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roll #16

roll #17

roll #18

Ok, the deal with any of these is this: It is a roll of film I shot in the recent past. Number 16 is the only one I have any definitive idea about, because it is the most recent one to come out of my camera. The other two? I'm pretty sure I bought the film sometime after returning from Burning Man, but I can't make any promises. We'll only know when it's been developed. That's where you come in. For $45, you help these be in the world. They'll be developed, scanned, and put online. And, you'll get a photograph that is a physical object - I will make an 11x14 print for you from your roll, using light and chemicals. Go to my etsy store and take your pick. I can't wait to share these with you!

Two rolls of film. Fuji 160 ISO. One of them is portrait film, the other has more saturated color. I never shoot with either of these things in mind. Why am I telling you this? Because I feel the need to say *something* factual about these rolls of film. What comes out of these is a surprise for both of us. I'm fairly certain they were shot sometime in the past few months. Though, I was sure of that with the first set and ended up with something from last year.

Anyway, sponsoring a roll of film means that you get to help bring these photographs into the world, onto the internet for all to see. You want to see this stuff, I promise. In addition, you get your very own 11x14 print. A physical thing, on photo paper, made by me in the darkroom.

Thank you to everyone who has sponsored one of these. Thank you to all of you who will do it in the future. You're absolutely wonderful.

Ok, this is what I've got this time:

Roll #11

This one, normal color film, shot almost entirely in low light. Two girls performed a few songs at Noisebridge's Five Minutes of Fame. An accordion and a washboard. Stomping the beat. An art show at the DNA Lounge. Trista with her art. Unwoman's reflection. A walk to Sparky's with Rubin. More photos in the dark. Noisebridge again. A desire for a new representation of myself - a new photograph that is me. Pause for a few days. Photon hunting with Mike, Kelly, and Mad Hatter.

Roll #12

Kim Boekbinder playing in Oakland. Fire jam at NIMBY. Hornzooka, Spurious Causality, Enki and the flower I drew on his arm. The epic journey to Black Rock. Overheating. Smoke. The noise of the Dumb. Melted clutchline.

I picked up the film and scans from the lab today and I've spent the past few hours at Noisebridge drinking Club Mate and editing these photos. Now they are ready for the world. Thanks again to everyone who sponsored a roll this time.

Roll #8

This was a 25iso roll, shot at Maker Faire and at Slim's birthday party. Nina Rawkstah got this one.

Roll #9

Khris Brown sponsored this roll of cross processed slide film. It started at Sand by the Ton and ended at the Wave Organ for a Corpus Callosum video shoot.

Roll #10

Eden Hensley sponsored this roll - one of the fastest speed films I've shot in a while - 160 iso. Quite appropriately it was shot entirely at night. Twice to the DNA Lounge and once to the Fire Arts Festival.

I'm so pleased with how well that first round of Sponsor a Roll of Film went. It was so exciting to see all these photographs from The Past. The responses that I got from everyone reinforced the idea that this all really matters. I left the darkroom with a stack of prints, impatient and so excited for them to be seen.

Thank you for this.

I've got some more. They are here:

All the film I put on etsy was sponsored within hours. Now, it's all been developed and scanned. The resulting darkroom sessions were some of the best I've ever had.

Roll #1

This one is cross-processed slide film from the Propane Hunt at the end of May. Sponsored by Mike Estee.

Roll #2

One shot from How to Destroy the Universe at NIMBY, and the rest from the Propane Hunt. Sponsored by Kate McKinley.

Roll #3

More Propane Hunt photos. Sponsored by Courtney Gerzymisch

Roll #4

From further in the past than I suspected. This was from a trip to the Madonna Inn for Star St. Germain's birthday. Mary Bee is the model here. This is one of the first rolls of film I shot in my Mamiya RB67. It was difficult to use back then - easily the largest camera I'd ever tried to carry around. It's more than twice the weight and size of my large format camera. Now, it's very familiar - an extension of me when I hold it. Without those early learning days, I certainly wouldn't be able to carry this camera around to the parties and events where I've gotten such amazing shots.
This one was sponsored by Reed Kennedy

Roll #5

This is my first roll of black and white infrared film, and definitely not my last. There was a lot of strange distortion, possibly caused by heat. I love the look of it anyway.
Sponsored by Dan Garcia

Roll #6

Most of this roll was from the Corpus Callosum show at the Fishtank. Multiple exposures with pretty stage lighting.
Sponsored by Ben Rupert

Roll #7

64 iso Tungsten slide film, shot at Sand by the Ton and then cross-processed. I returned home from that party to discover that all six rolls I posted in the afternoon had been claimed. This one was done and ready to be dropped off at the lab. Nina Alter got this one shortly after I posted it.

I shoot a lot of film. The pile is getting to be overwhelming. I want these to be developed. You do too. If you help me out with this, you get to see what's on the roll, and you get a print! I'll choose something interesting from that roll and make an 11x14 print in the darkroom.

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