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This is a negative taken by my dad when he visited Washington DC many years ago. Idea from Photographs of negatives via PK.
One of the four negatives.
Found abandoned with some other photos and postcards at the Car Boot Sale, Halifax.
Alternative- Silver Gelatin Prints
Paper Negative- Regular Development
Size: 5x7"
Spring 2015
This assignment was to use an alternative process or camera to photograph an abstraction, landscape, portrait or still life. I chose to photograph abstraction because I enjoy looking at things through a lens that make them seem different than they are in reality. My goal in this photograph was to abstract the fence and to focus on the lines that it creates. This image was not the final product I was hoping for. The camera that I chose for my alternative processes was a round camera that was intended to create a fish eye effect. I completed 6 light tests and none of them were successful which put me behind schedule. After replacing the tape on top, taping over the pinhole, making a light trap, and spray painting the lid I was able to get a successful light test. I then tried to shoot my intended subject with no success. An exposure of even 6 seconds continued to come out black with no identifiable subject. An exposure of 5 seconds on a cloudy day created the picture above but it was the only shot I was able to see the fence in which is why it is the one I used in my portfolio. If time had permitted I would've gotten a closer, slightly more developed picture that focused on the fence and the abstraction of the lines that forms the fence. The aesthetic theory that I wanted to use in my abstraction of the fence was formalism. The lines, if photographed correctly, would've evoked a sense of movement across the page. The emphasis on the lines and movement of those lines indicates that the aesthetic theory that would best describe the photograph is formalism.
Live @Underworld, London, UK
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This flickr account was set up to store the negatives I buy at ebay, antique shops, flea markets, etc. I scan or photograph the negatives, process them, and then post them here. I enjoy discovering and revealing these images that otherwise might be lost.
I find something refreshing about looking at the negatives of images, even on the computer. It's like a step back into the darkroom without the smells, bells and clothing stains... man those were the best. I miss the darkroom. My sweatshirt that use to permanently smell like fixer smells more like bounce after the 60th washing and 4 years without a refresh of fixer.
This flickr account was set up to store the negatives I buy at ebay, antique shops, flea markets, etc. I scan or photograph the negatives, process them, and then post them here. I enjoy discovering and revealing these images that otherwise might be lost.
Live @De Klinker, BE
© All rights reserved. Do not use my photos without my written permission. If you would like to buy or use this photo PLEASE message me or email me at stefan.marotta@gmail.com
of kurdt, who the world misses every day, and whose posters used to adorn my bedroom walls during my riff raff years