Tag Archives: 35mm

Black and White and Read All Over

Posted on September 18, 2022 by Tina

Newsstand in the vicinity of 15th and Locust circa 1981. The Photo Elective All students majoring in illustration at The Philadelphia College of Art were required to take a minor course in photography where the students would take and process black and … Continue reading →

Posted in Blast from the Past, Curious Clutter, Philadelphia, Photography, The Photo Elective | Tagged 35mm, analog, Locust, newsstand, PA, Philadelphia | Leave a comment

The Old Homestead

Posted on August 18, 2022 by Joe

Here is a shot of my parents’ house in Westville, NJ that I took sometime during the Fall of 1982. The Sears branded SLR camera I shot this with was borrowed from my Father and was loaded with either a … Continue reading →

Posted in Blast from the Past, Photography, The Photo Elective | Tagged 35mm, analog, antique photograph, black and white, home, Joe Williams, New Jersey, photography, Westville | Leave a comment

The Counter at Bill’s No. 7

Posted on August 7, 2022 by Tina

Here is another scanned 35mm negative in the Photo Elective category. We’re back inside Bill’s No. 7 which was on Main Street in downtown Willimantic, Connecticut. I must have been in there between the breakfast and lunch rush. At its … Continue reading →

Posted in Blast from the Past, Photo Restoration, Photography, The Photo Elective | Tagged 1980s, 35mm, analog, black and white, Connecticut, diner, scan, Tina Garceau, USA, vintage, Willceau, Willimantic | 1 Comment

Inside Bill’s No. 7

Posted on August 2, 2022 by Tina

Here’s another scanned 35mm negative in the Photo Elective category. This one was from the interior of a fantastic old diner on Main Street in downtown Willimantic, Connecticut. Through the window you can see Willimantic’s famous foot bridge. All sophomore … Continue reading →

Posted in Blast from the Past, Photo Restoration, Photography, Pixels Versus Pigment, The Photo Elective | Tagged 1981, 35mm, analog, black and white, Connecticut, diner, New England, Willimantic | Leave a comment

One Touch Colorization

Posted on July 5, 2021 by Joe

A new set of features in the recently updated Photoshop make it unbelievably easy to cheat by making the painstaking process of colorizing photos into a one button process!

Posted in Computers, photo manipulation, Photography, The Photo Elective | Tagged 35mm, colorize, film, Neural Filters, Photoshop, Self portait, Tina Garceau | 2 Comments

Sam Eric Theater

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Joe_Williams

This isn’t really part of The Photo Elective series in that it wasn’t part of that elective course that all illustration majors at The Philadelphia College of Art were required to take, but I did use the same SLR camera … Continue reading →

Posted in Philadelphia, The Photo Elective | Tagged 35mm, analog, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, scan, USA, vintage | Leave a comment

She’ll Be Back

Posted on July 22, 2016 by Joe

Here’s another of Tina Garceau’s Photo Elective self-portraits that I recently discovered. They were taken as part of a class assignment at The Philadelphia College of Art. Fortunately I found them because I think a stubborn humility would have prevented … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, The Photo Elective | Tagged 1980s, 35mm, analog, black and white, Pan-X, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, Tina Garceau, USA, vintage | Leave a comment

Eric’s Mark I

Posted on July 2, 2016 by Joe_Williams

Eric’s Mark I movie theater as it was at 18th and Market in Philadelphia, PA circa 1983. I was a student at The Philadelphia College of Art, and I was snapping frames of 35mm film as reference for a class … Continue reading →

Posted in Blast from the Past, The Photo Elective | Tagged 1983, 35mm, analog, film, Illustration, Joe Williams, Market Street, movie theater, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, USA, vintage | Leave a comment

Looking West from Broad and Spruce

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Joe_Williams

Looking out the back or West side of the Atlantic Building which was known as Anderson Hall at the time and housed the Philadelphia College of Art.

Posted in Blast from the Past, Philadelphia, Photography | Tagged 1980s, 1983, 35mm, analog, camera, Illustration, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, scan, SLR, South Rosewood Street, USA, vintage, window | Leave a comment

Above Broad & Spruce in 1983

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Joe_Williams

This is a photograph I shot from what was once Anderson Hall on the Northwest corner of Broad and Spruce which once housed The Philadelphia College of Art. This is probably the 7th floor where the illustration majors were situated. … Continue reading →

Posted in Blast from the Past, Illustration, Philadelphia | Tagged 1980s, 1983, 35mm, aerial, analog, Anderson Hall, cigarette advertising, heights, Illustration, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, UArts, University of the Arts, USA, vintage | 2 Comments

Walking Up 15th

Posted on March 2, 2016 by Joe_Williams

Tina Garceau was one of many illustration majors at The Philadelphia College of Art forced to required to take an elective course in photography. She and an army of other art students scoured the streets of The City of Brotherly … Continue reading →

Posted in Blast from the Past, Philadelphia, Photography, The Photo Elective | Tagged 15th, 1980s, 1981, 35mm, analog, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, scan, Tina Garceau, USA, vintage | Leave a comment

Probably listening to an 8-Track Tape

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Joe

This was probably a self-portrait assignment that was part of the photo elective class illustrators had to take at the Philadelphia College of Art. I was probably listening to one of a small collection of remainder bin 8-track tapes while … Continue reading →

Posted in The Photo Elective | Tagged 1980s, 1982, 35mm, analog, Dawn of the Dead, Illustration, Joe Williams, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, vintage, Westville, Willceau, zombie | 4 Comments

Up on the Circle

Posted on December 2, 2015 by Joe

The following frames are among my favorite shots from this Photo Elective series. They are photos of a defunct greasy spoon known as the Murphy House that sat before a swampy marsh up in the area where Westville ended.

Posted in The Photo Elective | Tagged 1980s, 1982, 35mm, analog, diner, eatery, Food, greasy spoon, Murphy House, New Jersey, Pan-X, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, Psycho, rust belt, USA, vintage, Westville, Willceau | 2 Comments

Outside of Little Pete’s

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Joe

We’re back again with more fabulous but somewhat damaged frames of film from the early 1980s. The year is 1981 and Tina Garceau is outside of Little Pete’s restaurant trying to fulfill a class credit requirement by snapping photos in … Continue reading →