Torn film.

Film, Inspiration, Leica M2, Portrait, Voigtländer 40mm f/1.4 Nokton

This was an accident.  It happened when I was developing the film and now it’s flawed, wouldn’t you say?

This was literally the 37th frame of a “36” roll that I messed up as I was loading the film strip into the developing spool.  It was consequently unevenly exposed to the solutions; the film tore as I was removing it from the tank.

But the scene, the mood – the intent – of this image is still conveyed… at least for me.  I look at it and I’m taken there, to that quiet afternoon, even if I can’t remember all the details.

The image, like my memory, is incomplete.

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↑Leica M2 and Voigtländer Nokton 40mm @ f/1.4.

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