last stop

Shot on Portra 400 film, manipulated at home; no photoshop used.

I slow cooked this roll of film on my radiator in the middle of a snowstorm. I placed the film canister in a small jar, filled it halfway with apple cider vinegar and a chamomile tea bag, then put it on my radiator. I periodically took it on and off of my radiator for several hours at a time, over the course of a day and a half. After I let it soak in clean water for a few days, I developed it at home and scanned the images. Out of the 36 photos on the roll, I only really loved two of the shots, due to the extent of the damage from the soup.

There were a lot of photos I lost in the process of souping, but the two photos that did work out, made it all worth it. The way the blue/green "slime" effect lined up so perfectly with the windows of the train, blows my mind. It is truly amazing the magic you can make when you push the boundaries.