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Nile Valley
Shot on Porta 800 35mm
Accidentally subjected to an X-Ray scanner

Construction Site for New Administrative Capital, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Shot on Ilford 400 B/W 35mm + Egyptian military checkpoint X-Rays

Entrance and photography was only permitted with a bribe. Both are normally discouraged and under threat of confiscation.

"The new capital will be left to gather dust as more concrete skeletons in the desert."- Project on Middle East Democracy

Kyoto
Shot on Lomo Purple 35mm

Film type renders infrared reflecting materials, such as living plants, red. Man made objects are unaffected.

Shot in Trenton.All images are displayed exactly as they were taken.

archived legacy images

RA-4 Reversal Process
Challenges:
- Shot on a vintage 1920s 8x10 Studio Camera.
- Film is ASA 8 (yes, eight, 1/50th-1/100th of modern film stock).
- Needs insane light indoors; built custom lighting sync tool to sync old flashes with camera.
- Needs multi bath development, partially in darkness.
- Painting your subject might be a more efficient capture method than this."WOW MOMENT" Final development happens in real time, in daylight

RA-4

Painting your subject might be a more efficient capture method than this. But as with everything, the beauty is in the process.