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White wooden houses and fishing boats along a harbour in Norway

Margarette Contreras

Inhabits, Norway Scroll Nikon FM2, 35mm

Statement

I photograph landscapes and the people in them, on 35mm film.

I. Light, Inhabits, Water

Norway

Three stories from Norway. Mountains, harbours and a lot of weather.

Red cabins on the shore beneath a sunlit, jagged peak — N° 11WaterNorway

A woman by the window of a ferry, sea and mountains beyond — N° 08Inhabits

Rays of light falling into a steep green fjord — N° 03LightNorway

Red fishermen’s cabins on rocks below towering mountains — N° 06Inhabits

Snow-capped mountains above a winding coastal road — N° 14WaterNorway

Sun setting over the water, swimmers in the glittering light

II. Takipsilim, Amos, Buhay Isla

The Last Frontier

Palawan, where I grew up. People call it the last frontier of the Philippines.

Palm trees against a bright sky — N° 23Amos

Fishermen and a child sorting the catch on the beach — N° 30Buhay IslaPalawan

Pink and orange clouds over a dark sea at sunset — N° 18TakipsilimPalawan

Outrigger boat resting in shallow water at low tide — N° 27Buhay Isla

Small green island beyond a breaking wave — N° 22AmosPalawan

Mist rolling over a coastal road and dark water

(On film)

Nikon FM2

Kodak Ektar100
Kodak Gold200
Kodak Portra400
Kodak Portra800

All series are shot on a Nikon FM2, a fully manual 35mm camera. A few frames on this page are animated from the original scans.

Contents

Index

6 stories
31 frames

(About)

Margarette Contreras holding a camera in the mountains — Margarette ContrerasPortrait

I grew up on Palawan, in the Philippines, between the forest and the sea.

I started with a point-and-shoot, taking pictures of my hometown. Later I switched to film and started travelling: Tuscany, Kyrgyzstan, Norway.

I shoot film because I like its grain, its colours and its small mistakes.

From: Palawan, Philippines
Camera: Nikon FM2, 35mm
Film: Kodak Ektar 100, Gold 200, Portra 400 & 800
Series: Norway, The Last Frontier
Instagram: @margxcontreras ↗

(Publications)

Published

01
Cosmos Coffee

Book

Photographs for essays in the book, including one by Peter Giuliano of the Specialty Coffee Association. On Amazon ↗
02
Deutsches Museum, Munich

Exhibition

Photographs for the touring exhibition “Cosmos Coffee”.
03
Reserve Roastery, Milan

Photographs

Two photographs from the Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Milan, shown in the same exhibition.

Contact

Say hello.

margarettecontreras@outlook.com

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