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One 'real' photo and some Instagram snaps from my 2-week road trip. I got this van from Escape Rentals - you might wanna have a look in case you are thinking of visiting New Zealand. I think they are great if you travel alone, and still okay for a couple. What I liked about them is that all of their vans are uniquely spray-painted with individual themes. I was happy to drive the Dali model, after they first tried to give me the Wurst model which -as you might guess- had sausages painted on in.
And dreams about the sun.
Maybe because of the light.
Maybe because of the sun.
I got to this beautiful little surfer town here in New Zealand today. First thing I did was walking into a store, opening a book about the town and seeing a picture of this building. Wow, this is a residential home.
Next thing, I ran into a girl I met on a camping ground two weeks ago. She knew about the building and showed me where it is. I photographed it with about 40 pictures to trace the movement of the stars. Each picture is a 30 second exposure.
Then sitting at the computer I thought I would turn it into something like a vintage Sci-Fi image. Goes right to the 'experiments' section.
Oh, if you ever come here: the town is called Raglan, and from all I have seen of the North Island of New Zealand, this is by far the nicest little town. Will stick around for another day and a full moon night.
One of the very first places I have visited here in New Zealand. Now I'm sorry I didn't spend more time there. I just thought it would look everywhere like this, snapped some random pictures and left. Now a week and many hours of driving later, I'm realizing it's very pretty everywhere, but Cape Reinga really stuck out. Maybe I'll drive back up there even though the weather is not gonna be as nice. Maybe. Or maybe not. The more I drive around here, the more indecisive I get.
He asked, "Did you paint the van yourself?"
I said, "No I didn't."
I said, "I like your tattoo."
He said, "I'm a chief."
I said, "Oh, nice to meet you."
He grinned.
I asked, "Can I take your picture?"
He stuck out his tongue.
You can find this otherworldly place in Northern California. There is an easy explanation why it looks like this which I won't share with you. I thought it's more interesting if it remains a mystery. You know what to do if you really wanna know: you go to the public library of your town and ask for the Mono Lake book.
So this was an almost full moon night. We just got out of Burning Man and I knew it was time to calm down and relax a little, but somehow I had to go and explore this place at that perfect night. I'm not sure, but this might be one of those moments Steffi thinks I'm a little nuts. I think she hasn't even seen the result yet.
© Oliver Fluck