Parish Moore-2

Earlier this year, Ashlee Will handed me a box of New55, an instant film in the tradition of Polaroid 55 P/N. The generous gift came with only one catch. "Make art", said Ashlee.

The Polaroid gave the photographer a print, and a high quality B&W negative to make silver prints. Polaroid, of course, went belly up.

The new55 folks are attempting to revive the Polaroid concept. It's hellishly expensive, nearly 16 dollars per shot. I had 5 sheets of new55. The first 3 were disaster. Despite new55 claims, the material just did not work in my Polaroid 545 film holder. 3 shots wasted. T. Paul Wrobel loaned me his newer holder, which did work.

The first photo was very dark and the negative thin, despite careful metering at the rated 50 ISO. The chemical pod had not completely burst when it hit the rollers of the film holder, leaving half of the image undeveloped.

The second photo had nearly 2 stops more exposure. The print was slightly lighter. The odd thing is that the negative had a positive image on it, with tones reversed. I scanned the image and inverted it in Photoshop.

Thanks to my student, Parish Moore, who graciously allowed me to photograph him.

 

 

 

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