Photo by Alban

2022-05-20 09:42:15Pikëpamje SHKRUAR NGA BEN BLUSHI
Photo by Alban
In the photo: Writer Ben Blushi

PHOTOGRAPHY OF ALBANIA

I went to Alban Domit's studio. On the road to Durrës.

How is the Nikon camera I gave you, he asked me

Your Leica is better, I told her

Have you photographed a lot these days?

Many, I told him, from priests in Laç, tourists in Vlora, dogs in Elbasan, covered girls in Shkodra, Afghans in Shengjin,

An Afghan woman came to my shop yesterday, Albani said

How was it, I asked

She was a model with 200,000 followers on instagram

Is it a photographer?

He asked me for money, said Albani

The Afghans I photographed in Shengjin have never asked me for money,

Well, they come to Tirana and go crazy, said Albani

You will take a picture of me, I love it for facebook, I said

No photos on facebook?

I have some old ones, without a beard, with collars, I look very old-fashioned.

What does this look like, Albani said

I look a little aggressive here, I told him

That's how you are, said Albani

I'm trying to calm down, I said

Look at this other one, said Albani

I love this pose looking down, I like this, I said

"Your eyes do not look here," said Albani

I do not want to look people in the face who swear on Facebook that I will embarrass them, I said

You know, said Albani, but do not quarrel with people on Facebook

I do not want to fight on Facebook, in parliament or on the streets, I said

I will take you to a place where you fight easily, said Albani

Where is this place, I asked

In a meeting of photographers, Albani said

Well there I will come and maybe fight, I said

Taken from the personal "facebook" page of writer Ben Blushi


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