darkandnoirmood
больше 5 лет назад

«Somewhere far away» (Sounds of the violin at Pyatnitsky Gate) The Pyatnitskiye Vorota.

Zaitseva Street, Kolomna, Moscow region. Russia. Short city notes (sorry for the little chug) _____________ #kolomna #blackandwhite #monochrome #streetbw #streetshared #violinist ... ещё

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darkandnoirmood

25 дней назад

“Analog Captures Digital Faith” (Fomapan 100)

Film observes a ritual that does not belong to it. The smartphone records a wish, and analog records the act of recording — as if the city is testing which of the two remembers better. The hands of lomografik become a bridge between eras: holding a digital gesture the way one would hold an old postcard. And the tree of desires receives yet another layer of faith — not only a lock, but a photograph of someone photographing it.

Technical Details:
Moscow, Kadashevskaya Embankment, Luzhkov Bridge
Camera: Zenit‑35F (Lens: Minitar‑1; ƒ/8; Shutter Speed: 1/125 sec.)
Film: Fomapan 100 Classic B&W Negative Film (expired 03/2007)
Photo taken: 11/06/2017
Scanner: Noritsu LS‑1100
Model: the hands of lomografik, capturing a digital ritual
Scanner: Noritsu LS-1100 (#printbypro)
Philosophy: “Every faith seeks a vessel — digital chooses the screen, analog chooses time.”

The hands of Lomografik, large and analog, held a tiny little glass plank. Upon this plank lived a pixel. The pixel desired to photograph a metal tree draped in a thousand rusty superstitions. The superstitions clinked, promising eternity, yet the utility worker with a bolt cutter was already sharpening his tool just around the corner. Lomografik performed a swipe. The stringer performed a shutter release on the plastic Zenit. "Klack!"—and all this digital fuss, along with its concrete hopes, got forever stuck within the grainy layer of ten-year-expired Fomapan. Because anti-photography isn't about what you shoot; it’s about how you despise its fleeting nature.

“The grandest irony of our time is attempting to secure a moment of eternity with a smartphone destined to be obsolete in two years, all while in the crosshairs of a film camera that will outlive eternity itself.”

#ﬁlmphotography #analogfilm #film #fomapan100 #fomapan #zenit35f #zenitcamera #streetmoment #bnw #everybodystreet #blackandwhite #monochrome #streetphotography #abbsound #blackandwhitephoto #bwfilm #lomopunk #ﬁlmisnotdead
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darkandnoirmood

28 дней назад

$“The Halo Photo-Duel: The Sun Drew a Circle Around the One Who Tried to Capture the Sun” On Petrovsky Boulevard, reality challenged itself to a duel. The Stringer and @Lomografik — two mirrors, two flashes of light. The halo isn’t a lens flaw but proof that the city photographs itself. Each ray is a nerve, each frame a diagnosis. For a moment, Moscow became the camera, and man — its film. Technical Details: Location: Alexander Garden, Moscow Camera: Zenit-35F (Lens: Minitar-1, ƒ/8, 1/125s) Film: Fomapan 100 Classic B&W (Expired 03/2007) Date: 03/06/2017 Scanner: Noritsu LS-1100 (#printbypro) Philosophy:  “When light decides to shoot first, photography becomes an act of self‑recognition.” The stringer stood on the boulevard holding something unknown. This unknown thing was very small, yet it bit fiercely with silver halide film. Suddenly, Lomografik walked up and performed a resounding "click." The stringer also performed a "click," though slightly to the left of his armpit. The sun, exhausted from watching such photographic geometry, curled itself into a glowing bagel and settled directly onto the stringer’s shoulders. The fair buzzed, gingerbread was sold, and two humans temporarily turned into glass elements, refracting 2007 straight into 2017. “A ring flare is not an optical flaw; it is the only honest border between the one pulling the trigger and the one caught on the other side of the shutter.” _______ #filmphotography #blackandwhite #bnw #film #bwfilm #analogue #MoscowStreet #LomoPunk #Lomography #FilmIsNotDead #StringerShot #BelieveInFilm #film #UrbanLife #CityLife #ShootFilm #35mm #LensFlare #LightLeaks #filmerror #LightLeak #Glow #abbsound #LomoStyle #zenit35f #fomapan100 #fomapan #bnwzone #filmphoto #filmfeed$

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darkandnoirmood

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Threshold of Visibility — A Dangerous Duet on the Great Full Moon Day (Svema A-2Sh)

Light cuts through the space,
two shadows share the moment —
the frame holds the edge.

We composed a relfie. But since we wore round pieces of dark glass, we saw neither ourselves nor each other. This is the highest form of the genre. Yuri, speaking the ancient dialect of Lomo-Punk, and I, merely holding the 1963 Zeiss, decided to become two dark circles with legs. The sun, either setting, rising, or simply confused by the calendar, agreed to burn a hole in the sky. The Svema film, completely bewildered by this much light, turned the heavens into boiling milk and our faces into shadows of shadows. We are a half-frame. We are the missing half of a thought that nobody started. The moon was full, or the sun was angry. In black and white, the difference is purely philosophical. We looked at the world, the world looked at us, and both parties politely pretended not to notice.

Technical Credits:
Camera: Zeiss Ikon Colora (1963)
Lens: Novicar 50mm f/2.8-f/22
Focus: Zone focusing (Infinity, or perhaps the distance to the sun)
Film: Svema A-2Sh (expired 2003)
Location: Russia, Moscow — Theatre Square
Date: 13.05.2017
Scanner: Epson Stylus Photo RX500
Style: Lomo-Punk / Half-frame
Philosophy: "To see nothing clearly, yet record it with absolute certainty"

#ZeissIkon #FilmPhotography #35mm #AnalogPhotography #GrainIsGood #Dark #Lomography #LomoPunk #Vintage #AnalogSoul #Nostalgia #Grainy #ZeissIkonColora #SvemaA2Sh #ExpiredFilm #BlackAndWhite #свемаа2ш #abbsound #FilmIsNotDead #svemafilm #bwphotography #noir_shots #filmforever #filmonly #realpeople #bnwfilm #bnwsouls #film #bnw @lomografik @cifrolomov

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darkandnoirmood

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Three Witnesses to the Void

Someone else’s breath
on the glass of the old camera.
Night is not empty.

Here you are — yes, you. I’m staring at you through this broken little window and saying it plain: you are not alone.
You sit there with your laptop open, pretending the room is yours, pretending silence means absence.
It doesn’t.
They live in the blur, in the dust, in the chemical ghosts left on the frame.
Two girls. One boy. Or maybe not even that — maybe just the shape of a visit.
They’re always there, wherever you are, as if the world keeps a second copy of your room and never tells you about it.

Variations on a Theme: "...with a Film Across Moscow"
Moscow, Russia — café near Muzeon Arts Park
Photo taken: 29.04.2018
Camera: Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta B2 531
Lens: Carl Zeiss Tessar 7.5 cm f/3.5
Film: Tasma Isopan-Chrome Type 42 (expired)
Developer: Silberra Ascorol, 10 min
Scanner: Epson Perfection 4490 Photo + VueScan
Note: Multiple exposure and veil effect; silver-halide ghosts visible in the emulsion.
Figures: Two girls and Yury Yakovenko (aka @lomografik)
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