Category: General
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Playing with expired Ferrania Solaris 100 film
This evening I developed a roll of expired Ferrania Solaris 100 film, which I bought on eBay. It was ideal for testing because it had only 12 frames, which I could shoot in a single day—a 36-frame roll can take months. The flowers planted by my mother and me were perfect photo subjects, as was…
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J’ai demandé à la lune
Je n’ai pas grand chose à te dire Et pas grand chose pour te faire rire Car j’imagine toujours le pire Et le meilleur me fait souffrir —Indochine
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Hurting in Bordeaux
I’m typing this in Bordeaux, after spending a few hours refurbishing laptops handed back to me by my sister-in-law before she leaves France. She and P are shopping on Rue Sainte-Catherine. On my last trip to Bordeaux, I was ill—apparently from an unusual consumption of Bordeaux’s fine wines—and spent the last two days in bed.…