au coin de la rue ~ Paris #2 (random post)

I took this photo with an ILFORD Advocate, that lovely ivory-colored classic camera! It's made in U.K. but I couldn't help taking it to Paris. I thought the camera would really suit Paris;) But toward the end of the travel, I noticed there was something wrong with the shutter. I didn't feel it was working right sometimes. And that feel was assured when the films were developed. Some of the photos didn't come out right (as I mentioned before). Several precious moments were lost, which is really a shame. But I still love the camera, and the lost scenes live in my memory.

I had been admiring and somehow felt nostalgic, as if I had known it long time before, the site in this pic. So I often stood just still at the places with stairs like these in this pic without taking photos. Nothing special happened but I had one of the loveliest time there.

見た目的には一番気に入っているあの白いカメラ、イギリス生まれだけど、絶対パリだ！と重いのを承知で持って行きました。結果は前にも触れたように、シャッターがどこかおかしいのか、撮れてないコマ多数。もう戻ってこない瞬間も写真には残りませんでした。まあそんなもんか。戻ってこない瞬間はただ過ぎ去るのみ。写真に焼き付けることなんて本当はできないのかも。ということで、ちょっと悔しいけれど、あのカメラはやっぱり大好きで、そういう瞬間も記憶にちゃんと残っているから、いい。

こどものころからなぜかしら憧れ、しかも懐かしく思い続けていたこういう階段のある景色。わあ、ホンマにここにいる、と
ただ立ち尽くして写真も撮らなかったり。特別なことは何もなかったけれど、もっとも愛おしい時間のひとつ。