Processing my film:
This week I finally got to see what the film photos I took in Studland look like. Below are pictures of me looking at my film over a light box before scanning it to get an idea of what my photos looked like.
Colour Negatives:
Initially I was pretty apprehensive about how my photos were going to look. The film was all very dark which usually means the photo is over exposed. There were also some issues with my film when it was being developed, which meant some of my roll was damaged. Below are some pictures of the colour negatives.
Colour Positive film scans:
Here are my photos after they'd been scanned and converted to the correct colours, and I'm actually surprisingly happy with how they turned out. I did have to play around with curves a lot in photoshop to get them to look alright, because the images were over exposed the scanner didn't like them and made the photos all look too green so I had to edit that out in most of them. But I think the fact that the photos are over exposed actually works out in my favour. The brightness creates a dreamlike and other worldly feel to them, which is I aimed to do with my other photos too so I think they fit really nicely with my other work for this project. I tried to double expose some of the shots too as I wasn't able to create the overlaid movement quality that I wanted with my digital camera at the time. I'm glad that I tried this as I think it's been really successful, especially with the first image pictured below to the far-left. There's something really eery about there being the white figure over the original photo that looks ghostlike and definitely looks folk horror like. Also, I intentionally didn't clean the film or the scanner before scanning the film as I wanted the photos to look grainy and that definitely worked. They appear old and futuristic at the same time which enhances the in-between, dreamlike quality of the photos. As this was my first time using a film camera I wasn't expecting anything amazing from the photos, but I think my mistakes this time actually worked in my favour because the grainy, over exposed look of them gives the photos a very unfinished/imperfect quality, much like a lot of the artists I've been looking at for this project, particularly Marco Marzocchi who has a very lofi aesthetic that I really enjoy.
Photobook research:
Marco Marzocchi
After my film photos reminding me of Marzocchi's work who I look at right at the start of the project, I thought it would be worth re-visiting him, especially as I start to plan out and think about how I want my own photo book to look. His book 'Oyster', as mentioned, has a very lofi and intentionally unsophisticated look to it, he seems to use the visual language of an amateur. This, along with the scrapbook look of his book, gives it a very raw and moody feel, something that I would like to achieve in my own photo book. As well, it seems that Marzocchi has been subconsciously influencing my work throughout. Yes I've been try to create this hazy, unfinished look in my photos by using long exposure amongst other techniques as it seems to be a common theme with the folk horror photography I've been looking at, but I think it's also because I want to try and re-create the same mood of Marzocchi's book in my own work, which after seeing my film photos I'm pretty confident I'll be able to achieve.
Week 10 Reflections:
I'm really happy that I was finally able to see how my film photos turned out. Against all odds I actually think they are really successful, for once my mistakes have worked in my favour! The grainy, hazy look of them is exactly what I was going for as it seems to be a common denominator with all the folk horror inspired photography that I've seen. It will be really good to use these images in my photo book, as I think it will be a nice contrast with the sharper more polished photos I've been taking on my digital camera. I think that this will really subtly symbolise my personal journey of healing after being sexually assaulted, it's something that's always going to be with me and will be a part of my life that I'd much rather forget, but I've grown so much stronger because of it and I have not let the assualter take my power.
Next week I really need to focus on putting my photo book together. Seeing Marco Marzocchi's work again has given me a few ideas as to how I want to lay it out, and has reminded me that I want this book to feel raw and intimate.
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