08.29.14 Uprooted

Recently, I traveled to the Jersey Shore to visit family. They have roots in the community there, which was heavily traumatized by hurricane Sandy. Surprisingly though, the neighborhoods I looked through were doing much better than years previous. Most houses were raised & renovated or demolished & rebuilt. Those less fortunate could not afford this luxury, however, & their mangled houses remain, rotting. I rode by this house many times on my trips to the shore & always admired it for its architecture & coloration. And it is still beautiful, even in its wreckage. 

I'm going to try & get into the habit of recording the cameras & films used in my sets; for this one, I attempted using Velvia 100 again, despite my last roll's unfortunate outcome. This time, thankfully, it turned out much better. I also used Ilford Delta 100, all on a borrowed Nikon N90s. 

08.24.14: Kill Your TV

A digital shot from a recent explore to an abandoned machine shop. I love this shot, not only because I forgot to take the orange [b&w] filter off the color film version (kill me, too), but because it's almost representative of my life right now. Currently, I'm living in a tiny basement apartment, without TV or proper internet. I lived in this house, also, without a working vehicle for more than a year. I deleted all modern technologies from my life & it was more than liberating. I have a car now, but still no TV. It's poisonous, I believe. It puts people in a trance & stunts their imagination. It keeps them from going out into the world & glues them to their couch, in their house, instead. I hate that idea, and I hate TV culture. My couch faces the windows & my living room is stacked with motorcycles, vinyl, books, & unfinished puzzles. I love it this way, it keeps me human.

08.20.14: F*ck Velvia

I took a friend of mine exploring recently to a few of my favorite spots in Atlanta. Being as these were return trips, it gave me an excuse to try out some new film & experiment a bit. So, I picked up a roll of Velvia 100, loaded it up, & thought I would be scanning in some super badass mini photos the next week. Unfortunately, the roll turned out so strange! I was shooting in somewhat low light, so I had a tripod. But, it seems, slide film couldn't really handle the shadows. Or, it was MUCH less forgiving than my normal b&w or color negative film. These are a few of the frames that turned out OK, but still in some of them, they seemed embossed, or, have wacky colors popping up in the shadows. Lots of greens & pinks. I thought for a minute my lab guy accidentally cross processed or my scanner was fucked up, but no, turns out your exposure just has to be absolutely spot on. Next time I'll try using my Nikon N90S, which will give me a more accurate reading than my Canon AE-1. Either way, light is your friend with this film, which is difficult in the context of urban exploring. Hopefully my next roll will come out better!

Here's an example of a [very] bad frame:

Like, wtf is this? 

08.14.14 Clockwork

 

08.12.14 Doll Parts

"I fake it so real, I am beyond fake."