A Rip in Time

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By: John Charlton
Copyright ©2003

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Photographer	John Charlton {Karma:5595}
Project	#15 Personal Style	Camera Model	Nikon F-801/Coolpix 995
Categories	Alternative Process	Film Format
Portfolio	Experimental	Lens	not recorded
Uploaded	6/29/2003	Film / Memory Type	Polagraph HC 35mm Instant Film
		ISO / Film Speed	0
Views	737	Shutter	not recorded
Favorites	3	Aperture	not recorded
Critiques	11	Rating	6.59 / 7 Ratings
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About	I was recently handed seven rolls of Polaroid 35 mm instant slide film and the accompanying processor. I was familiar with the setup having sold it during my photo retail days back in the early 80's. When I looked at the expiry date on these packages I was surprised to see that they are from that same time period, the expiry date having past almost a generation ago. I'm not even sure if Poraoid still makes this stuff, but I've got 7 rolls of it to try out. Yesterday, I put the first roll through my old Nikon 35mm which hasn't seen a lot of action of late since digital came along. Polograph is or at least was a 400 ASA (American Standards Association) high contrast black and white slide film designed for copying black on white charts and graphs long before the digital age took hold. The photograph above was shot looking out over my back door horizon. It was shot in full daylight in the even light opposite a late afternoon sun. Because my camera rewinds the film right back into the cartridge, I had to wait until dark and remove the film manually from the camera being careful to leave a bit of the film leader hanging out. Each polaroid instant film came with a processing pack which was sandwiched with another film coated with chemicals. This proces was facilitated by a plastic processor which broke open the developing chemicals, coated the second film and sandwiched the two together for the requisite time, in this case two minutes. No electricity was required, you just pull down a lever to break open the chemicals and then turn the crank until the two films came to a stop. After two minutes, flip the lever again and crank the films apart. Voila - instant slides. Now as you can tell from the results above, all did not go as planned. The chemicals seemed to spread evenly, but the emulsion seems to have torn badly as the film passed through the processor. The resulting images are bizarre. I digitaized the film with the slide copy attachment on my Nikon Coolpix and after cropping to an interesting section, added the slide border in Paint Shop Pro. I hope to play more with these photographic gems in the upcoming weeks.

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Mohamed Elmaymony {K:1136} 5/10/2004

wow

John Charlton {K:5595} 7/8/2003

Good Question. I hope not. I'd like to think our willingness to let go of total control will always allow us to transcend our own meagre efforts.

Marek Krol {K:9791} 7/8/2003

Hey... until now I wasn't sure why you kept referring to "expired film". We definately get some of our best and most interesting results through experimentation, a decent dose of insanity (playing around with 20yo film) and a certain amount of luck.

I'm happy this one tore. I've never seen time destroyed before. Well done. This sort of fun is so limited with digital, will we lose it forever?

BTW I never knew this stuff existed, then again if its from the early 80s... well how can I put it. So am I :P

Christian Barrette {K:21125} 7/4/2003

What a beautiful chaos ! All the comments show that while we perceive the mishappening, we also are sensible to the spontaneous organization therein.

G C {K:12204} 7/1/2003

Interesting results, thanks for telling the story of the process. Regards.

Hakan Aker {K:14146} 6/29/2003

This one is wonderful also,great comments on how you did the shot also.Regards,Hakan

Mary Sue Hayward

{K:17558} 6/29/2003

This is the essence of serendipity. A beautiful mistake, with spectacular results. Wonderful, John!

^j^ . {K:8554} 6/29/2003

Bizarre, vous avez dit bizarre... Comme c'est bizarre en effet !
But really just super coolissimo... Keep them coming !!!
;-))

Judy Kessler {K:6316} 6/29/2003

Absolutly wonderful.... yes yes yes... let us see more! what a wonderful mistake... so very abstract. I am so glad you saw the art of it all. Well done. By the way... your comments are perfect.. I hope eveyone reads it!

Ken Richardson {K:1381} 6/29/2003

Excellent experiment gone wild. Its definately original. Regards.

Fabio Keiner {K:81109} 6/29/2003

exactly this is what I do miss so badly so often:
pioneering into alternative procedures to get a glimpse of art&sciences
playing with techniques
:
it's not so much bizarre, but rather full of strange beauty
weird aesthetics produced by chance and skill at once
:)
so many thanks for sharing

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