the following photos were taken in berlin on october 2022 using a kodak disposable. as someone who takes literally hundreds of quick iphone photos of buildings and things nearly anytime i leave the house, this trip made me really appreciate disposable cameras, not as some nostalgic novelty, but for the simple reason that you are simultaneously forced to care (you only have 27 shots, you can't see the results, each photo costs you $1) yet completely prevented from caring too much (quick, easy, no settings).
this is liberating. while i still took plenty of photos on my iphone, the clunky disposable weighing down my pocket invited moments of mindfulness. the ritual of excitedly pulling out the camera, deciding to spend a shot on that moment, quickly capturing it. when i look at these photos, i am instantly flooded with the memories and emotions of those moments in a way that i don't quite get from photos of that same moment on my phone.
as for berlin, i have a lot and little to say. it's a really strange city, you almost feel its history more than you can see it. i think it'd be a nice place to get lost in. it's a big city with a lot of very quirky, very famous architecture. i had a blast.
