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Published: 2005-09-08 21:21:41 +0000 UTC; Views: 7488; Favourites: 88; Downloads: 1850
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on the way back from somewhere off la cienega ... oh ... yeah ... it was from the lodge ... a swank steakhouse on la cienega ...i take side streets to my agency office to drop off my work. it's kind of in the underbelly of hollywood-west. not west hollywood but the westside of hollywood. there's some type of public benefit organization in this area of grip and light rental houses, studios and other support-oriented businesses.
one sees many odd things. dumpster divers. transvestite hookers. other kinds of hookers i've not yet named or identified.
but ... i'm cruising down this street and i see an abandoned wheelchair. i slowed. reversed. and kinda checked the area. didn't see anyone. just a dark-ass street. lonliness. it was about 1.00a. i wondered how far someone could get if they were normally wheelchair bound. they obviously got pretty far as i didn't see anyone in the hundred yard radius i was looking.
again, i was rather afraid to ask what happened.
leica mp. 35/1.4 summilux. f/1.4. 1/30th. ilford delta 400 (pushed +2 to 1600).
*ILFORD IS FILM. THIS IMAGE IS ANALOGUE. THIS IS NOT A PS CONVERSION.*
*YES ... THERE IS SCANNER NOISE. I DON'T FRIGGIN' CARE. I'M NOT RESCANNING THIS ON MY PERSONAL SCANNER. IF I MADE A PRINT, IT WOULD LOOK COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.*
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If people haven't already done so, I recommend full viewing this...really!! it is worth it.
Well captured
I love this to bits because it really leaves you wondering what on earth happened to its owner. My God, it speaks volumes.
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thank you for the words and the fave!
full-view is much better. i forget as when i edit it up ... it's fullscreen ...
cheers!
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hey, I've just gotten back into black and white film. I've noticed that you always use ilford delta, is there any particular reason you choose it over other b/w films?
oh and I really dig this peice. full view is a must.
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i know that delta scans very nicely for the most part. scanning b/w negs is difficult.
i'm experimenting with elke films as the shape of the crystals is more circular than other films like t-max and the like.
when you're making your money by making photos one chooses equipment that is tried and true ... film is part of the equipment equation.
thank you so much! glad ya' like it!
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ahhh...for scanning. I didnβt even think of that.
I have a roll of ilford delta 100 in my camera right now. I usually use tmax because itβs readily available here. I must admit I bought the ilford just because you seem to like it.
love to see your results with the elke films.
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i know that delta scans very nicely for the most part. scanning b/w negs is difficult.
i'm experimenting with elke films as the shape of the crystals is more circular than other films like t-max and the like.
when you're making your money by making photos one chooses equipment that is tried and true ... film is part of the equipment equation.
thank you so much! glad ya' like it!
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love the grainy, eerie feeling of this area that you've captured. it is almost scary to just look at statically!
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i'm glad the creepy feeling i got when i saw it and put the bitch in reverse and then got the photo came through!
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i'm glad the creepy feeling i got when i saw it and put the bitch in reverse and then got the photo came through!
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very lonely indeed. Like the composition and the bright circles the lights caused. But.... there's no red 
Cya
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Love u 2. Least u don't have 2 deal w/ hurricanes. Lotsa red roofs flyin around...
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I love the pure randomness of this. Great capture. I know you're not going to rescan just for us, but I'd love to see the origial. The combination of your leica and th illford make for such lovely tonaity and such subtlty in the shadow details. It's the stuff my dreams are made of! 
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i'd rescan if i had time. thinking about sitting here and scanning makes me want to go watch concrete set!
thank you so much, mate! very nice words!
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I feel what you mean!
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well there's one to make you think...
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still makin' me think.
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Perhaps a blend of David Lynch and Hitchcock film!
Or an abandon city, plenty of zombies?
It really scares mate!
Regards
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thanks! this whole area at night is very creepy. the underbelly of hollywood...
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other words could not explain it better!
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I like the dust stars in the sky
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dust stars! hmm....
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There comes a time when you just have to get up and walk, or at least give it another try.
I hope that whoever owned that chair, was able to get up and walk away.
Having lived 3 months that way, and adapting my life, my home and my world to it, it strikes close to home.
My life is still adapting, but I'm no longer in the chair. I can even walk without the cane for a bit, with only a slight limp... if I focus my mind to it. Physical therapy and genuine stubborness have carried me a bit further than I'd expected. Still a long path ahead.
Great shot on this one, my friend. I love the light in it.
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thank you, mate!
the light and just everything around it was what got my eye.
i hope whoever walked away as well.
glad you're not in one any longer too!
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i dont know why but im reminded of gritty british crime dramas of the 80s ...
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No fool 'n, my friend. Hope the "wheelchairee" is in a better place. Hopefully not the floor.
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*ILFORD IS FILM. THIS IMAGE IS ANALOGUE. THIS IS NOT A PS CONVERSION.*
*YES ... THERE IS SCANNER NOISE. I DON'T FRIGGIN' CARE. I'M NOT RESCANNING THIS ON MY PERSONAL SCANNER. IF I MADE A PRINT, IT WOULD LOOK COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.* - WORD! 
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where's the photo of the swing mate?
thank you so much for the comment!!!!!!
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hanging in the ex's apartment funnily enough
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i don't want to know about a swing hanging in your ex's apartment, 'kay!
this is a pg-rated site!
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heh, yeah I'd better watch it before the morality police try and get me an !
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Moving... as always.
Now that I know that ilford is film, I've to google for Leica. I assume is some kind of pencil
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yes! the most expensive pencil one can find for the visual journal of life!
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Glad to se chi-chi calmed down... those eyes where disturbing.
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Strangley, the first thing that came to mind for me was a very "leap of faith" moment.
Even more oda thought, as I am not a very religious person, this picture would make
a great Jesus Revival Propoganda book. I can imagine "Jesus was ere" graffitied on
the wall behind the wheelchair
OK time to play some King Missile "Jesus Was Way Cool"
Great capture
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Great shot, especially considering the medium and limited light supply. Scanner noise is the bane of my existence. Pah!
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if it were a silver halide print ... there'd be no noise ... but ... i couldn't share!
scanner noise! down with it!
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you right-thatΒ΄s really scary...
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That's....weird.
Who knows why there's a wheelchair abandoned in the street like that? I think something probably happened too. We'll never know.
In the meantime we got this interesting looking picture, that to me, depicts both normalcy and the strange. Nice work.
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