Let's go down the waterfall, have ourselves a good time, it's nothing at all, it's nothing at all
we live here now
She is papering the window panes, she is putting on a smile, living in a glass house
we live on the edge of a cliff by the sea, the wind never really stops howling here. but that's ok and anyway you're turning twenty tomorrow, so congratulations!
paris mon amor
hi! long time since last post. a couple of months ago i decided to put away my camera in the topmost corner of my home until february the 2nd when i will move to paris (!!) with my friend karin. i guess that i wanted to find new energy and inspiration to shoot, since i've been completely drowned of it for a while now. but i've been shooting a bit lately so there might be another post before paris. otherwise, if you want to see what i've been up to while not posting here check my instagram (olofgrind is my account). i can't wait to move to paris btw, i'm so excited. here are two polaroids from past visits to paris:
Wilderness for miles, eyes so mild and wise
I was visiting my childhood friends on Österlen last week, and we went up walking at Ales stenar one night. Since there is barely no artificial light for miles, the cloudless sky was incredible, so filled with stars.
I'm up in the woods, I'm down on my mind, I'm building a still to slow down the time
Way Out West 2011
Some frames from the festival way out west in gothenburg in mid-august.
Now to me, everything else, it just sounds like a lie
I'm driving around in the northern parts of the country in weekly intervals with my job, so this was last week through my iphone on a winding road on the top of a mountain in the middle of nowhere.
I joined Instagram a couple of weeks ago! So if you want to see pictures from my every day life you are welcome to follow me there! My username is olofgrind.
We're going down now under the surface
Liv at her apartment, june 2011
Emmabodafestivalen 2011
I spent the last weekend of july in a rainy emmaboda to enjoy the festival with my best friends. it was wonderful, and here are some captured moments.
ps. my friend ebba (pic no 18 & 19 (3rd and 4th from bottom)) is moving to Gothenburg this weekend, and she is looking for a place to live! So if you have a room or an apartment, or know anyone who has, leave a comment at her blog or send her an email at ebba.rodhe@gmail.com. xx
I'm a whisper in water, a secret for you to hear. You are the one who grows distant when I beckon you near.
two polaroids from july
Deathly Hallows Pendant
I spent 13 hours of the last day of 2010 with my father in his forge making this deathly hallows-pendant out of pure silver. I've been wearing it almost every day since. I've been wanting to show it to you for a long time, but now when the last harry potter film is out I think it's time. On the photo above is julia, on a cold january day in her room after some tequila sunrises with lots of friends. Below is Liv on the evening the pendant was finished.
I'm thinking of making more of them to sell, and I'm just wondering if there would be any interest? It wouldn't be cheap (not sure about the price, but maybe around 1500 kr), since silver is a bit expencive, and there are a lot of hours in making one, but on the other hand, it's more exclusive that way too. Let me know what you think and if you are interested! xx
ps. tomorrow I'm going to Emmabodafestivalen, I hope I see you there!
june on the west coast
in the beginning of june i borrowed an analogue camera from my friend and this is how i spent the month
You know we're all at sea I've seen it myself
a couple of days ago i scanned all my polaroids from the past six months. here are two from a february day in sthlm with anna
Listen, listen now. There's one who's blind, she's the one that can see.
Roadtrip Pt 4: Berlin pt 2 + Journey back home
at night we went to bars in neukölln, played ping pong in prenzlauer berg and chased after night clubs in taxis. at day we went to the zoo and walked all over the city untill it was time to leave for scandinavia again. after a night in copenhagen and after loosing (and finding) our car at the ferry we were back home again.
Roadtrip Pt 3: Berlin
berlin berlin berlin, we were tourists
Now I believe that lovers should be draped in flowers and laid entwined together on a bed of clover and left there to sleep, left there to dream of their happiness.
we spent the first real summer day down by the lake today. it was as good as it could be.
Roadtrip Pt 2: Copenhagen
On the second afternoon of our trip we arrived to Copenhagen and checked in at our hostel before heading out on the street in the warm afternoon light. We walked through the whole city and I must say that it's really beautiful, there were so many times that I thought "I could live there" and looked at one of the thousands of beautiful buildings. pt 2
Roadtrip Pt 1: Falun-Stockholm-Copenhagen
The 24th of April me, axel, ebba, eric and jonas began a week-long roadtrip towards Berlin. The trip was planned as following: Falun-Stockholm-Copenhagen-Berlin-Copenhagen-Falun. Our first stop was Stockholm where we stayed one afternoon/night in axels grandmothers flat with an amazing view. The next morning we continued in a southerly direction towards Denmark and Copenhagen. (pt 1)
And though spring, it did come slowly, I guess it did it's part; My heart has thawed and continues to beat.
in mid-april me and ebba were out on a one-day roadtrip. we gave my parents a ride to arlanda (stockholm airport) before heading back towards falun. we stopped at various second hand stores, parked the car i uppsala, bought bread and cream cheese and sat ourself down by fyrisån in the sun. it was the first perfect spring day of the year and a lot of people were having picnic in the grass. after some hours in uppsala we continued back home, stopping at a cosy lake outside of sala. we lay down on the pier and looked up at the sky. the air had a scent of spring in it. as we reached closer to home the sun was beginning to set and ebba sat in the passenger seat with her feats on the panel and we were singing along together to kanye west. it was the definition of a great day.
and if the perfect spring is waiting somewhere, just take me there
