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vxsarin
Oct 29, 2004


ASK ME ABOUT MY AP WIRE PHOTOS
It seems like a good candidate for YouTube poop.

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BANME.sh
Jan 23, 2008

What is this??
Are you some kind of hypnotist??
Grimey Drawer
use:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Smwlb-N2BuE

voodoorootbeer
Nov 8, 2004

We may have years, we may have hours, but sooner or later we push up flowers.

Lon Lon Rabbit posted:

I will gladly post the scans if someone can give me advice on how to clean them up but would rather not say more about the location at this point because some of the people in the Japanese urbex scene are a little prone to drama.

The location itself is not that interesting as far as these places go though so you're not really missing out on anything, the plates are by far the coolest part of the story.

Maybe try asking here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/68142897748/ ? I'd imagine that the decay is probably eating the emulsion itself so recovery of damaged ones could be tricky at best.

atomicthumbs
Dec 26, 2010


We're in the business of extending man's senses.
While I do like Oneohtrix Point Never very much (how had I not listened to this before?), upon comparison of the various different options I've decided to go with Piano Phase.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG7roRkORL8

e: replaced video with final version

atomicthumbs fucked around with this message at 02:43 on Feb 2, 2015

Lon Lon Rabbit
Mar 27, 2006
Here comes a special boy!

voodoorootbeer posted:

Maybe try asking here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/68142897748/ ? I'd imagine that the decay is probably eating the emulsion itself so recovery of damaged ones could be tricky at best.

Thanks a lot!

I'm waiting for them to accept my request and I'll ask.

Lon Lon Rabbit
Mar 27, 2006
Here comes a special boy!
I have been advised that I basically shouldn't attempt any kind of recovery cos I'm not an expert. I didn't want to put them into my scanner in the state they're in so I shot about 2/3 of them yesterday in front of a lightbox.

Some cool stuff in there.

Looking closer at the emulsion it seems to be like voodoorootbeer said and the mold is always on the emulsion side so I don't think there's much that can be done, but after I finish shooting them I might take them to a photo gallery here in Tokyo I know of that specialises in vintage photos and see if they have any advice or contacts.















DJExile
Jun 28, 2007



drat this one is loving awesome

voodoorootbeer
Nov 8, 2004

We may have years, we may have hours, but sooner or later we push up flowers.

DJExile posted:

drat this one is loving awesome

Yeah, how do you say "trust me, this gon be baller as gently caress" in early 20th century Japanese

deaders
Jun 14, 2002

Someone felt sorry enough for me to change my custom title.
radikuru something something anime desu

Lon Lon Rabbit
Mar 27, 2006
Here comes a special boy!
It's actually 2 different plates stuck together that I didn't want to pry apart cos I'd probably damage them... But I agree they look better like that.

EDIT: Also in case you can't tell in three of the pictures it seems like they had a pet monkey.

ExecuDork
Feb 25, 2007

We might be fucked, sir.
Fallen Rib

Lon Lon Rabbit posted:

EDIT: Also in case you can't tell in three of the pictures it seems like they had a pet monkey.

I agree that it's a pretty ugly dog, but c'mon dude, that's pretty harsh.

I love those pictures, awesome find

atomicthumbs
Dec 26, 2010


We're in the business of extending man's senses.
Could you freeze the plates to keep them from degrading any further? I'm not sure if you can do that with plates.

Maybe ask on APUG?

MrBlandAverage
Jul 2, 2003

GNNAAAARRRR
It's been too long since I uploaded any of my collection.

BANME.sh
Jan 23, 2008

What is this??
Are you some kind of hypnotist??
Grimey Drawer
I found some slides in the trash.

Well maybe not literally the trash, but a pile of abandoned darkroom and photography equipment.

Want to know what people did for fun in the 1970s? Smoke weed and pet cats of course.









I also came across three rolls of HP4 120 film that is exposed but undeveloped. I will develop and scan that in the coming weeks probably.

BANME.sh
Jan 23, 2008

What is this??
Are you some kind of hypnotist??
Grimey Drawer
First roll of that film developed and welp, its literally a nude man.



I also didn't cut off all of the paper backing at the end of the roll so a bunch of it disintegrated and got caked into the emulsion while I was developing :(

I did a re-rinse after this photo was taken so hopefully it will clear most of it up.

elgarbo
Mar 26, 2013

BANME.sh posted:

I found some slides in the trash.

Well maybe not literally the trash, but a pile of abandoned darkroom and photography equipment.

Want to know what people did for fun in the 1970s? Smoke weed and pet cats of course.



This is basically perfect. Its the 70s encapsulated in a single image.

BANME.sh
Jan 23, 2008

What is this??
Are you some kind of hypnotist??
Grimey Drawer
From the first roll of 120. Turns out the backing paper had stuck itself to the film after all these years, so it didn't peel clean everywhere which explains the pattern you see on the background.



It's mostly this guy posing shirtless. Buff Joaquin Phoenix?

There are some other dudes but honestly one of them looks barely 18 and I feel weird about it, so I am not gonna post it.

atomicthumbs
Dec 26, 2010


We're in the business of extending man's senses.


I've only looked through one envelope. It's full of photos from 1980s Russia (or another 1980s country with ominous military transports and desolate Cyrillic-adorned buildings).

Pham Nuwen
Oct 30, 2010



atomicthumbs posted:



I've only looked through one envelope. It's full of photos from 1980s Russia (or another 1980s country with ominous military transports and desolate Cyrillic-adorned buildings).

I'm loving excited for these...

It's funny, I just bought "A Day in the Life of the Soviet Union", a photobook of photos all taken on one day in 1987. They all look like professional shots, though, so I'm interested in seeing amateur snapshots.

atomicthumbs
Dec 26, 2010


We're in the business of extending man's senses.

Pham Nuwen posted:

I'm loving excited for these...

It's funny, I just bought "A Day in the Life of the Soviet Union", a photobook of photos all taken on one day in 1987. They all look like professional shots, though, so I'm interested in seeing amateur snapshots.

:aaaaa:

atomicthumbs
Dec 26, 2010


We're in the business of extending man's senses.
There are bags of 4x5 slides in this fuckin box



voodoorootbeer
Nov 8, 2004

We may have years, we may have hours, but sooner or later we push up flowers.
well gently caress you just robbed somebody

Pham Nuwen
Oct 30, 2010



atomicthumbs posted:

There are bags of 4x5 slides in this fuckin box





I'm gonna come to your house, steal all that poo poo, and drive off in your Volvo

Post more!

atomicthumbs
Dec 26, 2010


We're in the business of extending man's senses.

voodoorootbeer posted:

well gently caress you just robbed somebody

There's a Metalprint copy of his DDS diploma, too. He died in 2001.

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ExecuDork
Feb 25, 2007

We might be fucked, sir.
Fallen Rib
Last post was from 3 months ago... this thread is too cool to die, though I'm worried about the OP. Did Soviet Union develop YOU?

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