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pulmonaire:

Students Make Photos by Eating 35mm Film

Kingston University photography students Luke Evans and Josh Lake decided to turn themselves into human cameras by eating 35mm film squares and letting their bodies do the rest. The single film segments were first ingested, excreted (in a dark room) then washed.

Uhhh… Grossawesome. Grusome. Grawesome.

I’m pretty sure this story is made up because 1) the film would be exposed when you put in your mouth or shit it out unless you did both in a dark room 2) the images on the wall look like images from an electron microscope and I’m not sure why they would be so clearly resolved 3) I’m not sure you could still develop a piece of film after it’s come into contact with stomach acid.

bombing:

Jim Sanborn - Topographic Projections and Implied Geomotries, 1995-97

1. Cainville, Utah (1995)
2. Notom, Utah (1995)
3. Bandon, Oregon (1997)
4. Kilkee County Claire, Ireland (1997)

Wow I haven’t seen some of these before. Really incredible…

climateadaptation:

bobbycaputo:

There Are Giant Camera Resolution Test Charts Scattered Across the US

When people test cameras and lenses for resolution, they commonly use special resolution test charts that are filled with black bars of varying lengths and thicknesses. They’re kind of like eye charts, except for cameras instead of eyeballs, and with lines instead of letters.

Well, did you know that in dozens of locations around the United States, there are gigantic resolution test charts on the ground?

The Center for Land Use Interpretation writes that the strange “land-based two-dimensional optical artifacts” are used for the development of aerial photography — cameras built into airplanes and drones.

The resolution charts were mostly used during the 50s and 60s, but some of them may still be used nowadays to calibrate “flying cameras.” They have dimensions of around 50-80 feet and are coated in heavy black and white paint.

Camera-equipped aerial vehicles can fly over the giant charts and use them to test, calibrate, and focus their cameras while traveling at various altitudes and speeds. Even satellites can utilize the charts. 

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Space!

smelliott:

I took all the frames, combined and averaged them, but I rotated which image I left out, so you see motion, but it is because of a lack of information.

Here is the original.

sore-thumbelina:

Richard Mosse - Infra (2010-11) The heart of the Congo captured using dead-stock Kodak infrared film

(I love this series because it’s documentary meets art/style + substance)