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TV

I took this photo early 2007. The camera was a vintage Voigtlander Avus 6x9 plate camera. I was exposing onto some Agfa Isochrom glass plates that were circa 1930s, hence the blotches on the image. I think the original ISO was around 50 however my tests established it was now around ISO 6. I spent ages metering & thinking about what I was going to do before opening the shutter. I was using my standard 35mm camera as a meter. Since then I have bought a spot meter that will work better for this type of photography. The plate was processed in a Nebro tank kindly lent to me by Steve at the Lighthouse. Dev used was HC-110 as it is meant to have some fog reducing action. Neg was contact printed to some Agfa MCP & developed in Kodak polymax paper developer. I really like the blacks of the MCP paper & look forward to it being available again. The image I'm uploading was scanned from the contact print.
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Location
Redfern
Equipment Used
Voigtlander Avus 6x9
Exposure
slow, on a tripod
Film & Developer
Agfa Isochrom, HC-110
Paper & Developer
Agfa MCP, Kodak Polymax dev
arigram
There is something very seductive about this photograph. Maybe its the framing and sense that a heavy TV, balanced by a single rod, with a newspaper sleeping lazily on top which coupled with the gritty background and flawed negative create.
 
davido
wow, this is really interesting. I know someone who is buying old film and paper from ebay and getting mixed results. But this is fantastic. spooky image.

-david
 
Thanks for the comments.
I was wandering about this place looking for potential photos & the TV set caught my eye. It expressed a state of mind of people who give TV low status. A cheap old unit is all they need, as compared to so many contemporary people who are spending thousands of dollars on big screens. So they can watch sports & reality idol shows.

Apart from that I did like the form of the TV & also the multiple verticals in the bottom of frame. I was happy with how the tones came out in the TV set in the print. Dark tones with detail are quite visually seductive.
I tried to make an enlargement but couldn't get the tones right. I can see why people are so fond of contact printing.
 

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