Project: Nostalgia Isa Landin

Project: Nostalgia

”When I got my first system camera, the first thing I would photograph was a CD with water drops on it outside in the snow. I remember being really proud of these pictures and couldn’t wait to upload them to Bilddagboken (which was a popular website to upload images on back then). So when I found some old CD’s in my cabinet, I instantly thought of this moment. I thought it would be really cool to mix my old idea with what I like to photograph now - portraits of people. I took a few CD’s and placed them on the ground. I then tried to capture the reflection of the model through them, which worked amazing as the sun was shining that day. It was fun to see how I have progressed and that I could use my old ideas to create new ones!”

”When I was searching for objects in my home that would relate to the nostalgia theme, I found my brother’s Star Wars collection in the basement. Memories of our childhood started to come back to me, as my brother really loved these movies and wanted me to love them too (which I do!). I instantly thought that it would be fun to take pictures of these toys and make it seem that they were in a battle scene. It was something very different to what I am used to photographing, but it was a lot of fun and it turned out better than I thought!” ■