Tuesday, April 06, 2004
Here's one of those urban holga pictures. This was taken at Bennett Field in Brooklyn NY, looking out on Jamaica Bay. Bennett Field is right before the bridge to Rockaway, Queens. This was 2002. I spent so much time taking pictures here and other places along Jamaica Bay, with a 4x5 and 5x7 view camera. I sure wish I would have had the Holga then. I don't think I got one large format shot that I liked and I love taking pictures here--it's such an odd place. Shooting with the view camera was fun, but the results were so frustrating. Maybe it's because the film holders leaked light and the back of the 5x7 would slip after focusing and all the negatives I shot with the lens on that camera were flat as a pancake!! Good riddance! God, if I would have had a Holga or a Fuji wide angle at the time, I'd be swimming in good negatives.
This was taken while an NYPD helicopter was hovering over my head. Eventually the Park Police were dispatched. Luckily, I had just, coincidentally, changed my shirt and left the area, or I'm sure this photo would never have seen the light of day and I'd be light one Holga. I would love to know what they thought I was doing, photographing a rusted out breakwall--oh that's right, I was behaving suspiciously!
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