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- PDelahanty, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3There were a couple photos of one woman where I thought, "Hey, she's cute." Then I realized that the photo was taken in the 1940s and she'd probably be 90 today. That creeped me out. A lot.
- corebreach, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Enchanting...
- onelinestudio, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1kinda creepy.. but very cool
- jgstew, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Knowing how to handle the old film is important, but also if it wasnt stored in a car that gets hot and cold like film can be these days, that helps. and also, film back then would have been lower speed and less suseptible to changes i would guess. Should also point out you can only develop certain types of film in your standard one hour photo lab.
- Tobey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Wow, that is so cool. +digg.
- tarun, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Pretty cool--love old photos. And these are a eerie glimpse into people's lives.
- pgm_01, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Very cool. Analog technology can be resurrected after so much time, it make me wonder what, if anything, will survive in our digital age. The strange twist is that digital technology allows for may old films and photographs to be accessible to far more people yet it requires compatible technology to view them. In 50 years will jpeg or tiff still exist? Will CDs and DVDs be playable or will you have to go to a museum to find a way to view the contents of the discs?
- fli7e, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Excellent find.
+Digg! - waxdart, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Logged in just to digg this.
- AnnaElite, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This was so awesome, whho would have thought that film this old would actually surive. Awesome work.
- tribalsun, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1blankman, I'd say that it's safe to assume the person behind developing these photos knows exactly how to handle such old film.
Nice find lakah, thanks. - ModernTenshi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I actually found myself looking through a lot of these. Very cool gallery of old photos.
I agree with his statement on digital cameras as well. I used to work in the photo department when I worked at my local Kroger, and I can't even begin to tell you how many crappy photos I developed, not only from disposable cameras, but from digital cameras as well. I use my Sony Ericsson S710a's digital camera a lot, and really try to make the pictures look great. I would say that for about every 20 disposable cameras that came in, I would have one customer who brought in a roll of film from a non disposable camera.
I think that the quality of personal photo's really declined with the onset of cheap, disposable cameras. To me, a disposable camera only has two purposes: 1) to send with younger children on various little outings; 2) for when you forgot your own camera, or you can use your digital camera because you're out of storage space or the battery is dead. - Paul, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Amazing... I’m supposed to be working but I’ve officially been distracted for half an hour now and I’m not nearly done.
The shots that get to see from the 1920’s to 50’s are all caned pro marketing shots these are real… with real people… alive people… who are probably dead people. - yyzUnderdog, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Great stuff!!! Thanks for the link!!
- xchancex, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1http://happypalace.blogspot.com/2005/10/films-found-in-old-cameras-and-there.html
- rowhard99, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Great Dig!! Reminds me of the Walker Evans - New York Subway pictures (from the 1930's) where he took candid shots of people riding the NY subway using a camera hidden in his jacket.
Very cool pictures... check some out:
http://www.getty.edu/art/collections/seeall/s1634-81.html - fuelvolts, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1this is incredibly cool 0 i sat and read every single section on that site, while getting paid (I'm at work)
w00t!
+digg - barret55, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1These pictures are fantastic! The author was very right in that people put forth a lot more effort into taking pictures back then. An hour of work wasted for me, but very much worth it!
+digg - beaversit.com, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This is VERY cool. Makes me want to start looking through cameras at thrift stores now.
I saw this guy on TV once who would go around to garage sales in Hollywood, etc and buy up Super8 movies. Most of them were crap. He grabbed a couple reels that turned out to be the only candid color movies ever found of many stars. Like, these movies belonged to some guy that would hang out at the movie lots and try to record his favorite movie stars. Cool stuff. That dude now sells his clips to shows making documentaries, etc. - deanau, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0***** great photos.
- cyberfelon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Those photos are fascinating.
- sych0, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0very cool
- blankman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0How can they develop film that old? If I go to get film developed that's just a few years old, they don't come out.
- ShadowSwan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0this is so amazing very creepy but awesome...
+++digg - AdamCo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Probably manually as opposed to machines at somewhere like walmart that you most likely did.
- comrademikhail, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Anyone see the one with supposed Abraham Lincoln in it?
- nanvan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Perhaps my skepticism gets the best of me, true or not, it is very very cool.
- wushumasterku, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0old black and white photos are creepy
- penguinpc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is totally cool. I've always loved old photographs, even of people I don't know. This is kind of like finding hidden treasure.
- operator99, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Its a sad and beautiful world.
- ebenthurston, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0awesome
- BugMeNot2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0OLD SCHOOL.
- anti_hax0r, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0One of the main issues with old film the color fading or not being represented properly, since these are B&W, it doesn't matter.
Also, these are just old, antique would be if someone found a picture from the Civil War in a camera. Good luck with that one. - Lainy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I love looking through those they were really kewl and a little haunting at the same time. My collection of old cameras never came with any film. :/
- 16x9, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0ModernTenshi wrote: "I think that the quality of personal photo's really declined with the onset of cheap, disposable cameras."
I don't know. You might be right about that. But modern flash memory cards are supposed to hold onto their data for a very long time. I can easily imagine someone in 50 or 100 years pulling photos out of them to show others what life was like in the early part of the new millennium. - snakeman01, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0yes I know, I could not believe it when I read it at http://www.antiquesbuyersguide.com. Good story.
- jdgtrplyr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Very, very cool. I think all photographers can appreciate unseen shots like these.
- gambl0r, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Awesome idea + photos...
Poems not so great. - kryptogrowl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0man these pictures are creeping me out
- apocxp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Pretty cool. I digg.
- terzer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Is that really Lincoln?
- Tobey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Coralized, http://westfordcomp.com.nyud.net:8090/updated/found.htm
- Grandfinale1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Perfect for the Halloween season, that scary as hell. That first picture with the little girl is very very creepy. Digg x 2.
- linkage, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This website is awesome. I need to find a way to develop the old film I have.
- lady_astro08, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0These pictures are cool, but creepy. Wouldn't it be weird if someone was looking at these and found some of their own family pictures?
- GLSmyth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+016X9 wrote, "I can easily imagine someone in 50 or 100 years pulling photos out of them to show others what life was like in the early part of the new millennium."
I cannot imagine that at all. Heck, only 25 years ago we were using 8" floppies. Would you have a way to get information from such a device, or even a 5" floppy? -
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