Mahdhir, Zaini & Cats

        Trust is a fickle thing. Yet, if you have it, it will cement a connection so strong that you will see through it till the end. It could be trusting the process, trusting your partner, or trusting your intuition. I have to thank my friend, Mahdhir, for trusting me as a photographer. Trust me to make photographs of his beloved furry kids, trust me to let me into his home, trust me to render his reality into film photographs. It is beyond words I cherish this trust and the opportunity to take up such a challenge of slicing reality so thin for subjects whose life passes by so quickly (15 human years to 1 cat year— WHAT???).

        Lying on the floor to find these little hunters' angles was especially entertaining for me (even if I had to massage my back afterwards, it was completely worth it). I had never had the confidence to do so previously, but the situation calls for such a brazen approach. At the end of the day, I went home having shot 5 rolls of film and a heart full of sense of achievement. That, and black clothes covered with cat hair. It was such a fulfilling shoot which I will not forget anytime soon (cat hair included).

Photographed, edited and curated by LIVIATASLIM
Film developed and scanned by Whampoa Colour Centre
In frame: Mahdhir, Zaini & Cats @mdir

       GEAR  
Camera        :
        Minolta SRT101
Lens              :
   — 28mm f3.5
   — 58mm f1.4
   — 135mm f2.8

Film stock    :
   — KODAK Portra 800
   — KODAK TMax 400