Film: Check. No Negatives: Check.

I found a stash of older 35mm color negative film in a box above the basement stair–a dozen rolls, mas o menos, some a little past the expiration date but not by much. I shot some of it around town and finished off the last few rolls in–yes, you guessed it–Buenos Aires. Took ’em all to the pharmacy. A week or so later I picked up prints and A CD–NO NEGATIVES! This may not be recent news, but it came as a shock to me. I suppose most folks never look at their negatives again once the prints are made, and the “free CD” more than compensates for the missing film.

PSA: Many Film Processing Services No Longer Return Your Original Film

Despite and still, here is a link to films in current manufacture (possibly [likely] incomplete: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_photographic_films#Bergger

We still don’t know what happens to the processed film. All the more reason to DIY.

Al Fresco Exhibit at a Football Club

Club Atletico Velez Sarsfield in Buenos Aires hosted an international cultural event in early December comprising more than 50 cyanotypes from workers in South and North America (and a few points beyond). The list of participants was so inclusive that chances are you know someone who exhibited.

Acros returns, kids! There *is* a Santa Claus!

Read the fine print.

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After more than a year of wading through bureaucratic mire, Kimberly and Rebecca have opened a beautiful new space on Milwaukee Avenue. Hie thee thither!

Chicago’s New, Crowdfunded Bookstore is a Glimpse of the Future

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CJF #37

Come on down!

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https://photodevoto.com/2015/05/13/free-jazz/

http://jazzinchicago.org/jazzfest/category/full-schedule/

Free Jazz!

The 37th annual Chicago Jazz Festival! September 3, 4, 5, and 6 in Millennium Park and in the Cultural Center!

Muhal Richard Abrams!

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Dee Alexander!

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Jane Bunnett!

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Henry Butler!

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Ryan Cohan!

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Douglas Ewart!

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Chico Freeman!

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Chico’s uncle, George Freeman!

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BHS alumnus Tom Garling!

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Marquis Hill!

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Bobby Hutcherson!

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Newlywed Robert Irving III!

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Joe Locke!

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Roscoe Mitchell!

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Jeff Parker!

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Daughter and father, Bethany & Willie Pickens!

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Henry! Threadgill!

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Mark Turner!

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Edward Wilkerson!

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For more information (such as how to present content in a hilariously ugly format, with typos) see http://jazzinchicago.org/jazzfest/2015-chicago-jazz-fest-full-lineup-announced/

And there’s this: “Media seeking credentials to review or photograph performances at the festival must submit their request in writing on media letterhead to dcase@cityofchicago.org. Requests must include whether credential is regular press or photo, indicate the date or dates and provide phone and email contacts. Note: Some artists require approval, and some dictate how many songs may be photographed.”

Pinhole Day Is Coming

We’ve demonstrated a number of times how quick and how easy it can be to make a pinhole camera; we’ve also seen examples of how specialized a camera can be designed. Now is the time to do it for World Wide Pinhole Photography Day.

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http://pinholeday.org/participate/

There are endless links to resources, from Kodak to artists to enthusiast groups to youtube tutorials. Dig in! Here are a few examples from the Huge School.

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I Prefer “Decline.”

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“Every format has particularities and film renders space, light, color and volume in distinct ways from digital as well as from the formats previous to film’s invention. Those distinctions affect content because of the inherent links between technique, form and meaning: changes in how photographs appear create different readings just as the changes in how the words we choose when we write a text alter meanings as we read them.”

http://www.fototazo.com/2015/04/the-meaning-of-films-decline.html

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Steven Soderberg is “retired,” but lives on at his blawwg. One of his more fascinating posts is “Raiders Of The Lost Ark,” entirely monochromatic (izzat a woid?). Watch it scenes over a number of days, as did moi; perhaps the replacement electronica soundtrack is negligible.

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http://extension765.com/sdr/18-raiders

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P.S. The website shop offers t-shirts which reference films, but only for those who are in the know. They’re on the pricy side. (My birthday’s in June; I take an L. http://extension765.com/products/T018).

Fefo!

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Hey, Caligari: dig these.

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Mr. Fefo Velozo is one of a number of excellent pinhole photographers who are producing engaging and graphic pictures.

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Look at him for, oh, one second in this trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mynL9aXTxAs

or watch him display his cameras (one of which is made from a hot water heater) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwU5aid0eyw