Faces From 75 Years Ago

An interesting find while going through boxes and boxes of pictures from my late aunt’s house. There were several negatives tucked away in this envelope. It’s hard to tell when this is from, but from the distinctive Art Deco font and the negatives inside, it was probably pre-WWII.

Without getting into a digital vs. analog debate, many young photographers that only know digital may not know what this is. It’s a paper holder for your prints and negatives. The corner drug store was a common place to have your film developed until only about 5 or 10 years ago. What’s amazing is that the 75-year-old negatives inside were in near-perfect shape. I scanned them all and saw pictures of family members long gone that I have never seen. I wonder if anyone will be able to recover digital pictures 75 years from now?

No Graffiti

Manchester Street, Lexington, KY

Yashica-12 TLR, Fujifilm Neopan Across 100, Perceptol 1:3

Thoroughbred Entrance

Thoroughbred Entrance

Donamire Farm, Old Frankfort Pike, Lexington, KY.

This is a monochrome image tinted orange/teal (cinematic look) in Photoshop.

Yashica-12 TLR, Fujifilm Neopan Across 100, Perceptol 1:3

Winter Afternoon Sunlight

Winter Afternoon Sunlight.

Yashica-12 TLR, Fujifilm Neopan Across 100, Perceptol 1:3

Grimes Mill

I was on a video shoot about PDR (Purchase Development Rights) land in Fayette County (Lexington), Kentucky. These are lands that are protected from urban development in order to use the land for agriculture, cattle, horses, and even tourism. It costs a lot of money to purchase and protect our disappearing landscape in central Kentucky. We were shooting on the property of Grimes Mill Farm that borders Madison County near I-75.

The featured image was shot this with color film, though I envisioned it in black-and-white. It was mid-morning (and extremely humid!), and I was fighting the dappled sunlight. But it was my only opportunity to shoot these. I think the dappled light actually works with the Boone Creek shot. I like the brown water highlights and the light on the trees in the background. It helps the depth.

El Euro Trend

On South Broadway in Lexington, KY. (Yashica 12 TLR, Kodak Portra 400)

There’s a vacancy sign, so I guess they have room for one more business.

On south Broadway in Lexington, KY.

 

CSX Not on the Move

In the downtown Lexington rail yards. (Yashica 12 TLR, Kodak Portra 400)

Spring in the Lexington Cemetery

The Henry Clay monument/mausoleum in the Lexington Cemetery. (Yashica 12 TLR, Kodak Portra 400)

Spring in the Lexington Cemetery. (Yashica 12 TLR, Kodak Portra 400)

Spring in the Lexington Cemetery. (Yashica 12 TLR, Kodak Portra 400)

Mailbox

Georgetown, KY (Bronica ETRS, Kodak Portra 400)

Battle Field

Bronica ETRS, Kodak Ektar 100

Wildflowers battling out the last of the Autumn at Perryville Battlefield, Kentucky.