02764 Hair!
My third and last foray into old film emulsions (for now). If you compare this shot with the two previous images (Fujichrome and Agfachrome, respectively), you will see a world of difference. The skin tones, for example. The fine grain. The subtle colours. And, I have to point out, after 45 years this image has not faded.
I shot this in Kitchener, Ontario, at an outdoor concert in Victoria Park. Local band. Country-folk-rock. Hippie days. Maybe a little pot smoke wafting through the crowd, but not much; cops were less tolerant in those days and we were viewed with suspicion and often hatred. It was a peaceful gathering, though, without incident.
The camera was a Pentax Spotmatic, the film Kodachrome II (ISO 25) - in my opinion the most accurate of all colour film emulsions. Two years later Kodak replaced it with Kodachrome 25 & 64, and immediately there were colour cast problems, green or magenta shifts, and the start of a long downhill run that ended in a total wipeout of Kodak by Fuji.
Photographed in Kitchener, Ontario, in 1972; scanned from the original Kodachrome II transparency. Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 1972 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
02764 Hair!
My third and last foray into old film emulsions (for now). If you compare this shot with the two previous images (Fujichrome and Agfachrome, respectively), you will see a world of difference. The skin tones, for example. The fine grain. The subtle colours. And, I have to point out, after 45 years this image has not faded.
I shot this in Kitchener, Ontario, at an outdoor concert in Victoria Park. Local band. Country-folk-rock. Hippie days. Maybe a little pot smoke wafting through the crowd, but not much; cops were less tolerant in those days and we were viewed with suspicion and often hatred. It was a peaceful gathering, though, without incident.
The camera was a Pentax Spotmatic, the film Kodachrome II (ISO 25) - in my opinion the most accurate of all colour film emulsions. Two years later Kodak replaced it with Kodachrome 25 & 64, and immediately there were colour cast problems, green or magenta shifts, and the start of a long downhill run that ended in a total wipeout of Kodak by Fuji.
Photographed in Kitchener, Ontario, in 1972; scanned from the original Kodachrome II transparency. Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 1972 James R. Page - all rights reserved.