gene m Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 <a href="http://westfordcomp.com/foundfilm/bellhowellnomad620/Nomad_BH.html">Found film <a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_amos Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Your found film always makes me want to write a sentimental essay about photography. Instead, I'll just say thanks...fascinating, as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicaglow Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Gene, as I think I always say: "Those are the best one's yet!" Just yesterday I visited a little photo gallery in a town nearby. There were lots of pictures of old cars and old farms. But who is photographing our streets and our society now? Your images drive home the fact that we probably need to record the "now"; the mundane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_keistler Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 I agree with the prior post. I've made a project for several years of documenting the change in the small town where I live. So often, change will sneak up so gradually that one day you wake up and the whole place is different! It's particularly important when the town doesn't have good newspaper photography, which used to be a staple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick j dempsey Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 In on of the Nomad shots it looks like there is a Nomad wagon parked outside... well at first I thought it was parked in the living room. I wonder how many people got suckered into buying this camera simply because they thought it was funny that it had the same name as the car? B.T.W.... who gets potato salad on their birthday??! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_shriver Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Those are both Kodacolor-II, so it has to be 1973 or later. Which is certainly what the clothes at the birthday party scream to this child of that era... You could see if someone's willing to follow the procedure in Kodak publication AE-31, "Processing Color Films Developed as Black and White", they give a procedure to bleach, rexpose, and process in C-41 chemicals, which is supposed to result in a color negative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorgums Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Nice. If it were dressed up a little with some self - adhesive mac-tac, that might help. Since it is from the macrame era, maybe a nice orange or yellow original 'tac from the seventies would go good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_dittmar Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Richard's response reminded me of an old-time store in my hometowm where you could buy groceries, blue jeans, or cowboy boots. My grandmother worked there for many years. I always wanted to photograph the store, the old couple that ran it, etc. Then, the owner suddenly took ill, the store closed, too late now. I have never seen a photo from inside that place, or of the owners or my grandmother while she was working there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Gene, I love your posts.<P>Those cute teenages are now on the cusp of old age.<P>The B&H looks like it might have the only viewfinder ever made for someone with eyeglasses to see through!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_camarena Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 "Those cute teenages are now on the cusp of old age." Now wait a minute! 1973 was only 35 years ago so, if they were 16 then, they'd barely be into their 50s now, not quite the cusp of old age by my standards. What happened to "fifty is the new thirty"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Bob: Shocking moment in a professor's life is when a student comes up to you after class and says, "My mom had you for this course when she was in college." I'll second the others, Gene. Love your posts. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_oleson Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 nice stuff, gene! i was about that age in the early 70s and i remember taking a few pictures with a kodak duaflex back then, probably look pretty similar .... those were the days...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustys pics Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Gene, you're a real magician. That shot of the teens around the birthday cake with trails of fire on the candles is haunting.... When I look at your found film, I can hear a voice in my head asking "detective" questions like an old Bogart film. That young fella enjoying himself so much with two gals on his arms-I bet he is either leaving for the service or is back on leave after basic training. That short haircut was definitely NOT in style in the 70's. I wonder if those gals are his sisters or cousins? Sweethearts? I think you pegged the 'tater salad & chicken right. And I bet Granny did get her fair share! Thanks again for rescuing these bits of Americana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony_lockerbie Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 These little snapshots in time are always a delight. I hope that you have dug a hole and buried the Sawyers, it may contaminate your collection. I'm wondering if this was one celebration or several.... recording everyone's birthday plus Christmas and thanksgiving on one roll of Kodacolor. If Granny could have done without the hairspray they may have had enough money for processing! Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john carter Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 A riot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Bob Camarena, Jan 13, 2008; 08:58 p.m. "Those cute teenages are now on the cusp of old age." <P> Now wait a minute! 1973 was only 35 years ago so, if they were 16 then, they'd barely be into their 50s now, not quite the cusp of old age by my standards.<P> What happened to "fifty is the new thirty<P>Let's say it was more like the late '60s. That's at least 38 years ago. The kids are mid-teens, say 16. 38+16=54, and their first offer to join the AARP will arrive in the mailbox next year (a horrible milepost for most of us). Yep -- definitely on the cusp of old age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorgums Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 its kind of unsettling to realize that such cameras were actually being sold and used in your lifetime! yuk! I you all want i can show you a marvel of a camera that i saw at the antiques mall. It is German, it looks like it does not know what it wants to be, a 35mm or some version of a box camera. It is tinny, ungainly and feels like an empty coffee can. It has a crown monogram and the letter "K" on it's face plate. Ugliest G-Dang thing, excepting perhaps Gene's posted freak box , that i have ever seen . OTG! I like those pictures though - fuzzy and mysterious, creepy as they are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tri-x1 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 What happened to "fifty is the new thirty"? That slogan was written by someone who was turning 50 and in denial. I've been 30. I've been 50. 30 is better--actually any age under 50 is better, trust me on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_bellayr Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Did you notice how thin those people were compare to a mere 35 years later? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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