After taking this photo, I thought “this is it, the photo which shows the festival” [Belgrade Beer Festival 2009] Later I realised it was something else—an image of what I wanted the Festival to be. Couples holding each other, blessed by the music and whole atmosphere around them. But as I think of it, the festival is only blessed by a bunch of different brands of beer and not so good music [personal taste]. Everyone being (almost) drunk for no fuc-ing reason apart from the fact it’s a “beer festival”. I wonder what would it look like if it was a water or milk festival, but with much better music program. Would it come even close? Anyway, something was missing, and I actually think I photographed that something. Which definitely sounds imposible, if you were to constrain yourself to traditional “we capture the visible” idea. :)
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After taking this photo, I thought “this is it, the photo which shows the festival” [Belgrade Beer Festival 2009] Later I realised it was something else—an image of what I wanted the Festival to be. Couples holding each other, blessed by the music and whole atmosphere around them. But as I think of it, the festival is only blessed by a bunch of different brands of beer and not so good music [personal taste]. Everyone being (almost) drunk for no fuc-ing reason apart from the fact it’s a “beer festival”. I wonder what would it look like if it was a water or milk festival, but with much better music program. Would it come even close?

Anyway, something was missing, and I actually think I photographed that something. Which definitely sounds imposible, if you were to constrain yourself to traditional “we capture the visible” idea. :)

Bumper (or dodgem) car ride at Beer Fest in Belgrade, 2009. You just have to take your camera with you, to at least try to bring those moments back! Woooo-hooooo!