{"id":23487,"date":"2019-01-08T08:01:59","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T13:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=23487"},"modified":"2019-01-06T14:12:13","modified_gmt":"2019-01-06T19:12:13","slug":"philadelphia-on-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/philadelphia-on-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia on Film"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


New Years Day I exposed two rolls of Ilford HP5 (400 ISO) using a Nikon F3 with f1.8 105mm lens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my wanders in Philadelphia to capture the festive splendor of the annual Mummers parade, I also made images of the city\u2019s architecture and neighborhoods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Philadelphia is a city of contrasts, and my aim was to produce stark and revealing photographs. Urban textures are enhanced by the silvery selenium enhanced highlight, inky black shadows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By intent there\u2019s a foreboding darkness to these images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Granularity and shallow depth of field are characteristics my choice of lens and film and make for distinctive photos. These are distinctly different than digital images I made during the same outing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My chemical process is non-standard: in addition to split processing the film (using two stage development), I selenium-toned my finished negatives to alter contrast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I scanned the negatives using an Epson V600 flatbed scanner, then made very slight adjustments in post processing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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