Seattle Sign
March 19th, 2005
Taken in 1997 in Seattle. 35mm cross-processed. I’ve needed to scan this series of shots for eight years. In those eight years, I’ve moved seven times. Over the next little while, I’ll be publishing a bunch of pictures from this period.
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Your pictures always look so dreamy, the cross processing gives it sort of an otherworldly feel. I wish I had your eye; my shots all look like I’ve been held hostage underwater and tilted slightly to the right.
Nice photo. cross processing — that is so 1997.
But you know. I used to get really pissed off when people would cross process their film. Ask Tyler. Why would somebody want to permanently alter ones film when one could easily get the same effect in photoshop while leaving the original intact?
To me it’s like somebody throwing half of the color spectrum out of their paint set into the trash. can’t one just not use those colors on that particular painting? does one really need to toss them in the garbage? it doesn’t seem resourceful.
not about you or your photo. just one of my billions of peeves. nobody does it anymore anyway. i’ll shut up now.
I think it’s less about damaging a source than surrendering to the chemicals. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with experimenting with half your paints. Sometimes cool shit can happen.
I don’t have any pet peeves about cross processing, which leaves me with nothing but admiration for this photo and the one before it. I like them a lot.
Ah, the Nitelight. A Seattle dive bar institution!