This film is the roll I took last month while on holiday in New York…
higher quality on my Vimeo.
Last year when I was in Providence Rhode Island a generous friend gave me a glorious super 8 camera. Japanese made (smile). I have long had a love affair with super 8 film, technology and quite simply the frame. When I heard you could only shoot for three minutes it always baffled my mind because such romantic beauty comes out of that film! When I realized my camera shot single frames I wanted to explore it more. It wasn’t until the weekend of the Sled Island music festival (June) did I start using this method in my still photography. The film I shot over the festival was dated 1967 and I also found it at a flee market outside of Paris. Serious. So far I really enjoy this method. The romantic poetry of it all.
Currently I’m working on different printing techniques for the stills.
Special thanks to my beautiful friend Christina Milinusic for helping me record the audio of a actual 8mm projector at 18 frames per second.
With love,
meln
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