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Accidental Series
2016-06-13 07:23:45 Post No. 2862328
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Accidental Series
Anonymous
2016-06-13 07:23:45
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What are your thoughts on this accidental series?
https://imgur.com/a/iQLsH
The back story is the photographer found a very expired roll of film and had no idea whether it was already shot or not. So he put it through the camera and got these images out.
The copy is here
"My girlfriend found a 35mm, 400 ISO, 24 exposures, Fuji color roll of film, with no canister at Goodwill. She said, “Don’t expect too much: I’m not sure if the film is expired or has already been shot.”
The next Sunday I loaded my camera, with the “found” film, and went on a walk in the woods. I walked around shooting brush and trees and foliage and leaves and the ground and plants and clouds. I returned from my walk feeling refreshed but slightly disappointed by my boring shots.
A week later I discovered that my film had already been shot over images depicting the last days of an elderly man’s life, spent with his family. The images are hauntingly morbid and personal and strange. In the foreground there is faded foliage and trees and the sky, while the background depicts a dying man’s house and what seems to be the final days he spent with his family.
For 3 months I haven’t known what to do with these photos, I didn’t know if it was wrong to share them and I didn’t exactly understood why I was so intrigued. While there are many narratives that I have created in my head about this man and his family, I don’t even know his name.
I grapple with why these photos, commemorating shared moments of this family, make me feel suspicious, confused, and withdrawn. "
