Alien World : 35mm Photographed, developed and printed in the darkroom

in photography •  8 years ago  (edited)

An abstract  35mm B&W film shoot, developed, and printed by me. I like digital photography a lot but film just has a look that sets into a different art form. 

I created these by placing objects into a glass filled halfway with water and then lighting the whole thing up from underneath in the dark.

It takes a different kind of work to get abstract other worldly images without Photoshop.

These are part of a larger series of about 12, I present 4 here. 

I did have a hard time photographing the paper prints in order to show them here. Some of the richness and details are missing, I apologize. They still present an interesting effect and I am still enjoying sharing them. The process of film is so different from digital. 

These we shot with a very old Canon EOS film camera, one of the first of the EOS line. The lens is an old Sigma 100mm macro lens, but none of this really matters anymore.

 alien world 1

alien world 2

alien world 3

alien world 4


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Wow, your work is incredible! These regular objects definitely took on an "other worldly" form that many artists strive to replicate. I'm impressed. Take my upvote.

Hey, thank you! These were a lot of work to create. I appreciate your positive words!

excellent work m8 :-)
check out my photography, let me know what you think.
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Thanks!! Your work is great, I was checking it out earlier, I voted for a number of them. Totally cool!

those are very interesting. I'm going to be following you!

thank you friend!! and funny I started following you this morning.

hah, thank you too then!

Loved them all, but I think Alien World 3 is my favorite. Great work.

thanks so much!!

Wow. Awesome work here. Are these all on film?

Thanks! Yes, all on 35mm b&w film.

Great addition to photography :D

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Just fyi guys, it's not me on any of these pictures ;)

Very talented photography. Cool but kind of creepy!

Thanks! creepy is not what I am going for, hope I didn't creep you out to much. I do enjoy the Alien vibe. I guess aliens are a bit creepy :) anyway take care!

I love alien world 1. It makes me feel it was taken in a 1920s speakeasy at the end of the night. Beautiful composition!

Great take on it. Thanks for the feedback!!

Great post... Beautiful picture...

great work,spectacularly creepy I love it.

Thank you!!

I love analog works.

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