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