gene m Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 A friend in a junk store sent me a Kodak Vigilant 620 with a roll of exposed Verichrome in it. I usually have good luck with Verichrome so I was pretty happy. I got five printable images from the roll. Two of them really struck me and I felt that they deserved their own little tribute. <a href="http://westfordcomp.com/foundfilm/vigilant620/index.htm"> Let me go back to sleep.</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marco_buonocore Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Mate, that is the nicest thing I've seen in ages! You could publish a bang up little book running with that idea. Maybe you classic camera bunch could collectively do it. I know I've found old negs in charity shops, and went out of my way to contact print 'em. I - personally - think the idea is oozing with cred, and if you don't do it, I'm gonna do it myself. Again: really marvellous gesture, Gene. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfophotos Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Gene, you bring tears to my eyes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marco_buonocore Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Gene, So I just had a peak at your website, and found that you've already started the project. Bloody brilliant! Run with it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelging Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Another great one Gene.......Toto must be just outside the photo in the bike basket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendy_cunningham Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Gene - It never ceases to amaze me how much old film you find lurking in cameras! The words make this so powerful, how many things happened while she was in the camera. I guess I'm even more amazed that there *are* that many cameras in junk shops with pictures still in them - vacations, parties, or just this little girl. Were those owners just not interested in their memories? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene m Posted March 16, 2005 Author Share Posted March 16, 2005 Wendy et al - I traveled quite a bit in my life and haunted many junk/camera stores all over the world. People keep an eye out for old cameras with film in them for me. Many rolls are total failures but now and then I get lucky.<p> There's so much mystery and a sense of sadness connected with these lost photos. Why were they forgotten ? What became of these people ? We see our own families in these forgotten images. We see how short life is. They are powerful and tell us to enjoy our lives. I get great pleasure in sharing them with all of you. I know you get the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don_mckeith Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 What a cutie pie- can nanotechnology make me 6 yo again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger krueger Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 The world is getting weird when the best thing on photo.net is the poetry. Thanks. Do leave it up, I'm sure I'll be back from time to time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean_williams Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Great verse Gene. What the heck happens to all these people? Every time you send us one of these forgotton films I can't help thinking "Man, are these folks still alive? Do these children have grandchildren?" What a thing it would be if someone would write to the group someday saying "Hey!...That was ME". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosteaM Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Gene, you wizzard. last time when I checked the time-machine was not invented but you should get credit for the first prototype... thank you for sharing some of your magic with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_gage Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 "A friend in a junk store sent me a Kodak Vigilant 620 with a roll of exposed Verichrome in it." Yet another coincidence. First I read a post about an Ikon 515/2 and I just happened to get one of my own in the mail today. Now I read about this; and in my car I just happen to have a Kodak Vigilant 620 with a roll of Verichrome Pan in it. I'll post results when I finish the roll. Great pics/story/poem BTW. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jani_heikkinen Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 Excellent poetry, you should make a book about these found photos and your poetry. Has anyone ever contacted you because they have recognised themselves or someone else in your found pics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loreneidahl Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 Thanks Gene! Your gift is growing and we as a community are benefiting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennybee Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 Gene, how do you do it? Great stuff & nice words. Thank you for sharing the pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulh Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 Great stuff Gene, and lovely verse to accompany the images! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandeha Lynch Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 That is seriously brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry_scott Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 Gene, great words! Thanks for inspiration - I'm getting more and more tuned to the idea of old films in classic cameras. I must keep my eyes open for 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahams Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 Gene - Double Bravo - again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kai_griffin Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 Just brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_bedell Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 There's nothing as beautiful as a little girl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene m Posted March 17, 2005 Author Share Posted March 17, 2005 You are all far too kind. Keep it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesged Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 Gene, up till now I?ve been a silent observer of your work. I?m one of legions, who loves to see the found photos and barns that you display frequently much to the pleasure of so many of us. The ones you showed with the young lovely girl and your poignant text have shaken me out of my silence. It has a grace that is enhanced by your well chosen words. Poetry in image and verse. I have to confess that I am one of those strange people who has left latent images on rolls of films for many decades. What?s worse is there so many rolls in 120 and 35mm formats, including those with my two sons in their early years. They are now 52 and 44. I took so many, most of which I?ve developed and printed, but unfortunately, not all. The others, I have no idea where and when they were taken and who or what the subject matter was, some go back 35 years. At home, I keep seeing them; they are still waiting on the cold, back burner-- a project I plan to get to one day. But now in my twilight years, I?m quite aware that for me, as for everyone, those days are limited. So, I have an idea. For all the people that haven?t found old films in cameras and would like the excitement of taking a chance on developing old film with no idea what they will find, I will gladly send you some old film with no strings attached. Well maybe one: to scan an example of an image you developed that?s worth displaying . All the roll film I can identify, but not all the 35 mm, because most were bulk loaded and not all have labels. The only bonus is you?ll get a re-loadable cassette. I?ll be back home by April 1st. If interested, send me your mailing address, and I?ll mail you a roll of film. Keep showing us your fine work, Gene. Another New Englander who cherishes the too few barns that still exist, Les Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene m Posted March 17, 2005 Author Share Posted March 17, 2005 LES - I'd be honored to be part of your project. I'll be in touch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene m Posted March 17, 2005 Author Share Posted March 17, 2005 LES 2 - I checked your website. Your work is wonderful. <a href="http://www.lesgediman.com/photoalbum/pages/Little_cowboy_jpg.htm"> This photo</a> is achingly beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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