Dangerous Glamour

I found these negatives on the sidewalk in front of my building. There were several pages leading in a row down the street, but I took only two. There were also some full body shots in which the model is holding two pistols with silencers and her hair is waving around, but that page didn’t … Continued

Dress-up Kitty

I think this gem was from the 1800s printed on a large glass plate negative that I found.

The Disappearing Boy

Found a few years ago in a manila folder labeled “Sgt. Pepper likes to skate” under the bleachers at a college basketball game. Should’ve put the folder up too, was quite interesting and filthy.

Hands

8-1/2″ by 11″ transparency found in the gutter in the Castro district.

Christmas Memories

Found this negative as I was walking laps around my neighborhood. I passed this several times before I stopped to investigate. It must have been a great Christmas – she’s all smiles!

Apocalypse Suburbia

A few years ago while I was out running, I found a color negatives strip on a residential street. This one seemed to sum up the American suburban landscape experience pretty well. But, the damage to the negative makes it look downright apocalyptic.

First Contact

I found this half-mutilated photo negative on the floor of a warehouse about to be torn down. When I scanned it, it looked like an alien or a fetus was staring the guy right in the face, and he doesn’t seem to mind it all that much.

Musica para la Nada

This is one of the slides I found while walking past some trash on a boring day. Life sometimes gives us special gifts, like this one…like meeting landscape people.

8mm

I was digging in my garden and found a little scrap of 8mm film caught in some roots, so I scanned it. The film contains about five frames of a home movie on Christmas morning. Two children are in the frames, a little boy and a little girl, and a decorated Christmas tree is visible … Continued