I know, it’s only a mug — and yet it does make me a little wistful. It brings back memories of my first analog Hasselblad, the 501C, for which I practically traded in my entire Nikon kit just to be able to afford it. With that standard setup — 501C and 80mm — I photographed for years.

It also brings back memories of all the rituals of analog photography: waiting for the films to be developed, examining and enjoying the slides with a loupe on the light table, carefully labeling and archiving them in Kunze slide boxes, searching for the perfect (and affordable!) medium-format slide-projector, and so on.

If I’m honest, though, it’s not really those things I miss. I could have all of that again anytime if I wanted to. What I truly miss is the memory of my photographic beginnings — an exciting time when there was so much to discover and learn.

But yes, in the end, it’s just a mug.

Final remark: a Hasselblad mug doesn’t simply shatter into a thousand random pieces when it falls. No — its fracture lines curve with elegance, leaving the anniversary logo perfectly visible, as if a Swedish designer had deliberately planned it that way 😉

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