Last August a friend of mine Gholamali Baluch organized a workshop in Tehran. He asked a group of young iranian artists to create a visual impression of this intense city, expressing their ideas and inspirations using the language of fashion. …
The lab forced me to get creative once again, it is the second time within a few months that they have messed up the development. Last time they developed colour negatives as if they were B&W and this time they put C41 film in E6 soup.
Standing in the street surrounded by the constant sound of klaxons you will hear sudden outbursts of ‘Welcome to Lebanon!’ Shouted by locals driving by in packed 1970s smoking mercedes’ or from scooters swinging around the streets. In a way this did make me feel welcome in the neighborhood.
A series of images from Sabtieh, Beirut.
My name is Laurent Hongisto but most people call me lolo. This is where I collect pieces of varying gravity that are currently occupying my mind.
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