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Tag Archives: analog
Traffic Stop at Broadway and Olive
Broadway and Olive circa 1982. Scanned from a negative.
Posted in The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, 1982, analog, Joe Williams, New Jersey, Philadelphia College of Art, USA, vintage, Westville
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Outside of Little Pete’s
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
Posted in Photography, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, 1981, 35mm, analog, black and white, film, Little Pete's, Pan-X, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, Tina Garceau, USA, vintage, Willceau
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In My Room
Here’s another Photo Elective shot that seems more like an act of desperation than an intentional attempt at art.
Posted in Blast from the Past, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, 1982, analog, Dawn of the Dead, Halloween, horror, Joe Williams, John Carpenter, New Jersey, Philadelphia College of Art, USA, vintage, Westville, zombie
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Lee-Locke Tombstone
Here’s another Photo Elective shot I took in South Jersey back in 1982. My camera was focused and my mind fixed upon the subject of death and decay because I was a horror film fanatic at the time, and I … Continue reading
Posted in News, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, 1982, 35mm, analog, black and white, graveyard, Green Cemetery, Joe Williams, New Jersey, USA, vintage
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All that remains
As I was processing the scan of this film negative I sort of remembered what I was trying to do with these art school photos back in 1982. I had an idea where I was playing off graveyards for people … Continue reading
Posted in The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, 1982, 35mm, analog, black and white, Joe Williams, junk, junkyard, New Jersey, Philadelphia College of Art, USA, vintage, Westville
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Chinatown Express
This is one of my photo elective photos, but it was not shot in the Southern New Jersey town where I lived with my parents. This time I went wandering around the City of Brotherly Love just across the Delaware … Continue reading
Posted in Philadelphia, Photography, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, 1982, analog, Asian, Chinatown, Chinatown Express, Chinese, city, film, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, urban, vintage, Willceau
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Somewhere Along Crown Point Road
Back in 1982 I went wandering along Crown Point Road to see what I could see and hopefully take a few frames of 35mm Pan-X film worth the effort of developing them. I think I was trying to shoot dead … Continue reading
Posted in The Photo Elective
Tagged 35mm, analog, Joe Williams, New Jersey, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, USA, vintage, Westville, Willceau
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Across the street from Philadelphia National Bank
Here’s another Photo Elective shot by Tina Garceau. As I’ve said before, all sophomore 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 … Continue reading
Posted in Philadelphia, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, 1981, analog, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, Tina Garceau, USA, vintage
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