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April 23 to May 24, 1999, at The National Technical Museum in Prague

With kind support of Adobe, Apple, Epson and Polaroid in the Czech Republic

At the beginning of this project was a collection of images that I took during the better part of the past decade. Candid photographs of people, from wherever and whenever I was in the mood to take pictures. Images in color, since, until very recently, color was my favorite.

When I was deciding about how to harmoniously exhibit these pictures coming from diverse, sometimes aged color slide and negative films, I chose to do it digitally. I scanned the film originals on a Polaroid Sprintscan 35 Plus scanner, adjusted the scanned images on an Apple StudioDisplay 21" monitor driven by an Apple G3 Blue computer in Adobe Photoshop and finally output the exhibit prints in A2 format on an Epson Stylus 3000 inkjet printer. Finally, with all the pictures already in the computer, compressing them with Adobe ImageReady and creating this website was quite an easy task.

I would like to thank to Jarmila Slaba, Special Exhibit Curator of The National Technical Museum, Matous Filipi of Adobe, Petr Nemecek of Apple, Antal Szentesi of Epson and Jan Pachman of Polaroid for all their assistance in making this exhibit happen. Special thanks to Cécile for being there when it mattered.

Two japanese tourists visiting Greece walk on Acropolis, Athens next to a sleeping German Shepherd dog with a chewing gum sticking to his paw.

Acropolis, Athens

Two elegant, well-dressed attractive old ladies sit down in Müvés Café, a famous Andrasszy Street cafe in Budapest, Hungary.

Müvés Café, Budapest

Two elegant couples chat outside, lit by golden hour light, during a museum opening in Humlebæk, Denmark, while Sweden's Helsingsborg is visible across the sea.

Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark

Two elegant couples chat outside, lit by golden hour light, during a museum opening in Helsingoer, Denmark, while Sweden's Helsingsborg is visible across the sea.

Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

A Turkish shopkeeper moves a torso of a male figurine during a late-night shift in a fashion store on Istiklal Avenue in Taksim, Istanbul, Turkey

Taksim, Istanbul

Two small Arab (or Jewish?) boys, one of them with an embroided hat, both wearing identical traditional shirts sit on cornerstones along the Jaffa (Yaffo) Street in Jerusalem, Israel

Jaffa Street, Jerusalem

A middle-aged couple enjoys fall afternoon sun sitting on a bench, next to their yellow Julius Meinl shopping bag, on the Danube embankment in Budapest, Hungary.

Embankment, Budapest

A young Turkish Marine soldier on duty as a driver waits in his jeep and reads letters from home in Ankara, Turkey.

Ankara, Turkey

A girl in a red coat scratches her chin after she had finished her Coca-Cola bottle, waiting for her mother to finish her cup of tea on a winter afternoon at an Ortakoy cafe in Istanbul, Turkey.

Ortakoy, Istanbul

Two funny old women with permed and bleached hairdos, one holding a poodle, chat sitting on a bench in Wenceslas Square, Prague, Czech Republic

Wenceslas Square, Prague

A black teenage girl leans on the cash register conveyor belt, waiting for her turn next to a Pepsi bottle in a Queens, New York, K-Food supermarket

Queens, New York

A black teenager waits leaning against a traffic light pole on the corner of Park PL and Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, USA

Brooklyn, New York

A black Unites States Navy sailor directs visitors waiting in line to board the USS Intrepid Aircraft Carrier Museum on a Memorial Day in Manhattan, New York

Memorial Day, New York

A Jewish orthodox girl jumps across a rope swung by a boy in a kippa with side locks (payot) while another girl watches the play in a secluded street in Mea Shearim, Jerusalem, Israel

Mea Shearim, Jerusalem

A female Turkish riot police squad wearing helmets and protective gear waits for orders during a crisis over student headscarf wearing at Istanbul University, Turkey

Riot Police, Istanbul

A Russian tourist guide yields an extended radio antenna while she addresses her mostly teenage group in front of the Church of The Holy Sepulchre in the Old Town, Jerusalem, Israel

Old Town, Jerusalem

A Unites States Navy sailor gives a hands-up sign to a hispanic family touring a US Coast Guard boat moored next to the USS Intrepid Aircraft Carrier Museum on a Memorial Day in Manhattan, New York

Memorial Day, New York

A balding, middle-aged male security guard sits inside his flourescent-lit cubicle surrounded by snow at a Coca-Cola warehouse inOlomouc, Czech Republic

Olomouc, Czech Republic

A smiling old woman in a white dress and red accessories walks up the elegant Andrasszy Street in Budapest, Hungary.

Andrasszy Street, Budapest

A teenage redhair freckled salesgirl with a pierced nose wearing a headset microphone smiles at a customer in a clothing store in a Mall in New York City, USA

Mall, New York

Passengers standing inside an old Deniz Otobus (passenger ferryboat) and wait for the ship's arrival in Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey

Deniz Otobus, Istanbul

An american middle-aged woman - possibly a war veteran - wearing an americana-clad shirt, necklace, hat and heart-shaped earrings, waiting in line to board the USS Intrepid Aircraft Carrier Museum on a Memorial Day in Manhattan, New York

Memorial Day, New York

A Jewish boy wearing a kippa over black, curly hair, in a blue sweatshirt, looks up while holding his father's hand at the Midrahove pedestrian zone in Jerusalem, Israel

Midrahove, Jerusalem

Two black teenage girls witch carefully styled hairdos stand across the street from the Brooklyn Public Library and eat hot dogs in New York City, USA

Brooklyn Public Library, New York

An older man wearing a white cap stretches his hand to count while a chubby younger woman listens at Budapest's Müvés Café in Hungary.

Müvés Café, Budapest

Two black pedestrians dressed in sports clothes and wearing red caps hesitatingly cross an empty downtown Manhattan avenuein New York City

Manhattan, New York

An attractive young black woman stands with her hand in her back pocket while two bystanders watch her in the42-nd Street Subway Station in Manhattan, New York

42-nd Street Subway Station, New York

Streetcar passengers - an attractive teenager and an old woman wearing a transparent polyethylene raincoat - wait at a tram stop in Karlovo Square, Prague, Czech Republic

Karlovo Square, Prague

An attractive blonde girl is adjusting her make up in front of her parked free city bicycle while a ferry boat passes by in the port of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Embankment, Copenhagen

Two girls, Mimar Sinan University art students, sit in a Findikli seaside park and drink tea in Istanbul, Turkey.

Findikli, Istanbul

A young woman wearing blue-silver platform boots and a window-lace mini-skirt holds a teddybear next to a hot dog stand in Manhattan, New York City

Manhattan, New York

An american cyclist on a road bike wearing a Specialized helmet and reflective clothes traverses the Queensboro Bridge in New York, USA in the direction of Queens

Queensboro Bridge, New York

An old woman football fan stands on a bench to get a better view of the giant video screen transmitting the 1996 European Championship in the Tivoli park, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Tivoli, Copenhagen

A balding, smartly dressed italian man attempts in vain to chat up / pick up three attractive female students at the La Sapienza University in Rome, Italy

La Sapienza University, Rome

Two teenage girls, one holding a yellow teddy bear backpack stand in whirling dust raised by the crowd of fans during the 1996 European Championship in the Tivoli park, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Tivoli, Copenhagen

A little girl waits next to the many shopping bags while her father, an orthodox Jew wearing black suit with a tie and a hat, pays at a bakery stand at the Shuk Ha'Carmel market in Jerusalem, Israel

Shuk Ha'Carmel, Jerusalem

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