Bleached | A Collection Of FP-100C Negatives (Patreon)

Now, you guys and gals are in for a treat. I would normally share negative scans to my Nostalgia tier, but I think that all of these are so beautiful they need to be shared to everyone.

I have always had a massive stack of FP negatives to bleach through, and with every shoot the stack gets taller still. A culmination of a few different events provoked me to recover some negatives. First, I had an absolutely brilliant shoot with Amber Marie, which I have already shared the Polaroids we shot during that time and because I was so smitten about how the analogue game out, I knew I had to bleach them right away. Second, earlier that same day I stopped by my friend Andy's house to pick up some studio lights for that very shoot and he handed me off some negatives to bleach for him and asked for a rush on them. Third, the very next day my friend Bret (@intothepolaroid) stopped by to drop off two dual packs of Polaroid 669 Type film that I had purchased from him and he asked for me to show him the recovery process. Last, after I showed him just one set (two negatives) we went to lunch and I left the supplies and tools out. Upon arriving back home, I decided that I should at least use the bleach and work through some.

The negatives of Amber came first, in fact earlier on Sunday. The rest were recovered late money evening and into the night. Due to the heat wave and the extremely warm temperatures, the negatives hang dried more quickly than normal so I was able to scan them the same very evening. Tonight, was the scan.

On Monday when I was working through the second batch of negatives I decided to do, I pulled my box labeled "FP-100C" that has all of my positives and negatives tucked away and began sifting through. On an unbleached negative, you can somewhat make out the exposure; sometimes. I pulled what I thought was twelve and began working through them. As I was recovering, I thought to myself how amazing it would be if I pulled the favorite FP-100C I have shot to date, but knew the probability was low since I have several hundred negatives living inside their dark home.

As I came to the last set, I noticed that I had only pulled eleven from the box, so I walked back over to my desk and pulled a random exposure out of the box that was sticking out just a little father than the rest. I wet the two emulsion sides, stuck them together, dropped into bleach and rinsed them off several seconds later. At that very moment I was in awe. The one that I had pulled from the box was the very exposure that I had wanted to bleach. I am not exactly sure if that is sheer luck, or the universe trying end my long weekend perfectly.

The exposure I am speaking about is the image of Reed in the Alabama Hills, shown above. Enjoy!

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