My most recent experiment with the Lomo Konstruktor cam included a strange film called Lomochrome Purple. The thing is too fucking expensive (about 11 euros), so probably not your average choice of film. Anyway, it is worth trying it at least once and the results dont disappoint at all.
The above mentioned film is one of the few autochromatic films still being produced and available. In fact, autochromatic means that the film changes certain kinds of light spectres into different ones. In the case of my film, it changes green to yellow colours to purple and pink colours.
This type of film was originally invented by the US army in the 60s, to detect Vietcong camps in the jungle during the Vietnam war. Due the sensitivity of the film to warmth (and warm spectres of light) they could easily see the camps when making photos from planes. The areas appeared red on the resulting pictures of the military, but there were all kinds of autochromatic films for various spectres and colours. Sadly, this films are not produced any more, if you coincidentally find one in your attic you can sell it for quite good money on the internet. Or you just shoot that beast yourself!
Most of the following flicks were shot on a recent stay in London, where I was kinda overwhelmed with all the impressions, but still managed to press the shutter a few times...
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| balcony in one of London's suburbs |
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| an abandoned power plant in the heart of London, now containing a big ass museum for modern art, the Tate Modern |
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| Southbank, London |
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| the Hyde Park bathing in sunlight and turning purple |
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| Portobello Road, London |
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| a little bit of chaos in the perfect world of the City of London |
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| by far the best place when meeting all the homies in Coburg, Germany |
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| his guitar wasn't pink when I saw this guy the last time! |
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| one of the coolest boroughs in London: Hoxton, full of old brick story buildings, little stores and art galleries |
photos and text: David Tiefenthaler
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