• archive
  • blog
  • publications
  • store
  • about
  • contact
  • newsletter
  • Menu

aows

  • archive
  • blog
  • publications
  • store
  • about
  • contact
  • newsletter

Fight on the bathroom floor

August 14, 2019 in journal

This is not how my evening was supposed to go.

I should've paid attention to the signs. I was too tired, and spilled the developer. Still, I went ahead.

I'd started this roll of film last year and just finished it today. It'd spent so much time in the camera that it didn't want to get in the reel.

It was a hard fight that went on for over 45 minutes, started on my desk and ended on the bathroom floor. Never before had I given up a roll.

As I opened the changing bag, I saw the result of my hard work: exposed, wrinkled and useless film. I really wanted to see those images. They are gone now.

Sometimes I wonder.

Tags: film photography, developing, developer, ilford hp5
Prev / Next
Featured
Jun 12, 2025
A local photography adventure
Jun 12, 2025
Jun 12, 2025
Jun 7, 2025
Live with FRAMES magazine
Jun 7, 2025
Jun 7, 2025
Jun 5, 2025
Conversation with Dimitris Kotakos
Jun 5, 2025
Jun 5, 2025
Jun 5, 2025
Creative B&W Editing in Elements Magazine
Jun 5, 2025
Jun 5, 2025
Jun 5, 2025
Some images are gone forever... and new ones appeared
Jun 5, 2025
Jun 5, 2025
May 29, 2025
This trip demanded everything
May 29, 2025
May 29, 2025
May 19, 2025
Photography Plans vs Reality (from the Upper Peninsula, Michigan)
May 19, 2025
May 19, 2025