Böcker av Karsten Hamre

My aim has never been to photograph the most known sites in the places I have been to, as I have always been more interested in walking around and photographing things I "stumble" upon, things that may be hidden to some as they are not seen instantly. This is also why I chose the title "Through Alien Eyes" as the moniker for this project as I have been the stranger in these places. I have been the explorer, and this is your chance to participate in the journey I have taken so far.The moniker "Through Alien Eyes" can for different projects and sub projects be altered to include the name of a specific town or country, as I aim to make parts of this project in multiple locations around the world, most notably outside Europe, and the results will include music, visuals, photo exhibitions and live performances.The journey started with the photo exhibition "Through the Valley of The Shadow". The next part came in the form of a CD+DVD "Through the Eyes of The Stranger", followed by "Through the Eyes of The Beholder".The next that happened was the creation of 10 volumes of photo books, each with 160 pages. These were both in 6x9" & 8.5x11". Each volume also has been converted into videos, and the music for those can be found on the digital release of "Through Alien Eyes - Volume I - X", a 10-track album where each track is approximately 26 minutes each.You can also expect there will be "magazines" released in the paperback format and 8.5x11" size, with 60 pages each. Each "magazine" will have photos either related to a city, country, or a specific subject.Lastly you have the "Through Alien Eyes - The Veil Between Worlds: Echoes of The Past", a 4-track album, with a total running time of approximately 72 minutes, which this book is created for.The photos in this edition were taken in places such as Athens (Greece), Brussels (Belgium), Bucharest (Romania), Oslo (Norway), Prague (Czechia), Skopje (North Macedonia), and Tirana (Albania). You can connect with me on following sites: www.facebook.com/throughalieneyeswww.youtube.com/@KHthroughalieneyeswww.instagram.com/throughalieneyes www.facebook.com/khamrephotographywww.facebook.com/karstenhamremusickarstenhamre.bandcamp.com

The photos in this book, "Through the Valley of The Shadows", were shot in two different locations, in two different countries, and using two different cameras. The photos taken at the Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno (Genoa, Italy) was shot with a Fuji Finepix E900, while the photos taken at the Ossuary in Sedlec (Kutna Hora, Czechia), also known as Kostnice Beinhaus, was shot with a Canon EOS 350D. Common for both series is the way they have been digitally treated afterwards. Basically, first they have been run through a contrast/brightness correction. Thereafter they were turned into black and white, and to add more effect to them I chose to use the Virtual Photographer plugin from optikVerveLabs.

My aim has never been to photograph the most known sites in the places I have been to as I have always been more interested in walking about and photographing things I "stumble" upon, things that may be hidden to some as they are not seen instantly. This is also why I chose the title "Through the Eyes of The Beholder", as I have been the stranger and beholder, in these places. I have been the explorer, and this is your chance to participate in the journey I have taken so far. The next step is to take it to the next level, from this point in time I am working on a project that has the title "Through Alien Eyes". This title can be changed in order to include the name of a specific town, region, country or continent, as I aim to make such a project include music, visuals, photo exhibitions and live performances. The photos in this book were taken at Olsany Cemetery (Prague, Czechia), in Iasi (Romania), Recco (Italy), Belfast (Northern Ireland), Genoa (Italy), Terezin (Czechia), Oscarsborg Fortress (Norway), and Prague (Czechia). This is one of the prequels to "Through Alien Eyes".