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Levity Bread and Food for Thought

March 28, 2020March 27, 2020 Paul OttavianoLeave a comment

demand-pull supply-push japanese vending machine — Coffee and tea. Street beverage vending machine. Morioka, Iwate, Japan. Shot with Nikon FE2 and Silberra Ortho 50 film.

Demand-pull or supply-push? Armchair economists want to know, because even they work at home now.

Patience

January 22, 2020January 21, 2020 Paul OttavianoLeave a comment

coffee vendor sits in his van waiting for customers — Coffee vendor waits for customers. Morioka-shi, Iwate, Japan. Nikon FE2 and Silberra 50 Orta black and white film. November 2019.

Devotion to craft and service. Making a lot out of small spaces. Do one or a few simple things right. There is much to learn from how small business makes its way in Japan.

Stars and Stripes in Black and White

April 10, 2018April 9, 2018 Paul OttavianoLeave a comment

american flag black and white photo — Stars and Stripes in Black and White by Paul Ottaviano is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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Basketball court. Forest Grove, OR USA. March 2018.

Nikon FE2 50mm. Ferrania P30 Panchro 80 ASA black and white film. Fiber darkroom print.

Creative Seclusion

February 9, 2018February 8, 2018 Paul OttavianoLeave a comment

black and white film photo portrait — A lonely writer with his morning contemplation. There is much to process regarding his life choices.

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Cork, Ireland

January 10, 2017January 9, 2017 Paul OttavianoLeave a comment

This is one of my favorite shots from 2016. I’m not sure that I’ll ever shoot a better photo with my old FE2 film camera.