue photography for its authenticity.
For me, it has more feeling than digital shots, plus I like the tones and textures better than in digital.
Also, you never know the final result on before hand and it leaves space for surprises, as in life in generally.
I didn´t want to amend the reality with any kind of postproduction, you need to take and accept things as they are.
For this project particularly, I chose analogical method because it made me easier to reflect the past and the nostalgia.
Film grain also reminds me of memory, something very fragile made of thousands of pieces.
As result, the images are not perfect but nor they are supposed to be.
The camera is old and it has gained dust etc, but that suits in the nature of the project.
I welcome casualty and coincidence, which also make a big part of our life. ”
Used in this project: Camera: Minolta XD-7 - lenses used were Vivitar 28 mm f 2.8 and Minolta MD Rokkor 50 mm f 1.4.
Various color negative films: Kodak Ektar 100, Kodak Potra 800 and Fujifilm X-tra Superia 400.
All images of this project have been taken on film and no kind of digital postproduction is involved. The original and complete work of art is a handmade book. Here selected images are part of it and they have been on display in various exhibitions in Spain.
This series was created during the years 2011 and 2012 and published in 2012.