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"Love Laid in Stone" (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125) 
Oval crypt. The words have faded — but the stone remembers.
2022.08.11

This is the crypt of Emilia Bykovskaya (1801–1841) — an oval chapel built by her husband, architect Mikhail Bykovsky, after her sudden death in childbirth. Here, stone is not just material — it’s the shape of grief. The French and Latin inscriptions are nearly erased, but the structure still speaks. Even in decay — it remembers.

P.S. The architect also dedicated to her an annex to a Catholic church — but it didn’t survive. 

Technical Credits:
Location: Vvedenskoye Cemetery Necropolis, Moscow, Russia
Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD
Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012)
Development: Kodak D-76
Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan)
Date: August 11, 2022
Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Captured during twilight, as the sun set, weaving shadows and silence into the frames. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and the quiet melancholy of dusk. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.

"Love Laid in Stone" (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125) Oval crypt. The words have faded — but the stone remembers. 2022.08.11 This is the crypt of Emilia Bykovskaya (1801–1841) — an oval chapel built by her husband, architect Mikhail Bykovsky, after her sudden death in childbirth. Here, stone is not just material — it’s the shape of grief. The French and Latin inscriptions are nearly erased, but the structure still speaks. Even in decay — it remembers. P.S. The architect also dedicated to her an annex to a Catholic church — but it didn’t survive. Technical Credits: Location: Vvedenskoye Cemetery Necropolis, Moscow, Russia Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: August 11, 2022 Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Captured during twilight, as the sun set, weaving shadows and silence into the frames. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and the quiet melancholy of dusk. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.

"A House Where Shadows Live" (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125)
Dome and cross. The trees’ shadows know — this is memory’s home.
2022.08.11

The Amlong family chapel — a domed shrine among trees. Built by architect Fyodor Amlong as a house for memory. His mother, son, wife, and descendants rest here. The inscription “Familia Amlong” feels like a password to silence. Even the forest seems to guard the family’s shadow.

Technical Credits:
Location: Vvedenskoye Cemetery Necropolis, Moscow, Russia
Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD
Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012)
Development: Kodak D-76
Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan)
Date: August 11, 2022
Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Captured during twilight, as the sun set, weaving shadows and silence into the frames. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and the quiet melancholy of dusk. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.

"A House Where Shadows Live" (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125) Dome and cross. The trees’ shadows know — this is memory’s home. 2022.08.11 The Amlong family chapel — a domed shrine among trees. Built by architect Fyodor Amlong as a house for memory. His mother, son, wife, and descendants rest here. The inscription “Familia Amlong” feels like a password to silence. Even the forest seems to guard the family’s shadow. Technical Credits: Location: Vvedenskoye Cemetery Necropolis, Moscow, Russia Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: August 11, 2022 Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Captured during twilight, as the sun set, weaving shadows and silence into the frames. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and the quiet melancholy of dusk. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.

“He built a house, and the trees became its walls” (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125)
2022.08.11

#FilmPhotography #KodakPlusX #ClassicMono #bwfilm #believeinfilm #blackandwhite #VvedenskoyeCemetery #RussianHistory #architecture #necropolis #cemetery #bnw #graveyard #filmphoto #monochrome #documentary

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"The Angel Doesn’t Ask. She Simply Remembers" (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125)
2022.08.11

At Vvedenskoye Necropolis — an angel with flowers leans toward a tomb. We don’t know who lies here. Maybe the name faded. Maybe it never reached us. But someone knows. Perhaps soon, we will too. For now, the gesture remains. Memory doesn’t need a biography. It simply arrives — with flowers, with wings, with shadow.

Technical Credits:  Vvedenskoye Cemetery Necropolis, Moscow. August 11, 2022, at sunset hour. Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan)

"The Angel Doesn’t Ask. She Simply Remembers" (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125) 2022.08.11 At Vvedenskoye Necropolis — an angel with flowers leans toward a tomb. We don’t know who lies here. Maybe the name faded. Maybe it never reached us. But someone knows. Perhaps soon, we will too. For now, the gesture remains. Memory doesn’t need a biography. It simply arrives — with flowers, with wings, with shadow. Technical Credits: Vvedenskoye Cemetery Necropolis, Moscow. August 11, 2022, at sunset hour. Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan)

"Twilight Couldn’t Swallow Her" (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125)
Twilight at Vvedenskoye. A white figure bursts from the tombstone. She didn’t vanish.
2022.08.11

The sun nearly gone. Twilight at Vvedenskoye. And suddenly — a white figure of a woman bursts from the tombstone. As if walking through the dark. We don’t know who she is. But she remained. The stone couldn’t hold her. The light couldn’t swallow her.

Technical Credits: Vvedenskoye Cemetery Necropolis, Moscow. August 11, 2022, at sunset hour. Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan)

"Twilight Couldn’t Swallow Her" (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125) Twilight at Vvedenskoye. A white figure bursts from the tombstone. She didn’t vanish. 2022.08.11 The sun nearly gone. Twilight at Vvedenskoye. And suddenly — a white figure of a woman bursts from the tombstone. As if walking through the dark. We don’t know who she is. But she remained. The stone couldn’t hold her. The light couldn’t swallow her. Technical Credits: Vvedenskoye Cemetery Necropolis, Moscow. August 11, 2022, at sunset hour. Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan)

"Statues Don’t Know They’re Memorials" (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125)
The angel leans. The girl walks through the dusk — stone holds no power.
2022.08.11

#VvedenskoyeCemetery #RussianHistory #FilmPhotography #KodakPlusX #ClassicMono #bwfilm #believeinfilm #blackandwhite #documentary #film #angel

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"The Stone Between Them Knows More Than We Do" (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125)

Two crosses lean toward each other. Light and shadow form a third figure. Memory doesn’t need a biography.

2022.08.11

At Vvedenskoye — two crosses leaning toward each other, as if continuing a conversation. Between them, a stone with names, but the gesture matters more than the text. Light filters through the leaves, shadow settles between them like a third memory. This isn’t a grave — it’s a dialogue.

Technical Credits: 

Vvedenskoye Cemetery Necropolis, Moscow. August 11, 2022, at sunset hour. Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan)
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Svetlana Vladimirovna (1925–2000) Konstantin Nikolaevich (1921–2016)

This is the tomb of the Baransky family — two crosses leaning toward each other, as if in an embrace. Between them — a stone with names: Svetlana Vladimirovna (1925–2000) and Konstantin Nikolaevich (1921–2016). The monument has no complex decorative elements — only simplicity and emotion. Shot on expired Kodak Plus-X 125. Moscow, 2022. #VvedenskoyeCemetery #RussianHistory #Minimalism #FilmPhotography

"The Stone Between Them Knows More Than We Do" (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125) Two crosses lean toward each other. Light and shadow form a third figure. Memory doesn’t need a biography. 2022.08.11 At Vvedenskoye — two crosses leaning toward each other, as if continuing a conversation. Between them, a stone with names, but the gesture matters more than the text. Light filters through the leaves, shadow settles between them like a third memory. This isn’t a grave — it’s a dialogue. Technical Credits: Vvedenskoye Cemetery Necropolis, Moscow. August 11, 2022, at sunset hour. Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan) ________________ Svetlana Vladimirovna (1925–2000) Konstantin Nikolaevich (1921–2016) This is the tomb of the Baransky family — two crosses leaning toward each other, as if in an embrace. Between them — a stone with names: Svetlana Vladimirovna (1925–2000) and Konstantin Nikolaevich (1921–2016). The monument has no complex decorative elements — only simplicity and emotion. Shot on expired Kodak Plus-X 125. Moscow, 2022. #VvedenskoyeCemetery #RussianHistory #Minimalism #FilmPhotography

"Fame Doesn’t Shine Through Leaves" (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125)

Lucien Olivier’s grave lies in shadow. His salad lives in every kitchen. Today, the light didn’t choose him.

2022.08.11

At Vvedenskoye Cemetery lies Lucien Olivier, the chef whose name became a salad. But at this hour, the light didn’t choose him. His grave is nearly swallowed by shadow, while a nearby unknown cross glows in sunlight. Fame doesn’t shine through leaves. Memory chooses chance.

Technical Credits: Vvedenskoye Cemetery Necropolis, Moscow. August 11, 2022, at sunset hour. Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan)

"Fame Doesn’t Shine Through Leaves" (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125) Lucien Olivier’s grave lies in shadow. His salad lives in every kitchen. Today, the light didn’t choose him. 2022.08.11 At Vvedenskoye Cemetery lies Lucien Olivier, the chef whose name became a salad. But at this hour, the light didn’t choose him. His grave is nearly swallowed by shadow, while a nearby unknown cross glows in sunlight. Fame doesn’t shine through leaves. Memory chooses chance. Technical Credits: Vvedenskoye Cemetery Necropolis, Moscow. August 11, 2022, at sunset hour. Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan)

"Shadows That Remember, Light That Forgets" (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125)
Crosses embrace. A name lost in leafy shade — memory stays quiet
2022.08.11

#VvedenskoyeCemetery #RussianHistory #Minimalism #FilmPhotography #KodakPlusX #ClassicMono #bwfilm #believeinfilm #blackandwhite #documentary #film

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"Poet. Character. Memory". (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125)
He’s not the hero, but gave her voice — and now she stands.
2022.08.11

Vvedenskoye Cemetery. On poet Isaac Borisov’s tomb, it’s not his likeness but the heroine of his poems. A girl in Red Army uniform stands as the voice of memory. The inscription — “Don’t say he died. No, he fell in battle” — turns the monument into a poetic manifesto.

She’s not the poet. She’s the character he wrote. A face carved in stone, a name borrowed from verse. Now she stands alone — silent, remembered, as if the poem outlived the poet.

Technical Credits: 
Location: Vvedenskoye Cemetery. Moscow, Russia
Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD
Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012)
Development: Kodak D-76
Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan)
Date: August 11, 2022
Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.

"Poet. Character. Memory". (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125) He’s not the hero, but gave her voice — and now she stands. 2022.08.11 Vvedenskoye Cemetery. On poet Isaac Borisov’s tomb, it’s not his likeness but the heroine of his poems. A girl in Red Army uniform stands as the voice of memory. The inscription — “Don’t say he died. No, he fell in battle” — turns the monument into a poetic manifesto. She’s not the poet. She’s the character he wrote. A face carved in stone, a name borrowed from verse. Now she stands alone — silent, remembered, as if the poem outlived the poet. Technical Credits: Location: Vvedenskoye Cemetery. Moscow, Russia Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: August 11, 2022 Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.

"The Bird That Didn’t Get to Fly" (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125)
Her name remains. Her face — in stone. All else is guesswork.
2022.08.11

Katyusha Pavlova. 1967–198?. All we know is a name, some years, and a face carved in stone. She left life young, and no one told her story. Maybe she simply lived. Maybe she loved. Maybe she dreamed. But someone placed this stone. Which means — she mattered. At least to one person. Which means — she matters.

Technical Credits: 
Location: Vvedenskoye Cemetery. Moscow, Russia
Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD
Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012)
Development: Kodak D-76
Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan)
Date: August 11, 2022
Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.

"The Bird That Didn’t Get to Fly" (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125) Her name remains. Her face — in stone. All else is guesswork. 2022.08.11 Katyusha Pavlova. 1967–198?. All we know is a name, some years, and a face carved in stone. She left life young, and no one told her story. Maybe she simply lived. Maybe she loved. Maybe she dreamed. But someone placed this stone. Which means — she mattered. At least to one person. Which means — she matters. Technical Credits: Location: Vvedenskoye Cemetery. Moscow, Russia Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: August 11, 2022 Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.

"Voice and Face" (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125)
One speaks for those who are gone. The other stays silent for herself. Both remain.
2022.08.11

#FilmPhotography #KodakPlusX #VvedenskoyeCemetery #ClassicMono #bwfilm #believeinfilm #blackandwhite #sculpture #documentary #phojournalism #cemetery #film

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“She weeps, the crypt listens, the lamp stays silent.” (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125)
2022.08.11

Grief Frozen on the Step.
Vvedenskoye Cemetery. Tomb of the Fuld family. A marble mourner sits by the crypt, as if waiting for time to start moving again.
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Among Lutheran graves, a marble mourner sits — the tomb of merchant Robert Fuld’s family. Her posture embodies grief, her veil breathes through stone. Created in the 1920s, the monument became a symbol of memory that outlasted eras and decay.
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The mourner sleeps, the lamp never burns out — time does not move.

Technical Credits: 
Location: Vvedenskoye Cemetery, Moscow, Russia
Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD
Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012)
Development: Kodak D-76
Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan)
Date: August 13, 2022
Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.

“She weeps, the crypt listens, the lamp stays silent.” (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125) 2022.08.11 Grief Frozen on the Step. Vvedenskoye Cemetery. Tomb of the Fuld family. A marble mourner sits by the crypt, as if waiting for time to start moving again. __ Among Lutheran graves, a marble mourner sits — the tomb of merchant Robert Fuld’s family. Her posture embodies grief, her veil breathes through stone. Created in the 1920s, the monument became a symbol of memory that outlasted eras and decay. __ The mourner sleeps, the lamp never burns out — time does not move. Technical Credits: Location: Vvedenskoye Cemetery, Moscow, Russia Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: August 13, 2022 Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.

“She stands at the door, and memory holds the key.” (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125)
2022.08.11

The flower is gone, the legend remains.
At Vvedenskoye Cemetery, the bronze figure by the Plo family crypt is no portrait — it’s allegory. Leon and Sophie died two days apart, and their children commissioned a monument where grief stands at the door. The flower is gone, but the living bring new ones — a gesture of memory, not myth.
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She is not Sophie, but stands at her doorway — the flower awaits a hand.

Technical Credits: 
Location: Vvedenskoye Cemetery, Moscow, Russia
Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD
Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012)
Development: Kodak D-76
Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan)
Date: August 13, 2022
Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.

“She stands at the door, and memory holds the key.” (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125) 2022.08.11 The flower is gone, the legend remains. At Vvedenskoye Cemetery, the bronze figure by the Plo family crypt is no portrait — it’s allegory. Leon and Sophie died two days apart, and their children commissioned a monument where grief stands at the door. The flower is gone, but the living bring new ones — a gesture of memory, not myth. __ She is not Sophie, but stands at her doorway — the flower awaits a hand. Technical Credits: Location: Vvedenskoye Cemetery, Moscow, Russia Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: August 13, 2022 Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.

“She stands at the door, and memory holds the key.” (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125)
2022.08.11

The flower is gone, the legend remains.
At Vvedenskoye Cemetery, the bronze figure by the Plo family crypt is no portrait — it’s allegory. Leon and Sophie died two days apart, and their children commissioned a monument where grief stands at the door. The flower is gone, but the living bring new ones — a gesture of memory, not myth.
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She is not Sophie, but stands at her doorway — the flower awaits a hand.

Technical Credits: 
Location: Vvedenskoye Cemetery, Moscow, Russia
Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD
Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012)
Development: Kodak D-76
Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan)
Date: August 13, 2022
Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.

“She stands at the door, and memory holds the key.” (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125) 2022.08.11 The flower is gone, the legend remains. At Vvedenskoye Cemetery, the bronze figure by the Plo family crypt is no portrait — it’s allegory. Leon and Sophie died two days apart, and their children commissioned a monument where grief stands at the door. The flower is gone, but the living bring new ones — a gesture of memory, not myth. __ She is not Sophie, but stands at her doorway — the flower awaits a hand. Technical Credits: Location: Vvedenskoye Cemetery, Moscow, Russia Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: August 13, 2022 Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.

"Threshold and Silence" (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125)
📝 One in the shade, the other at the doorway. Memory does not sleep.
2022.08.11

#FilmPhotography #KodakPlusX #VvedenskoyeCemetery #HistoricMonument #RussianHistory #ClassicMono #bwfilm #believeinfilm #documentary #phojournalism #blackandwhite

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“The cat rests, the bench thinks, the bushes whisper of eternity.”

In the Donskoy Monastery necropolis, a new character appears — a black cat. Resting on a bench, he seems the master of shadows and sunlight. His pose carries irony, his eyes fire, and the frame breathes with the spirit of Bulgakov’s Moscow.

Technical Credits: 
Location: Donskoy Monastery Necropolis, Moscow, Russia
Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD
Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012)
Development: Kodak D-76
Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan)
Date: August 13, 2022
Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.

“The cat rests, the bench thinks, the bushes whisper of eternity.” In the Donskoy Monastery necropolis, a new character appears — a black cat. Resting on a bench, he seems the master of shadows and sunlight. His pose carries irony, his eyes fire, and the frame breathes with the spirit of Bulgakov’s Moscow. Technical Credits: Location: Donskoy Monastery Necropolis, Moscow, Russia Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: August 13, 2022 Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.

“The cat sleeps on the wooden bench, and the bench sleeps on the earth.”

Donskoy Monastery. The same cat, closer now. He sleeps as if he knows all the necropolis’ secrets.

Technical Credits: 
Location: Donskoy Monastery Necropolis, Moscow, Russia
Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD
Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012)
Development: Kodak D-76
Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan)
Date: August 13, 2022
Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.

“The cat sleeps on the wooden bench, and the bench sleeps on the earth.” Donskoy Monastery. The same cat, closer now. He sleeps as if he knows all the necropolis’ secrets. Technical Credits: Location: Donskoy Monastery Necropolis, Moscow, Russia Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: August 13, 2022 Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.

“The cat just lies there, and time takes the scenic route.”
The cat stretched a paw. The paw stretched time. Time stretched us.
(Kodak Professional Plus-X 125)
2022.08.13

#filmphotography #blackandwhite #donskoymonastery #cat #believeinfilm #documentary #phojournalism #KodakPlusX #bnw #animal #mood

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“The cross rises from shadow, the sun bows to stone.”

In the Donskoy Monastery necropolis, crosses turn into a theater of light and shadow. One stands like an actor, lit by the sun and framed by darkness. Stone and light argue about eternity, while the viewer remains silent.

Technical Credits: 
Location: Donskoy Monastery Necropolis, Moscow, Russia
Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD
Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012)
Development: Kodak D-76
Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan)
Date: August 13, 2022
Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.

“The cross rises from shadow, the sun bows to stone.” In the Donskoy Monastery necropolis, crosses turn into a theater of light and shadow. One stands like an actor, lit by the sun and framed by darkness. Stone and light argue about eternity, while the viewer remains silent. Technical Credits: Location: Donskoy Monastery Necropolis, Moscow, Russia Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: August 13, 2022 Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.

“Three bars! Three strikes! Three times eternity!”

In the Donskoy Monastery necropolis, crosses speak to each other. One in sunlight, the other in shadow. This Orthodox cross, with its slanted bar, seems to guard the balance between earth and sky, light and darkness.

Technical Credits: 
Location: Donskoy Monastery Necropolis, Moscow, Russia
Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD
Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012)
Development: Kodak D-76
Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan)
Date: August 13, 2022
Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.

“Three bars! Three strikes! Three times eternity!” In the Donskoy Monastery necropolis, crosses speak to each other. One in sunlight, the other in shadow. This Orthodox cross, with its slanted bar, seems to guard the balance between earth and sky, light and darkness. Technical Credits: Location: Donskoy Monastery Necropolis, Moscow, Russia Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: August 13, 2022 Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.

"One cross in the sun, the other replies in shade — silence starts to sing" (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125)
2022.08.13

#filmphotography #blackandwhite #donskoymonastery #cross #believeinfilm #documentary #phojournalism #KodakPlusX #bnw #filmphoto #monochrome #bwfilm #bnwzone #necropolis #cemetery

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“The woman weeps, the urn listens, the bricks think of something else.” (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125)

She leans on the urn, and time leans on her. This is the tomb of Vasily Dunin (1793–1812), a 19‑year‑old ensign who fell at Borodino. In the Donskoy Monastery, bronze and stone turn a personal tragedy into an eternal symbol of remembrance.
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The “Mourner” by the urn was a popular 19th‑century motif, embodying grief and loss. Bronze and stone turn a personal tragedy into an eternal symbol of remembrance.

Technical Credits: 
Location: Donskoy Monastery Necropolis, Moscow, Russia
Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD
Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012)
Development: Kodak D-76
Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan)
Date: August 13, 2022
Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.

“The woman weeps, the urn listens, the bricks think of something else.” (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125) She leans on the urn, and time leans on her. This is the tomb of Vasily Dunin (1793–1812), a 19‑year‑old ensign who fell at Borodino. In the Donskoy Monastery, bronze and stone turn a personal tragedy into an eternal symbol of remembrance. __ The “Mourner” by the urn was a popular 19th‑century motif, embodying grief and loss. Bronze and stone turn a personal tragedy into an eternal symbol of remembrance. Technical Credits: Location: Donskoy Monastery Necropolis, Moscow, Russia Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: August 13, 2022 Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.

“A tree with no branches but with secrets; marble grows while time dries out.” (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125)

Donskoy Monastery. Tomb of Vasily Karachinsky. A marble tree with severed branches — symbol of a broken line, a life cut short. Masonic undertone? Perhaps. Either way, a rare cemetery metaphor.

(In the Donskoy Monastery Necropolis stands a rare monument — a marble tree with severed branches. It marks the grave of Vasily Karachinsky (1751–1793), a Freemason and veteran of the Russo-Turkish war. A symbol of a broken line and a life cut short, it blends 19th‑century funerary fashion with the hidden codes of its age)

Technical Credits: 
Location: Donskoy Monastery Necropolis, Moscow, Russia
Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD
Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012)
Development: Kodak D-76
Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan)
Date: August 13, 2022
Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.

“A tree with no branches but with secrets; marble grows while time dries out.” (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125) Donskoy Monastery. Tomb of Vasily Karachinsky. A marble tree with severed branches — symbol of a broken line, a life cut short. Masonic undertone? Perhaps. Either way, a rare cemetery metaphor. (In the Donskoy Monastery Necropolis stands a rare monument — a marble tree with severed branches. It marks the grave of Vasily Karachinsky (1751–1793), a Freemason and veteran of the Russo-Turkish war. A symbol of a broken line and a life cut short, it blends 19th‑century funerary fashion with the hidden codes of its age) Technical Credits: Location: Donskoy Monastery Necropolis, Moscow, Russia Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: August 13, 2022 Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.

"The Urn's All Ears, The Tree's Got Secrets, The Film Remembers" (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125)
2022.08.13

#filmphotography #blackandwhite #donskoymonastery #documentary #phojournalism #KodakPlusX #RussianHistory #believeinfilm #bnw #filmphoto #documentary #phojournalism #monochrome #bwfilm #bnw

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"Woman Wrapped in the Circle of Forever" (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125)
Tomb of I. A. Alekseev (1816) #donskoymonastery
2022.08.13

#filmphotography #blackandwhite #monochrome #bwfilm #KodakPlusX #RussianHistory #believeinfilm #bnw #filmphoto #ClassicMono #noiretblanc #documentary #phojournalism

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“She holds the cross, and we hold our breath.”  (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125)

Donskoy Monastery Necropolis, 1816. Ivan Martos casts grief in bronze: a woman with a cross, a medallion with Alekseev’s face. Eternity is posing, and we’re just peeking in.
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This tomb, created by I.P. Martos in 1816, honors Ivan Alekseev (1750–1816), a State Council member. The central figure is “Faith,” holding a cross and supporting a portrait medallion — one of Martos’s first “dogmatic” memorials. The cross was stolen in the 1950s… but restorers brought it back — and even gave the statue a little “makeover.” Shot on expired Kodak Plus-X 125. Moscow, 2022. #DonskoyCemetery #RussianHistory #Classicism #FilmPhotography

“She holds the cross, and we hold our breath.” (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125) Donskoy Monastery Necropolis, 1816. Ivan Martos casts grief in bronze: a woman with a cross, a medallion with Alekseev’s face. Eternity is posing, and we’re just peeking in. _____ This tomb, created by I.P. Martos in 1816, honors Ivan Alekseev (1750–1816), a State Council member. The central figure is “Faith,” holding a cross and supporting a portrait medallion — one of Martos’s first “dogmatic” memorials. The cross was stolen in the 1950s… but restorers brought it back — and even gave the statue a little “makeover.” Shot on expired Kodak Plus-X 125. Moscow, 2022. #DonskoyCemetery #RussianHistory #Classicism #FilmPhotography

“Cross! Face! Forever!”  (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125)

Beneath the arches of an old Moscow monastery, a bronze woman leans on a cross—Martos’s 1816 monument to Ivan Alekseev. Pure neoclassical poetry: a grieving figure and a portrait medallion. The sorrow feels direct and distinct, like summer thunder—silent now, but alive.
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At Moscow’s Donskoy Cemetery: the tomb of Ivan Alekseev:  Figure of “Faith” with a cross — symbol of belonging to the Church. Portrait medallion. The cross was stolen in the 1950s… but restorers brought it back — and even gave the statue a little “makeover.” Shot on expired Kodak Plus-X.

Technical Credits: 
Location: Donskoy Monastery Necropolis, Moscow, Russia
Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD
Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012)
Development: Kodak D-76
Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan)
Date: August 13, 2022
Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.

“Cross! Face! Forever!” (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125) Beneath the arches of an old Moscow monastery, a bronze woman leans on a cross—Martos’s 1816 monument to Ivan Alekseev. Pure neoclassical poetry: a grieving figure and a portrait medallion. The sorrow feels direct and distinct, like summer thunder—silent now, but alive. __ At Moscow’s Donskoy Cemetery: the tomb of Ivan Alekseev: Figure of “Faith” with a cross — symbol of belonging to the Church. Portrait medallion. The cross was stolen in the 1950s… but restorers brought it back — and even gave the statue a little “makeover.” Shot on expired Kodak Plus-X. Technical Credits: Location: Donskoy Monastery Necropolis, Moscow, Russia Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: August 13, 2022 Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.

"Woman Wrapped in the Circle of Forever" (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125)
Tomb of I. A. Alekseev (1816) #donskoymonastery
2022.08.13

#filmphotography #blackandwhite #monochrome #bwfilm #KodakPlusX #RussianHistory #believeinfilm #bnw #filmphoto #ClassicMono #noiretblanc #documentary #phojournalism

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"The Angel Who Prayed for Everyone But Himself"

This angel isn’t just decoration. He’s praying. For Sofya Tutolmina (1772–1833), the senator’s wife who raised a foundling boy and left him her fortune. For her husband Ivan Vasilyevich (1760–1839). For their childless life, full of love. Tomb, 1839, sculptor I.P. Vitali. Lost in the 1920s, restored in 2019. Here he is again, in summer sun, shot on expired Kodak Plus-X 125. Moscow, 2022.

Technical Credits: 
Location: Donskoy Monastery Necropolis, Moscow, Russia
Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD
Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012)
Development: Kodak D-76
Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan)
Date: August 13, 2022
Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.

"The Angel Who Prayed for Everyone But Himself" This angel isn’t just decoration. He’s praying. For Sofya Tutolmina (1772–1833), the senator’s wife who raised a foundling boy and left him her fortune. For her husband Ivan Vasilyevich (1760–1839). For their childless life, full of love. Tomb, 1839, sculptor I.P. Vitali. Lost in the 1920s, restored in 2019. Here he is again, in summer sun, shot on expired Kodak Plus-X 125. Moscow, 2022. Technical Credits: Location: Donskoy Monastery Necropolis, Moscow, Russia Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: August 13, 2022 Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.

"The Weeping Cupids of the Baryshnikova Tomb"

This tomb in Moscow’s Donskoy Cemetery belongs to Elizaveta Ivanovna Baryshnikova (1772–1806) — a noblewoman, mother of 13 children (6 died in infancy), who passed away at 34, half a year after giving birth to her last child. Designed by architect N.A. Lvov: red quartzite, bronze relief with Chronos, and a marble group of two mourning cupids holding a funeral urn. The epitaph reads: “To my gentle wife and truest friend, a mother who gave her life for her children…” — a personal letter across centuries. Shot on expired Kodak Plus-X 125. Moscow, 2022. 

Technical Credits: 
Location: Donskoy Monastery Necropolis, Moscow, Russia
Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD
Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012)
Development: Kodak D-76
Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan)
Date: August 13, 2022
Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.

"The Weeping Cupids of the Baryshnikova Tomb" This tomb in Moscow’s Donskoy Cemetery belongs to Elizaveta Ivanovna Baryshnikova (1772–1806) — a noblewoman, mother of 13 children (6 died in infancy), who passed away at 34, half a year after giving birth to her last child. Designed by architect N.A. Lvov: red quartzite, bronze relief with Chronos, and a marble group of two mourning cupids holding a funeral urn. The epitaph reads: “To my gentle wife and truest friend, a mother who gave her life for her children…” — a personal letter across centuries. Shot on expired Kodak Plus-X 125. Moscow, 2022. Technical Credits: Location: Donskoy Monastery Necropolis, Moscow, Russia Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: August 13, 2022 Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.

"The Angels They Brought Back" (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125)
2022.08.13

#filmphotography #blackandwhite #monochrome #bwfilm #KodakPlusX #HistoricMonument #MourningArt #DonskoyCemetery #RussianHistory #Classicism #believeinfilm #bnw #filmphoto #ClassicMono #noiretblanc #documentary #phojournalism

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Queensboro/59th St Bridge, July 2003, shot on Kodak Plus-X. #kodak #kodakplusx

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Shops on Mesnes Street, Wigan.

Shops on Mesnes Street, Wigan.

Shops on Mesnes Street, Wigan
Kodak Plus-X
Pentax SP500
Meyer-Optik Gorlitz 30mm f/3.5 Lydith

#KodakPlusX #kodak #pentaxsp500 #olympusom2 #filmphotography #filmisnotdead #shootfilmbenice #believeinfilm

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Crossroads on the path. Woodland, dead ahead!

Crossroads on the path. Woodland, dead ahead!

Crossroads
Kodak Plus-X
Olympus OM-2

#KodakPlusX #kodak #pentaxsp500 #olympusom2 #filmphotography #filmisnotdead #shootfilmbenice #believeinfilm

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The Civic building is almost finished with it's multi million quid refurbishment. I used to pay my rent there when it was owned by the Council.

The Civic building is almost finished with it's multi million quid refurbishment. I used to pay my rent there when it was owned by the Council.

Civic Reborn
Kodak Plus-X
Pentax SP500
#KodakPlusX #kodak #pentaxsp500 #olympusom2 #filmphotography #filmisnotdead #shootfilmbenice #believeinfilm

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tanker parked up, waiting for it's next fill.

tanker parked up, waiting for it's next fill.

Tanker
Kodak Plus-X
Olympus OM-2

#KodakPlusX #kodak #pentaxsp500 #olympusom2 #filmphotography #filmisnotdead #shootfilmbenice #believeinfilm

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My walk took me through the local woodland along the nice new path. Solar and Wind power charges batteries in the lamp posts ready to illuminate the path at night.

My walk took me through the local woodland along the nice new path. Solar and Wind power charges batteries in the lamp posts ready to illuminate the path at night.

Through the woodland
Kodak Plus-X
Olympus OM-2
Zuiko 28mm f/3.5 + filter
#KodakPlusX #kodak #pentaxsp500 #olympusom2 #filmphotography #filmisnotdead #shootfilmbenice #believeinfilm

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New Coffeehouse photographed with my Pentax SP500, Meyer-Optik Gorlitz 30mm f/3.5 Lydith with orange filter on Kodak Plus-X. I finally ticked one off my bucket list of film to try before I die.

New Coffeehouse photographed with my Pentax SP500, Meyer-Optik Gorlitz 30mm f/3.5 Lydith with orange filter on Kodak Plus-X. I finally ticked one off my bucket list of film to try before I die.

New Blog Post
This week I talk about trying a classic film for the first time. Kodak Plus-X

jimgravesphoto.blogspot.com/2025/07/east...

#KodakPlusX #kodak #pentaxsp500 #olympusom2 #filmphotography #filmisnotdead #shootfilmbenice #believeinfilm

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Some images for the #shittycamerachallenge
#crappycommiecameraparty

Shot with a #lomocosmic35m on #KodakplusX

#believeinfilm
#filmphotography
#filmphoto

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“444”


📸: Mamiya C3 Professional
🎞️: Kodak Plus X 125 120 Medium Format
🥼: @tobinsphotoandvideo
#120film #mediumformat #mediumformatfilm #urbanex #urbanexplorer #kodakplusx #ishootkodakfilm

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Sitting in the DFW airport waiting to fly home. Killing time with a G&T at TGI Friday’s waiting for my boarding call. Meanwhile this is my home office, from my Nikon 35Ti on expired Plus-X in ID-1+1. #filmphotography #expiredfilm #kodakplusx

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Some sort of plant in front of a house

Some sort of plant in front of a house

1967 Pontiac Tempest convertible parked in a suburban setting

1967 Pontiac Tempest convertible parked in a suburban setting

Broken fence

Broken fence

Neighborhood clubhouse in front of reflecting pond

Neighborhood clubhouse in front of reflecting pond

First photos from a Nikon 35Ti I recently acquired. Kodak Plus-X (x/11-00) in ID-11 1+1. All shot on the grayest of gray days. #filmphotography #kodakplusx

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Carriage Wheels The Netherlands, Oegstgeest - April An old photo of ‘ringsteken’ (if you follow the link you can see some photo’s in action). A traditional activity where horse pulled carriages try to pick off little...

Ringsteken - Oegstgeest April 1978 #oegstgeest #gemeenteoegstgeest @gemeenteoegstgeest #photo #photography #pentaxk1000 #kodakplusx #kodak #analogue #mono #monochrome #bnwzone #bnwphoto #b4retouch #koninginnedag

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