Ancient Instants
June 4th, 2024
Ancient in a couple ways. These are from a shoot from almost two years ago. That’s how far behind I am with editing. I was making good progress, but then I had some health issues and about the time I was feeling better I went to Cuba for a workshop, and, as you can see in my posts prior to this one, I decided to edit and post the photos from Havana.
But now I’m trying to get back on track with editing. I’m not shooting much these days, so maybe I can catch up.
So, here are some “instant” photos of Carrie and Eden. These two have pretty much been my favorite models for several years now. I love working with both of them and always have great results when they are helping me make art.
And, about that second way these are ancient instants. These were shot on outdated Fuji 3000 “peel-apart” instant film. That film has been discontinued for many years now. It is a real loss to photography that this unique film with a delicious tonal quality is gone forever. I bought all of it that I could find when I heard it was going away.
All the weird stuff you see going on in these is a product of the film just being so old. I suppose I could spend a few days and eliminate those problems, but I guess I don’t see them as problems, but rather the signature of this long-gone film.
There are more photos from this shoot done with a modern digital camera. But I wanted to share these first. The others will be posted here soon.
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