Hi, I have pictures of animals on my website.

I came across some photographer who had a category on his website that said "Animals". Just "Animals". I know what it sounds like, and it's exactly that. He had a whole category dedicated to four or five random pictures of animals; lambs, puppies in the park etc. And he wrote little captions for the pictures. Like "Greg playing with his ball in the park".

Now, either he is the funniest person ever and I want to marry him, or he's an idiot. I would place my bets on the latter. Therefore, this post will be dedicated to people who think it's a good idea to have pictures of animals on your website, and then write little captions for them. Amazing. I'm considering something like this for my website:

This is Archibald sleeping. Look at him go!

Here's a picture of Lenny sneaking out for a morning swim, even though it was Sunday! Chill out, Lenny, it's Sunday! Haha, what a goofball!

I took this one when André had just woken up. He was so mad at me when he realised I had just taken a picture! It was so funny!

This is actually my friend's dad, Mr Hermanson, at our graduation party. You can't tell in this picture, but he was getting down with us later in the evening! Right on, Mr Hermanson!

Here's Auntie Carole last christmas. She thought she was going to get a new sewing-machine, but her husband got her a margarita maker instead. As you can see, she was furious! It was so funny!

Come on, don't dedicate a whole category on your website to random pictures of animals. It can be perceived as quite dumb.

Still amazing.

Random Still That I Like Part V

Sometimes, I feel really proud being Swedish. Is that strange, considering the cirumstances? It might be ridiculous, but I decided to analyze this feeling anyways. In most instances where this feeling occurs, it's regarding something creative. I always see things from Sweden(clothes, pictures, movies etc) and I'm always struck by how tasteful and fine-tuned everything is. That, of course, would be a consequence of Sweden's general wellfare. A self-made wellfare, mind you. Every single person I know has been able to try pretty much whatever hobby they were interested in. I probably went through twenty of them before landing on photography. I could do that, because there was never any direct pressure on me. I didn't have to provide for anyone, and I never had to achieve anything in particular by a certain age. Only if I wanted to. I think that's what I'm actually proud of when I see something creative from Sweden. My mind knows that all that stuff comes from diversity, that people are fusing 15 old semi-hobbies into their main passion. We were given those opportunities by our parents, and their parents. I didn't help build that. Hence, can I still feel proud of Sweden's creative encouragement, even though I'm too young to have helped build it? And you guys thought I had doubts because I'm black. Shame on you.

Anyways, all stills this time are from "Let The Right One In" or "Låt Den Rätte Komma In" from 2008. The book is better, but the film looks fucking fantastic.

HAHAHAHAHAHA

Things I like

Updates: Last night we went out, drank Jägermeister, and ended up swimming in the Spree. I bought my ticket and will be going to New York on October 21st. Hopefully, two more fashion shoots before then. Other plans in the making: January, and possibly February in Buenos Aires. North Korea, Mongolia and China next fall when my buddy Mattias is done with school. Anyways, I came across this photographer today. His work isn't very extensive(yet?), but what's on his website is great:

Kaj Lehmann

Oh, and I already posted it, but this might be one of the best fucking songs ever. Ever.

Watch his face at 0:32

People change. Thank god.

Have you guys ever heard the song "People Are Strange" by The Doors? What if they sang, "People Are Change" instead? Then the song would probably apply to more people, right? Hence, more people could relate to the song, because they "are change", and would therefore buy it. To me, that makes perfect sense. I guess what I'm trying to say is, people change. Thank God. See, this is what my friend Ghazal looks like now:

And this is what she used to look like when she was still a young Iranian boy. This boy had nothing but dreams, endless potential, and his unique resourcefulness. The village folk always said he'd amount to something big, and they were right. Like a delicate, yet magnificent swan, this little Iranian boy managed to go to Sweden and later transformed into a beautiful girl. Very few people know this, but Paulo Coelho's book "The Alchemist" is actually based on little Amin's coming into adulthood. Oh, what a glorious tale.

Here are some other people that decided to shape up, change out of their purple jumpsuits, and see what they were capable of:

Marilyn Manson:



Halle Berry:



Avril Lavigne:



And last but not least, Adolf Hitler:

I, on the other hand, have gone straight downhill from this state. I will never be as cool nor as attractive as I was when I was a kid. I'm telling you, being 22 and over the hill does not feel good. Not at all. Especially not when you've got Adolf Hitler just above you in a blog post, described as someone who managed to explore what he was capable of. Fail.

Me in S Journal

S Journal, the great blog of S Magazine posted some of my pictures today. Head over there and check their blog out. I love that magazine, seriously. If you're reading this a couple of days from now, you might just have to scroll down a bit to find me.

S Journal

S Magazine

Website update

I posted a new snapshot-series on my website, with my favorite pictures from July and August. This mainly includes London, Gothenburg, Stockholm and Berlin. Good times, as always. If someone is on the website, and for some reason does not want to be on there, just let me know.

New Snapshot-Series

last shoot

Here are two pictures from the great location we had for our shoot this week. We were on a rooftop in Berlin, and I must say, the view was pretty cool. Below, you can see Alex setting up the smoke machine we rented for the shoot. For obvious reasons, I can't post the story here, but I'll let you know when it's out.

Random Still That I Like Part IV

Greker älskar barn Part II

Greker älskar barn part I

I just developed a couple of rolls, so here are some new pictures for you to look at. It feels good being reunited with Charles, I missed him dearly. Tomorrow, we're leaving our apartment and we still haven't found a new one. I'm excited to see how this turns out. I'll post part II of "Greker älskar barn" tomorrow or so:

pics: Robbin
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