Saturday, August 29, 2009

Caroline bay, 1987


Caroline bay, originally uploaded by Sophie_vf.

I've been meaning for months to scan some slides and pictures from pre-digital days, in particular the slides taken during my travels in Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines after university.

I remember seeing this slide shortly after it was developed and wishing it had been in better focus, that it didn't have the blurry grasses in the foreground, etc etc. But now, looking back over the decades, this perfectly captures that retrieved memory - heat, high sun, sand, and grass on a New Zealand beach, twenty-two years ago and far away from home and responsibility.

2 comments:

SL said...

where you one of those 80's hippies then?

Sophie_vf said...

Stasha, there were no hippies in the 80's! Anyway back then I was fairly skinny, so had very small hips :)