Groepsfoto (2), Kamp Duindorp

Departement v. Justitie
Gevangenkamp "Duindorp"
ADJ-CDT.
BEW. DET.

Groepsfoto, Kamp Duindorp, 1945

Salvaged, sort of

The only photo salvaged from a second-hand Kodak Instamatic 50, Agfa Isopan BW 126.

Enter

Flea Market Finds: Kodak Instamatic 224

So I recently found an old Kodak Instamatic 224 (1966-68) with a partly exposed roll of Agfa Isopan 126 film.

Nine of the shots were used, so the first thing I decided was to try my luck with the rest of the film. After that,  I developed the roll in Caffenol.

The ‘old’ shots were pretty bad. In fact this was the best one. If you look carefullly, you’ll see a person in shorts in the left half of the picture, and another one on the far right.

The ‘new’ shots were a lot better. As you can see, there are some white specks and some blob on the right but overall, the results were still pretty good, considering the film was several decades old.

De Buitenmolen | Onbekend

De Buitenmolen in vervallen staat, zonder wieken en staart, met reclame voor Blooker's cacao op de romp (1964)

(nl) De Buitenmolen - http://europeana.eu/portal/record/2020704/DR_20367626.html. Onbekend. Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed. CC BY-SA - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Krofft Supershow no. 2

Via

Schoonheidsgewaarwording

"Want waardoor onderscheidt zich de technisch goed uitgevoerde kiek van de 'kunstfoto'? Voornamelijk daardoor, dat de eerste geeft een willekeurige brok werkelijkheid, uitsluitend opgenomen ter wille van die werkelijkheid, terwijl de kunstfoto beoogt ons van die werkelijkheid de schoonheidsgewaarwording weer te geven."

Ernst Loeb - Kunstfotografie voor den amateur (1922)
Via Ernst Loeb - ScherpteDiepte

Film manipulation (detergent & bleach)

3 december of zo

Essay 'Against Tinnitus'

MIXCLOUD MONDAY: Essay 'Against Tinnitus' by Gonzocircus on Mixcloud

NEC ArmKeypad

Confederate Soldier Ambrotypes

Confederate Soldier Ambrotypes (History by Zim)

"Invasion" from Series I of the SWvsWWII collection by Impale

Via Thirteenth Floor

Mrs. Dorothy Henderson. Head bent forward, hands controlled and Ectoplasm covering her lap.

The American Museum of Photography:

F. C. E. Dimmick (England)

"Mrs. Dorothy Henderson. Head bent forward, hands controlled and Ectoplasm covering her lap."

Gelatin-silver print, 3.5 x 5 inches

October 2, 1928
Inscribed on verso: "The M.S.A. has a whole series of ectoplasmic photographs which I took under strict test conditions with Mrs. Henderson as the Medium." Further inscribed, "See International Psychic Gazette, December 1928."
The M.S.A. was the Marylebone Spiritualist Association, presumably named for a section of Central London known as Marylebone Village. (To read the article from the International Psychic Gazette describing Mrs. Dorothy Henderson's seances and the making of this photograph, click here.)

Dorothy Henderson may have been the subject of a play written by the Irish poet William Butler Yeats, based on his experiences in spiritualism. Words Upon the Window Pane opened at the Abbey Theater in Dublin in 1930 and has as its central character a medium named Mrs. Henderson. A coincidence? We hope further research will provide an answer. For now, there is drama enough in the strange, other-worldly composition of this photograph, which some researchers find reminiscent of Japanese Noh theater--another interest of Yeats. The "ectoplasm" seen emerging from Mrs. Henderson's midsection is almost less remarkable than the seemingly disembodied hands of the "controls," maintaining contact with the medium in an effort to prevent fraud.