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My Life Tour Portraits of Humanity
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“Time ran out on me…”
Copyright © James T. Randall 2015 All original images and text are the sole property and product of the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner.
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Contents Introduction A Renaissance of Caffenol Re-printings Acknowledgements Hand of Faith Author’s Apology: Blundering gentle obscure…
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Friends on a mission for Music and Art…
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To label and list everything seems meaningless
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A Renaissance of Caffenol Re-printings This volume is a short collection of images selected from my photographic works. I was recently inspired to revisit analogue film and print using homemade developers derived from plant materials containing caffeic acids; (commonly referred to as, Caffenol). The majority of images in this volume are newly printed, or reprinted, using a variety of different plant sourced developers. The majority of these images have been printed on vintage 40 year old expired, and newer photographic papers. These images were captured using a variety of new and expired 35mm film, 6x9 medium format 120 film, 4x5 large format film, Polaroid instant film, and paper negatives up to 8x10in. I used a variety of commercial and improvised analogue cameras, with lens arrays and pinhole applications. I have also made use of digital imagery via a simple DSLR camera and several other electronic image capture devices. Direct contact prints from negatives were used wherever possible, to preserve fine detail. All of the monochrome photographic prints in this volume were created using primitive and improvised darkroom equipment and techniques.
Acknowledgements I would not have returned to explore film photography developing and printing without the generosity and encouragement of the Artist, Jeffry Sass. Some of the best prints I’ve made are on expired papers which I received from him. It was through his work that I became familiar with coffee based Caffenol developers. My interest in exploring large format pinhole applications was entirely inspired by Jeff Sass’ work. I must also acknowledge all of the subjects of my photography. Without their open acceptance of my fixation, I would never have had the opportunity to capture any meaningful images.
“To see something which other people do not see.”
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Blundering gentle, obscure‌ I disgrace blushes of admiration, stealing shadows from truths apparent. Ablutions of my lens-matic compass eye,
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false and insincere proxy understudies to exquisite reality.certainty
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“to rise above” night is the hardest time of the month made difficult by the absence of light no corners, all shadows grow round greedy against the darkness and shit inspiration comes from the weakest pit of base spark and sense in hopelessness calling out for satisfaction purses at dawn how quaint, childish, sly and angry an old man is time
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“Coast Salish Dragon Boats Landing” A stop on a symbolic journey, taking Garry Point Park, Richmond, British Columbia, the
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Canadian Naval Officers Confiscating A Japanese-Canadian's Fishing Boat, Esquimalt BC 1941
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Ste. Hélène: souffrance apparente
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"Wellness = Campbell’s Chicken Noodle Soup and Liquorice"
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Caffenol Developing #185 - Liquorice-based caffenol (aged) - Contact Print on Vintage Kodak Polycontrast G Double Weight photo paper expired 1971.
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Caffenol Developing # 210 Kodak Medalist F-1 expired 1970, # 212-214 & # 218-220 Ilford MG-IV RC Deluxe Pearl
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Fractured Society *No credit history required.
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Traversing Infinity (from health to non-existence) *Installation piece with photographic accompaniments
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Structure, physical order, and strength slowly draw downwards condensed and compressed, coalescing into the twisted depersonalisation of chronic degenerative disability, eventually streaming out as a dissolution of spreading alluvial formlessness bearing little semblance to order or function. This piece was realised as I struggled through a dream state. The wrapping and twisting of the bed sheet symbolises the physical restriction of disability strangling joy from life. It recalls the early morning feeling of being caught up in the bed clothes as your brain struggles to awaken and regain physical control. There is an implied falling effect as that is one of the marked sensations experienced in the extremities as they gradually lose strength and function. The installation also appears as if it is gradually slipping downwards, mimicking the once well-formed and differentiated striated fibres of voluntary muscles seceding. In the degenerative process the patient “becomes” their disability in an inescapable duality represented allegorically by the crutch centrepiece. The critical moment of transformation from order to entropy occurs at the twisted onset of disability. The title plays on the suitability of the sheet in this analogy to symbolise infinity’s yinyang flux of energy ebb and flow – to, and from, order through entropy. The unused electrical outlet symbolises technology’s inability to intervene towards solving the inevitable failing of the human condition. The deeply shadowed top lighting warns of the encroaching twilight of life drawing rapidly to a conclusion.
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“…I ran out on Time.”
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Cameras: C1. C2. C3. C4.
Olympus OM10 35mm SLR c.1979 Ansco Shur-Flash 120 film 6x9 medium format c.1953 Canon Digital Rebel XS DSLR (APS-C 22.2x14.8mm image sensor) c.2010 Pinhole camera(s) of various sizes from a 2½x3½x3½” tea tin up to an 8x10x12” box
Negatives: N0. No negative – contact, photogram N1. Paper negative – contact, multiple sizes & types N2. Digital negative – contact, printed transparency N3. 35mm standard format film – projected enlargement, or contact N4. 120 6x9 medium format film – projected enlargement, or contact N5. 4x5 medium format sheet film - contact
Photographic Papers: P1. P2. P3. P4.
Kodak Medalist F-1 Single Weight EXP. 6/70 Kodak Polycontrast G Double Weight EXP. 9/71 Kodak Velox F-2 Single Weight EXP. 9/63 Ilford Multi Grade MG-IV Medium Weight, RC Deluxe EXP 2017
Developers: All developers used were homemade from basic store-bought ingredients. The developers utilise caffeic acid from plant materials. Caffeic acid is present in most plants, not just those containing caffeine. Combining caffeic acids with a ph:base (sodium carbonate) produces phenol alcohol esters and phenylated benzoic compounds which act as a staining photographic developer for silver sensitised films and papers, and is commonly referred to as Caffenol. Ascorbic acid / ascorbate (vitamin C) is added as an anti-oxidant preservative to extend the useful life of the developer. Potassium Iodine (in table salt) is added to act as an ionising stabiliser, which increases the speed of the developer. The following mix is perfect for developing film and acts as a rapid developer for paper. Slowing the speed of development, by increasing the dilution (up to 1:1) or reducing the amount of sodium carbonate, allows for increased staining. Fiber coated papers stain quicker than resin coated papers. The Caffenol-CM(+i) [standard recipe] is: 500ml water, 27gr sodium carbonate, [18-21gr] [plant material], 8gr ascorbic acid, 5gr iodised salt.
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D1. 21gr Instant Coffee Crystals D2. 18gr Peppermint-Liquorice-Fennel Herbal Decongestant Tea D3. 19gr Astragalus Root Herbal Tea D4. 21gr Red Beet Powder
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Dijker, A. J. (2001), The influence of perceived suffering and vulnerability on the experience of pity. Eur. J. Soc. Psychol., 31: 659–676. doi: 10.1002/ejsp.54 Author Information
1. Department of Health Education and Promotion, Maastricht University, The Netherlands Email: Anton J. Dijker (a.dijker@gvo.unimaas.nl) *
Department of Health Education and Promotion, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands. Publication History
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Issue published online: 13 NOV 2001 Article first published online: 13 NOV 2001 Manuscript Accepted: 3 JAN 2001 Manuscript Received: 4 MAR 2000
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