Monthly Archives: September 2008

#16 The End of the Tunnel

By Olle Nordell | Published: September 28, 2008
Years ago, I read an interview with this big-deal literary profile about how to look on life. I can’t remember the author’s name, but I can’t forget her reasoning. Instead of counting the years toward death, she started out with death and counted life backwards. Weird but sensible. Does it make the light at the [...]
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#15 Gate Closed

By Olle Nordell | Published: September 27, 2008
After ten years as fighter pilot in the Swedish Air Force and another thirty at Scandinavian Airways, Captain Ramberg is turning in his uniform. But never his wings.
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#14 Lobster Fishing

By Olle Nordell | Published: September 26, 2008
Lobster premiere on the west coast. The catch? Four lobsters, fifteen crabs and a couple of sore hands from hauling in the lobster cages.
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#13 Josefine

By Olle Nordell | Published: September 24, 2008
Someone told me before the shoot to follow the bride. I did.
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#12 French directions

By Olle Nordell | Published: September 22, 2008
Well, honey, this isn’t on the map. We can go back if you want. Where did we come from? What’s that over there? No, don’t speak to them. Oh shit.
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#11 Esterel

By Olle Nordell | Published: September 22, 2008
Auberge in Provence. Discrete staff. Chilled wine. Perfect weekend.
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#10 Final touch up

By Olle Nordell | Published: September 22, 2008
Yes. Yees. Yepp. Yeah. U-hu. Sure. Affirmative. YES! Yes.
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#9 Father Koskinen

By Olle Nordell | Published: September 22, 2008
Forgive me father, but I’m just the wedding photographer.
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#8 Andreas

By Olle Nordell | Published: September 22, 2008
Straight outta Malmoe.
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#7 Ludvig

By Olle Nordell | Published: September 18, 2008
Should I stay or should I go. If I go there will be trouble. An’ if I stay it will be double.
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#6 In-flight reading

By Olle Nordell | Published: September 18, 2008
My moleskin keeps track of ideas, shopping tips, to-do-lists, and evidently, ghosts.
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#5 Crossroads

By Olle Nordell | Published: September 16, 2008
Did you just run that light?
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#4 Bulldog Stilleben

By Olle Nordell | Published: September 15, 2008
Sit. No, sit. Stay. Ok. SIT. Stay. No. Really. Please.
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#3 Retro Chicago

By Olle Nordell | Published: September 15, 2008
It was tricky to make the polished city of Chicago look as rough as I imagined it would be. Well, here’s a shot.
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#2 Early Bird

By Olle Nordell | Published: September 11, 2008
Meet José. Unlike me he’s not up at 5:30 just to see the sun rise over Lake Michigan. Or to chase the light that hit the city in the early hours of the day. I don’t know much about him, but I know that he’ll be in my stories. I wonder if I’ll be in [...]
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#1 Where the Hell is He?

By Olle Nordell | Published: September 11, 2008
She’d probably been sitting there a while when I spotted her. No, he never showed.
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