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Ellis Island 1976

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  • Tel
In 1976 or thereabouts the park service opened up Ellis Island to tours before the restoration work had begun. I took my trusty Nikon FtN and a couple of rolls of Tri-X and shot some stuff. I thought I'd lost the negs but they turned up by surprise last week.
Location
NYC
Equipment Used
Nikon F, 50mm Nikkor
Exposure
haven't a clue
Film & Developer
Tri-X, lab developed
Hybrid Materials & Processing
Scanned, Epson V850
Digital Post Processing Details
Gimp: a bit of dust and scratch removal
That would be an interesting series to view.
 
That would be an interesting series to view.
I shot two rolls and only have the negs from one. The other roll was all interiors, but I have some prints from that roll that I could scan. It was spooky; kind of like an abandoned hospital.
 
A puzzler though: these negs were out of my possession for 40 years and look a lot more grainy than they should. Can poor storage affect grain even after development??? (I have film that's older than this but looks perfect.)
 

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