Given Up?
Who’s broken dream is this car representing? Is it just sleeping, or given up?
This capture is part of a long-term project about broken dreams. Stuff with a visible yet unknown story. I’ll blog an edit of the work in progress as soon as I find the time.
The photo was taken with a Makina 67 camera on Ektachrome 100 film, which was cross-processed in C-41 chemistry. Usually, transparency film is developed in E-6 process. If you process transparency slide film just like negative film instead, it’s called cross-processing. The artistic effect was used since the sixties and became popular again in lomography. These days the effect is often emulated by iPhone Lo-fi camera apps like Hipstamatic.
When I intend to cross-process Ektachrome film, I usually underexpose a fair bit. Generally, the more you underexpose transparency film, the less prominent the resulting cross-processing effect will be. Without underexposing, there would be blown-out highlights and strong color shifts. For the photo above, I think I underexposed by about -1.6 EV (ISO 320).
Wow… that’s real nice work. I’ll be looking forward to more of this broken dreams series if this is a sample of what’s to come. I might add that it’s a great idea for a series too.
boy, does that bring back memories. Sorry to bug you with this story, but a Lada Niva (which that is – a Russian cheap-o 4×4 that is as hard as a rock, but a certain cool charm to it when new) of my mate was taking us to a supposed 4×4 trip.
On the highway he pushed the Lada to the unlikely speed of 130km/h at which he loudly exclaimed “You’re experiencing a once in a lifetime experience – 130km/h in a Lada Niva!” at which the gearbox promptly made massive crunching sound and broke itself into smithereens. The cost of importing a gear-box and repair left my friend with a broken dream of doing 4×4 offroad team building excercises. Today he is a successful business facilitator/coach.
To, a Lada is since that day a short spelling for “wry irony”.
Great shot. Personal fan of cross processing. Currently also using ektachrome.
RT @lumilon: On the Blog: Given Up? – http://lumilon.com/blog/?p=2731 < watch this space for a series of broken dreams…
Yes Danie, this car is Lade Niva 4×4, the famous soviet car, built on Lada Zgiguli basis. On the rusty Niva door you can see remains from policeman or borderguard recognition sign.
Amazing, the Lada already tells some greaat stories, thanks a lot.
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