Back to square #1

Hasselblad; the legendary, Swedish medium format camera – every professional or serious amateur photographer has, at some point, owned one or wanted to own one, and I’m no exception. A few years ago I managed to lay my hands on a particularly fine 503cx, however, during a moment of temporary insanity I swapped it for a Canon lens, a decision I always regretted. Ever since that rather unwise transaction, about five years ago, I’ve shot various other medium formats – 6×4.5, 6×7, 6×9 and even 6×12. In all of that time, I appear to have used cognitive dissonance to convince myself that I never really got on with the 6x6cm square composition of the Hasselblad, only to look back at some of the images I made with it and realise that I did.
Four days before Christmas, good fortune brought me back to Hasselblad in the form of a mint condition 501cm kit and various accessories, at a price so low I couldn’t say no. I’ve put about ten rolls of film through the 501cm, but at the time of writing this, I haven’t had any scans back (the images here are from my original 503cx). My girlfriend, Hannah, who took the shot of me ‘in action’, has taken a bit of shine to the ‘blad, I think she might be expecting one for her birthday. Obviously a woman of taste…