Japan in Monochrome

By Benji, August 3rd, 2010 | In Art of Travel, Japan | 13 comments

This is the start of what I intend to be an extensive photo essay on Japan—shot entirely on film—and hopefully the world if I decide that the value of a 35mm SLR out weighs the inconvenience and physical cost of luging it around. This is an old issue for me that comes up every time I hit the road.

Here is the first film I’ve scanned since receiving the film scanner three weeks ago. The film was shot December 2009, shortly after the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (Sapporo baseball team) had won the Japanese major league 2009 season. The final frames were taken at the jam-packed street parade in central Sapporo. I couldn’t have cared less about baseball and could barely move, but the crowd made for an interesting subject.

Despite what it seems the images haven’t been manipulated. In a blind rush to reload my camera I stupidly opened the camera back before rewinding—something I’ve never done before. Thus resulting in the burnt image on the edge of the film that progressively worsens to knockout the last few frames. I was pretty pissed with myself at the time but one of great things about film is that accidents can be endearing.

Location: Sapporo, Japan
Film: Kodak T-MAX 3200
Camera: Nikon F100, Nikkor 35mm f2.
Date: December 2009

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