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- Sweden:
- Stories and images
by Jim Waldron
- I did it. Upon arriving in Stockholm I have completed a one year, round
the world journey. With three months to go on my current plan, I'm glad
to be back in a place where I have friends with nice apartments and jobs
where they can buy me drinks.
Stories
- Back in the Real world
Such cool electric appliances
but no fear of food poisoning to keep me alert
Death by Digerati?
Will the advent of the digital camera
kill the silver-based photography market?
Small World
Does the simple act of donning a backpack
make you more likely to see your friends
anywhere?
- Some favorites
- See them all at once
Look at thumbnails of all the photographs from this country.
Each picture was made with the Agfa ePhoto 1280 digital camera.
Stockholm, Around town design
High-tech and well designed inside and out it's fun to look at Stockholm,
especially when you are used to simple cement or bamboo structures and
open sewer of Asia. Everything seems smooth, clean and thought-about.
ShellStairs - stairs throughout
the city have this layout and symmetry
StairUp
FridgeGrate - simple patterns
and asymmetry look great here
YellowWall - warm colors
cover the walls throughout Stockholm
MuseumChairs - patterns
Chairs4 - simple forms in
Carolines apartment
Chairs5
Chairs7
ChairsFeet
busChairs - electric patterns
and empty space
Balloon - abstract of helium
balloon
Bed - in fading light
Wall abstract - with
bed rail and colors
Chair and Shapes -
great colors and textures
Profile - of my landlady
for three weeks Caroline
Lamp - in downtown restaurant
Lustrum - interesting sign
SubwayPoster - empty
platform
Iron - looks like a spaceship
Geeks - wired socializing as
two geeks exchange info over coffee
Rails - around a staircase
Desk - travel is glamorous
MuseumWoman - in
the new Museum of Modern Art
DeadATM
flags
TomJonesStage - It's
not unusual. Tom Jones at the Water Festival
TomJonesFans - equally
mixed between over forty and under twenty-five years old
Vaxholm, halfway out in the
Archpeligo
Stockholm is a major port in the country, and just to the east of the
city is the vast Archipeligo. Twenty-thousand little rock islands and twice
as many summer cottages dot this coastline. On a brief trip with some friends
I still found myself mostly attracted to the smooth lines and bright colors
of the houses and boats.
BoatPeople
stairs
boat
BoatReflect
cylinder
Ramso
BarbDaveCyndi
BarbDaveCyndiJim
Stockholm, Dinner with Jan's
Family
For a dose of alternative reality my friend Skinny Dave and myself
accepted a gracious invitation by Jan Sundberg of dinner at his house south
of Stockholm. What a great feeling to be at a home, with furniture, family,
and food. Given my career choices and round-the-world traveling, this is
the reality I was most expected to fulfill and the one I'm now most likely
to never have. Thanks Jan for the insight to the other path.
Family - and Dave
WifenMe - such a lovely
chin I've grown
Daughter - out
back in red
KidnMeL - an excellent
houseguest
HypnoRabbit - it's
true, I can hypnotize a rabbit
HypnoRabbit2
- it's true, I can hypnotize a rabbit. It's done
Neglinge, Sailing
Why does sailing still make me nervous? And afternoon sailing with
Nina and Dave. Also my first day of not smoking. Timing?
SailAb2 - The sail
against the busy sky abstract
NinaViking - Funny
how a girl gets when she pilots a boat
NinaAtHelm - our
guide to the Archipeligo
Squall - surprise! The
weather changes here in Sweden
Nina Dave - happy
on the way out
Nina Smile
meAtHelm - don't be fooled.
I sweating bullets
NinaRain - our captain
in the squall
JimQuit - smoking kills
you right?
Stockholm, night out in Stureplan
Finding myself without primitive cultures to explore here in Sweden,
I took the liberty of following some clubgoers to a few spots around
the central core of the city.
Nightface - handsome flirting
early on
Girls at Bar - red-eyed
girls in black with booze
Arms entwined - low lights
and flesh
Backstraps and cigarettes
- lower lights and muted sexuality
Foreheads and transparent
shirts - crowds expand
Bodies - lust or appreciation?
Desparation - my standard
feeling at a club
- © (1998) James Waldron Design -- Waldron@interport.net