Illegal
This photo and description linked below, posted to Facebook reminded me of a negative I found and have always wondered what the story behind it may be. Most people thibk if film as coming in a roll that you can put in your 35mm camera. Or at least that was the case before digital photography took off so big. But really film comes in/came in many sizes including sheets of 8″ x 10″ film that would be used in a view camera. I found this old and horribly damaged 8 x 10 black and white negative at a used bok and junk store in Santa Barbara about 15 years ago. The negative was in such bad shape, I couldn’t get a very good print with it on a traditional enlarger, but I kept it none the less. Recently, I tried scanning it on my HP flatbed scanner and here is the resulting image with no real manipulation.
The guy is clearly sitting on the others lap, while the guy on the bottom is playing with him in some way- some hand gesture or tickle that he looks as if he thinks is not in the camera view. What do you think is the story here? What is their relationship?
Facebook | Robert Peterson: Illegal.
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