Burning negatives (experimental photography)

[Steve Ricoh]

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This looks a really ‘cool’ technique for artistic photography. Hope to have a go at doing this shortly using the negatives that should have ended up on the cutting floor, but somehow survived in negative sleeves.

https://www.lomography.com/magazine/279053-negative-burning-film-manipulation

Another technique I’m keen to try is cutting chunks out of negatives and filling the gaps from other frames.

 

[pcgarner]

Very cool. 

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[frame-it]

some nice ones here

https://art.brunofournier.com/en/negative-burned/

[Anbaric]

On 10/5/2023 at 12:54 PM, Steve Ricoh said:

Hope to have a go at doing this shortly using the negatives that should have ended up on the cutting floor, but somehow survived in negative sleeves.

Not quite the same thing, but I really liked Gideon Mendel's series Damage: A Testament of Faded Memory when it was shown at the 2019 Prix Pictet exhibition in London (explanation at the end of the page):

https://prix.pictet.com/cycles/hope/gideon-mendel

Edited October 6, 2023 by Anbaric

[Steve Ricoh]

1 hour ago, Anbaric said:

Not quite the same thing, but I really liked Gideon Mendel's series Damage: A Testament of Faded Memory when it was shown at the 2019 Prix Pictet exhibition in London (explanation at the end of the page):

https://prix.pictet.com/cycles/hope/gideon-mendel

I like the effect but I’m struggling to think of techniques to accelerate the ‘antagonists’.

Little to lose, I guess, if I dunk my ‘iffy’ negs in a bucket of dirty pond water - for a month or two, adding some nutrients.

Another technique for distressing is dilute bleach and one of those scouring pads often used in the kitchen sink.

 

[250swb]

It's definitely an interesting idea, but I think for digital users burning the SD card would be even better.