I love analog photography and I think it has a magic that digital doesn't. I started with digital photography and later I started with 35mm, 120mm and pinhole. More and more the difference with digital was noticed. Analog photography, especially experimental photography in which one develops the films oneself, not always in the best conditions, and soups and experiments are made to "spoil" the negative, etc., all of this enriches the final image so much that it is generated an ever-widening abyss with digital photography.
Long exposure Self-portraits
Digital photography (smartphone)
For everything said above, I have always been looking to make digital images similar to analog ones, which means noise, stains, textures, hair, "dirt", lights and various effects. I have tried many different cameras and what I found most similar to analog photography in digital is the smartphone, especially a cheap one. Obviously this is not enough so here comes the most fun part which is finding all those things in my surroundings: paints, textures, lights, etc.
I love to use things I find to paint, like rust, berries, plants, wine, coffee, tea, bleach and other weird things. So in this case there is a lot, I hardly remember how many things I used because it's so many years old. Let's see, it has aniline, ink, alcohol, a veterinary product that was purple and I think a little gouache on photographic paper.
I used this for photos I took with my phone. I know that the image itself looks very good and very clean, but as I say, I love adding textures. But obviously I keep both versions.
Cheers!
Bárbara Bezina ♥
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