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ABOUT C41SHAWN
ME
I GREW UP ON SKATEBOARDS AND BIKES AND BEACHES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, IN A COZY LITTLE SUBURBAN CORNER OF LA. BUT NOW, AS THE DENOUEMENT OF MY EXISTENCE IS TEMPORALLY MUCH NEARER THAN IS MY GENESIS, NEARLY HALF MY LIFE HAS BEEN LIVED IN VARIOUS PARTS OF SOUTHERN SWEDEN.
THE PHOTOS
ANALOG FILM, BUT YEAH, THE RARE OCCASION I TAKE A GOOD DIGITAL PHOTO, I'LL EDIT THE HELL OUTTA IT, USUALLY JUST THE COLORS, WHICH MANY OF YOU WILL HATE. I WELCOME YOUR HATRED.
BUT
I HAVE SOME COLOR BLINDNESS AND THIS IS HOW I SEE THINGS, OR FEEL LIKE I THINK I SEE THEM THIS WAY. THESE ARE MY COLORS.
PROCESS
I DEVELOP MY OWN BW FILM, I DEVELOP SOME OF MY OWN COLOR FILM, I SCAN MY OWN NEGATIVES. I DON'T DIGITALLY EDIT MY FILM PHOTOS MUCH, JUST DARKROOM EQUIVALENTS, REALLY. FILM IS MAGIC.
THE FILM PRINTS
A MIX OF UNNUMBERED OPEN EDITIONS, LIMITED EDITIONS, AND UNIQUE PRINTS (ONE-OF-ONES), EVENTUALLY. GET IN TOUCH IF YOU HAVE ANY INTEREST IN A PHOTO OF MINE YOU SEE ELSEWHERE; LET'S IMPROVE THE VIBE OF YOUR ABODE OR WORKPLACE.
BECAUSE
I WOULD PREFER, OF COURSE, TO MAKE MY OWN PRINTS (AND WILL DO SO), IT'S JUST INFEASIBLE AT THIS TIME, THUS THE PRINTS ARE MADE BY WHITEWALL, LITERALLY ONE OF THE BEST LABS ON EARTH.
THANK YOU TO THE WIZARDS AT
Kodak Ilford Lomography Fujifilm Silbersalz
Kentmere Adox Agfa WhiteWall
VERBOSITY OVER BREVITY.
SEE YA OUT THERE, IN THE INFINITE.
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