Ben Wilhelmi

Paris, b/w pictures

 

 

shot with a 1961 Rolleiflex 3.5F, medium format

a Rolleiflex in Paris, b/w street photography

 

 

a wink to Cartier-Bresson, a man in partial profile with family eating on the Seine bank.

 

Paris, B/W, Rolleiflex

 

that is a vintage 1961 Rolleiflex 3.5F

Notre-Dame.

Montmartre, caricature artist at work.

Le Sacré-Coeur

Paris, spring 2011, street shooting on b/w films

people shot in various locations in Paris.

Buttes Chaumont.

 

le bassin de la Villette.

playing steel balls, aka pétanque. Far from the French stereotype, right? No black beret, no cigarette,no sleeveless shirt and no baguette under the armpit.

 

Opéra Garnier.

 

Paris without terraces would quite a different city.

 

all shot on a medium format camera from 1961, a Rolleiflex.

people in the Tanzanian bush, b/w pictures

 

 

The pictures above were shot on a 1961 Rolleiflex 3.5F and B/W films. And below with a Nikon D300s, edited in B/W and cropped square. Interesting how digital is more and more used for old results. B/W, sepia, cyanotype,…even the imitation of various types of films is now available and sought after!

 

Paris, street photography in B/W

 

Paris, spring 2011. Street photography with a vintage camera, a 1961 Rolleiflex.

nail painting any time of the day was not an unusual scene.

 

many girls were smart and graceful….the legendary Parisiennes… (of course some might be tourists but tourists wherever they go tend to be poorly dressed, no?)

Paris, street pictures, b/w film on Rolleiflex

 

near the Trocadéro.

 

suddenly these tuk tuks were all over the place in Paris. I don’t remember them the previous years….

 

Karine and I thought this detail of the Eiffel looked like a piece of sexy underpants dividing imaginary buttocks.

 

place de la Madeleine.

 

all shot on a 1961 Rolleiflex 3.5F and b/w films

Paris, street photography

Spring 2011 in Paris, perfect weather. After the Fukushima accident, people were protesting even more than before. Here a lady at the place de la Bastille, symbolic place….

within the Louvre perimeter.

 

fireman on duty.

notice the old fashioned contraption to carry a hose.

 

scooters are all the rage in such a congested city. The old Vespa style still gather many aficionados.

all shot on a 1961 Rolleiflex medium format camera and B/W films.

Paris, B/W street photography

 

I know it looks awfully touristic but these guys are often real artists. In Montmartre around the Sacré-Coeur, dozen of them offer their services.

 

le Sacré-Coeur.

 

Place de la Bastille.

 

2 views of Notre-Dame.

booksellers alongside the Seine. I just love wandering near these books shops, I’ve found great stuff there.

All above hot on b/w films and with a vintage Rolleiflex camera from 1961.

Paris, around the Sacré-Coeur, b/w film

 

a little walk in Montmartre with a vintage 1961 Rolleiflex camera, stepping in Robert Doisneau’s steps.

volcano Oldoinyo Lengai, aerial infrared

 

notice the pink spot on the right lower side of the picture: vegetation which showed after some prolonged rains.

shot on Kodak Aerochrome EIR film and Rolleiflex 3.5F medium format camera.

Street photography, Paris, Rolleiflex and b/w film

 

these 2 lovely girls happily posed for me. I guess using a vintage camera like a Rolleiflex helps. It looks so much out of place one doesn’t look like a perv’ with a bazooka lens?

 

Opéra Garnier, a band member.

 

view from the Trocadéro.

 

happy couple, Louvre. I watched a bit and it seemed to me people, even kids didn’t really pay attention anymore. I guess the intolerant bunch stayed away…As said before, no chance to see girls behaving like this in some parts of the world…

 

Billy boys posing for a pro photographer behind me.

 

 

a bridge, Ile St-Louis, girls making up.