I filled my hand luggage with two heavy, all metal mechanical cameras with a combined age of over 80 and as much black and white film as the bag could take. I hauled it from Scotland to #India, then from the south to the north.
I like collecting and using old cameras and lenses. I love the sense that someone before me has looked through the viewfinder and seen the world in their own way. There is something, maybe to do with their age or the precise mechanics that gives them a personality. They almost become my friends. I love the process of analogue photography and the time it takes to develop the film and produce an image... It is not instant.

So often in the streets of India I would take someone’s picture and straight away they would ask me to turn the camera around to see their photo on a digital screen. I disappointed so many children when all they saw was the leather and chrome back of my #Minolta. They couldn’t quite understand why the image was not instant.

ช่างภาพ:
tristandotphoto
อัพโหลดแล้ว:
2016-06-20
แท็ก:
bike black and white bycycle india kentmere 400 minolta minolta xd7 self developed slr street photography travel wanderlust
กล้อง:
Minolta XD7
ฟิล์ม:
Kentmere 400
Lens:
Minolta Rokkor 58mm 1.4 PF
เมือง:
Jodhpur
ประเทศ/จังหวัด:
India
อัลบั้ม:
India: A Never-Ending Journey

4 ความคิดเห็น

  1. wfrucht
    wfrucht ·

    This is such a beautiful series. Really wonderful.

  2. tristandotphoto
    tristandotphoto ·

    Thanks so much @wfrucht India is such a wonderful place to photograph.

  3. neja
    neja ·

    superb shot

  4. tristandotphoto
    tristandotphoto ·

    Thanks @neja It's one of my favourites.

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