I took out my Yashica Mat 124G at a bar and an older man came over, asked to see it, and told me about how he used to work for Polaroid back in the day. He got to showing me his street photography from the 70s, and we arranged to meetup regularly to talk about photography.
I like that this hobby of mine organically connects me to older people, who I always love meeting.
I enjoyed this view from my bedroom window when staying in Buonconvento at the end of April. I shot several rolls of film on my trusty Rollei AFM, but hand-delivered most of them to a local lab. I did, however, mail a short, short roll (three exposures) to a faster processor. Here's one frame. #Tuscany#photography#BelieveInFilm#Ektar100
Perilously close to the ‘making my own film developer’ stage of my #BelieveInFilm life. That may be because I have the new edition of The Darkroom Cookbook, a tub of borax, and lots of the required things already. I’m interested in doing experiments to make old or experimental developer chemicals you can’t buy off the shelf. (Already did the coffee and plants thing, it is fun but not for me)
Two-way shadow. The sun is reflecting off a building behind me, causing shadows to be cast in both directions. Cinestill 400D on a Rollei 35s. #Photography#BelieveInFilm
Catherine de Barra, you've murdered my thinkin'
Gave you my heart, you left the thing stinkin'
I'd shake from your spell if it weren't for my drinkin'
The wind bites more bitter with each light of mornin'
I envy the road, the ground you tread under
I envy the wind, your hair riding over […]
[PJ Harvey - "Catherine" lyrics]
(2024).
iPhone camera, digital processing, Polaroid i-Type film emulsion lift on watercolor paper.
Intelligence is the solitary strength of extracting from the chaos of one's own life the handful of light sufficient to illuminate a little further than oneself, towards the other over there, like us lost in the dark. [Christian Bobin, french author]. (2024).
iPhone camera, digital processing, Polaroid i-Type film emulsion lift on watercolor paper.