On The Road Summer 08...

On The Road from Vancouver, Canada to Los Angeles, CA... seeing lots of tall and old trees, the Celebration of Light with thousand teenagers, the wild Pacific Coast in all its shapes, making a wild fire and jumping on dunes, beautiful sunsets every day, great old motels, delicious Espresso in Oregon, freezing in San Francisco, hot Yosemite, finally the great city of El Ay... Das Beste ist und bleibt das Licht!

On The Road: From Vancouver to LA, ©Diane Vincent July 2008

Ich hab nichts gesehn!

Ich hab nichts gesehn, ©Diane Vincent Berlin Juli 2008

To Loose Oneself

Boy and Girl, loosing themselves into the Night

I woke up as the sun was reddening; and that was the one distinct time in my life, the strangest moment of all, that I didn't know who I was... i wasn't scared, i was just somebody else, some stranger, and my whole life was a haunted life, the life of a ghost...
Jack Kerouac, On the Road, The Original Scroll

Willenlos, exhausted, nicht wissen wohin, ruhelos, müde und aufgeregt zugleich, late night and early morning mood, raw, aufgelöst sein, transzendieren

Heddi&Andi, Berlin June 2008, ©Diane Vincent

Tree Climbing Girl

Tree Climbing Girl, Berlin July 2008, ©Diane Vincent

Jens&Rico

Jens&Rico, Berlin May 2008, ©Diane Vincent

Dedicated To The Plain People

Felicity can be,
Spending the afternoon in a park,
creating pictures with Jackson,
who likes to catch the special mood from the plain people.
The huge smelly dog,
who welcomed us taking a shit in the middle of the lawn.
Its name was Dante.
The blond haired girl,
making noises like a mouse while nibbling her popcorn.
The guy with his shirt with the word Gerüstbau written on it.
He just came from work, a Gerüstebauer.
Aishe, sitting on a bench and doing huge bubbles with her chewing gum.
And the tree climbing girl,
like a monkey she went up and down.

I forgot my mask in the tree.
Somebody else, maybe a little kid,
frightens now her parents with a strange mask.

I got sad news,
my grandmother died yesterday morning.
Just before I had this beautiful afternoon shooting with Jackson,
who likes to witness the plain people mood,
which means happiness.

Diane Loves Inga

Diane Loves Inga, Berlin May 2008, ©Diane Vincent

Inga

Inga, Berlin May 2008, ©Diane Vincent

First Anniversary

It's time to celebrate!
One year ago I did my first Polaroid photos. It was at the Fusion, a great alternative festival near Berlin. Of course I had taken pictures before, like everybody, but the trashy and likewise beautiful plastic polaroid camera changed things...
...For me, making pictures is similar to doing music in my teenage life, where I tried to release my Angst and transform the aggressiveness... - "look your demons right into the eyes" (thanks Bonnie Prince Billy).
...I love to get inspired in totally different moods, and the best ideas might come in when I'm lost. Or being in an hang over, when the mind and body is so exhausted that it has no control and will (willenlos) and everything is just going going going without the borders boundaries barriers, without the moral judgment one constantly keeps in his mind.
...I've been creating pictures which were described as soft and touching, and going back in time. Now I would also like to create pictures who open you for gloomy moments, as happiness isn't everything (remember the demons).
I saw a new road to love the world I'm living in, and this road is like a dirt road but hopefully has no dead end... I'm high-spirited and keen on to drive this dusty road...
Thanks to everyone and everything who is supporting me. I need you.
love
diane
vincent
p.s. Fusion, I'm coming!
p.p.s. Total aufgedreht und müde zugleich, empfindlich sein und unvernünftig, willenlos und voller Ideen.

Bavaria

Bavaria, May 2008 ©Diane Vincent

Hoch über den Wolken

Somewhere in between Berlin and Munich, May 2008 ©Diane Vincent

This was the Cherry Blossom City...

Cherry Blossom City ©Diane Vincent Berlin April 2008

Blütenoverkill

Monja, Heddi, Kati ©Diane Vincent Berlin April 2008

Grüße von den Blumenmädchen

Grüße von den Blumenmädchen, Berlin April 2008 ©Diane Vincent

Umspannwerk Kopenhagener Straße

Berlin April 2008 ©Diane Vincent

Diane Is Looking For You!

Dear Blog Readers,
here is another chance to get in front of my lense!
I'm currently looking for new people to shoot...
You are twenty-something (read 18-30), good-looking, open-minded and young-minded, relaxed and fun to shoot with. Please introduce yourself in an email (you'll find mine on my website) with a few lines about yourself and include your stats and attach recent photos. Please be prepared to sign a model release.
I'm currently planning my summer projects - including driving around, swimming in a lake, hanging out at night... basically being outdoor, preferable in nature. I'd like to produce a certain madness; I want to loose us in the heat of the day as well as catch the twirled and overtired mood of the late night. Remember, we will have fun!
Looking forward to your mail!
Diane Vincent
p.s. thats for Berlin. LA California will be on from end of July.

Dillon

Dillon, Berlin April 2008 ©Diane Vincent

Dillon in Cherry Blossom Rapture

May I introduce you the lovely sweet Musician Dillon!









Dillon in Cherry Blossom Rapture, Berlin April 2008 ©Diane Vincent