So this is going to be a long story. I saw some of the Lomo Siberia Team shooting ORWO films on Insta and was instantly intrigued by the light leaks, the color shifts, and the otherwise dreamy qualities of the film. Enter 2021, the "Delta Variant Days," Lomography's well-known and beloved @neufotomacher decided to drive up to Northern California to pay a visit to Modesto for the annual classic car show, American Graffiti, something we had talked about before. So I went to eBay to pick up some cheap expired film for my Holga to shoot. One seller says he has this ORWO UT18 stuff that can be developed in C41 or E6... my, that was a lie--well, sort of--anyway, I buy four rolls for about 14 USD. That's a helluva deal, I think to myself. Anyway, Mike shows up and I load a roll into my Holga and shoot him a roll to enjoy for himself. The next day, we meet up for the car show, and he told me he contacted another lomographer, @klawe; Klawe states E6 will melt it entirely and it will ruin a good batch of C41 chemicals normally processed. Well, damn, I figure. There's a waste of time, money, and film. What am I to do with the rest? Mike goes home and we part ways edified by each other's company, though slightly disappointed the film can't be used. A couple months pass. Neufotomacher messages me and says Klawe offered an alternative method, so to speak, for Mike to develop his own roll. It works! An hour at 60ºF with agitations every thirty seconds! And it works! It's grainy, yeah. It's color's diffused, yeah, but it works. It friggin' works. I ask Mike if he'd develop my rolls. He kindly obliged. I dip out for about a few more months focusing on other things... Then I meet @drewjames and he wants to shoot in Modesto... Another film shooter in Modesto? Badass, I'm down. Next thing I know, I'm loading up this stock back in my Holga for some very low risk endeavors. More months pass... a year or so, actually. I write Mike back, "Are you still down?" He is. I mail him the film with some bonus rolls for him to develop. Some FujiChrome 64T and some Fomapan 400 Drew gave me. The rolls come back. The results are curled film, but we can see the photos on the negs and they aren't too thin! I hit up Drew, "Can I scan at your place?" He's down. And thus begins him teaching me how to tame curly negs (though he did most of it because it was so demanding). We both learn. A couple hours later, the scanning is done, and the scans are beautiful... Light leaks, color shifts, vignetting, all the classic "Lomo" looks we go for. I bring them home for some resizing and here they are... The collaboration of four Lomographers, @neufotomacher, @klawe, @drewjames, and myself. I gotta say I'm so very thankful for all of you for helping me get this film done. Much love. Hope you all have enjoyed these photos by the time you're done reading this as I have partaken in such an arduous collaboration! Enjoy the Soviet slide film from '92!

Fotografer:

nonspecificscientific

Terunggah:

2022-12-10

Tag:

1992 2021 2022 Dangit Bobby Heckin' USA cross process cross processing expired friends grain holga light leak light leaks lomographers orwo slide film soviet spring summer ussr vingetting x-pro xpro

Kamera:

Holga 120 N (Tersedia di toko kami)

Film:

orwo ut 18

Kamera:

Holga 60mm f/8

Kota:

Modesto, California

Negara/kawasan:

United States

Album:

ORWO UT18, the Lomographer's Collaboration

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