Bavaria 2015 (Explored 2025-05-02)

One of my first ever analog photos! Jokingly, I bought the last single use camera they had at some souvenir store on my visit to Bavaria back in 2015. The cashier told me something like "oh but this is still film, you know, no one buys that anymore". I didn't care much, bought it, shot with it, then mostly forgot about it. I had it lying undeveloped in some closet for a few years until I actually had it developed by a local drug store chain. And so, my analog journey started.

 

It was only recently that I came across the negatives from this camera again while looking through old photos. This one was a stand-out shot to me, it just worked. Originally, it was a color photo but I had the idea of trying it as a lith print in b/w – and so I did.

This was by far the longest photo paper exposure I've had to date. The negative was pretty dense thanks to heavy fog plus it had the brown/orange color masking too.

I've made three different lith prints – including this one. Still have a hard time deciding which is the best but this one hits my original vision the closest, I think.

 

With its super fuzzy and unsharp look, I kind of wish I had kept the camera itself... makes for very interesting, artsy shots!

 

Lith print onto Agfa Multicontrast Premium MCP 312 RC with Moersch Easy Lith 1+10

 

Briefly toned in selenium: Moersch MT 1 1+50

 

Unknown single use camera + unknown plastic lens + unknown C-41 film (how helpful ;))

 

C-41 lab development

 

Print scanned on a Heidelberg/Linotype-Hell Saphir Ultra II using Vuescan.

Done