Reaction to the 50 year old photo project

About a month or two ago, I started showing some of my photos on the reddit “photocritique” subreddit forum.  The first one I displayed, the Coca-Cola “split film” image, suddenly got a ton of hits – and a visit from the editors of PetaPixel.com, who wanted to run an article on the tricky format.  I said sure, and they blogged about my photo.

Last Tuesday, I posted a link to my recent blog about using 50-year-old film to photograph things to the “photography” subreddit.  Apparently the link got noticed by PetaPixel, and they loved the faded picture of the Hamilton College Chapel so much, they asked if they could link to my TU blog post.  I agreed, and they linked.

And then after that, the article got picked up by the message board Nikon Cafe. Granted, I was shooting with a Rollei and not a Nikon, but anyone who knows me knows that my D700 and F100 are dear to my heart.

And this morning, my Street Academy trivia teammate Jeremy McNamara dropped me a note on Facebook, saying, essentially, “Holy , Chuck you’re on Gizmodo!!”

Now that’s a nice touch.  Never been on Gizmodo before.

And then a few hours later, I discovered that somebody else liked my photo.

That somebody was Popular Photography magazine.

Yes, THAT Popular Photography magazine!!

Here’s the link.  Man oh man oh man oh man…

And in the afternoon, I found out the article was picked up by an Italian photography blog as well.  And that my shot of the Hamilton College Chapel made “Exposure of the Day” on The Daily What.  I even entered into a discussion with some fellow photographers on the flickr site as to whether my images were Photoshopped (they aren’t, but I appreciate the discussion).

There’s no way I could ever have pulled any of this off without some major help.  Thanks to Teri Conroy for providing me with the Rolleiflex.  Thanks to Charles Lang at Kodak for shooting suggestions.  Thanks to Kim at Stuyvesant Photo for providing the idea of shooting with modern equipment for comparison purposes.  And thanks to the crew at McGreevy Pro Lab for developing this ancient film.  Couldn’t have done it without you all.  Thanks.

And you know what… I have to consider either the Hamilton College Chapel photo or the Lehigh Valley Railroad photo for the upcoming photo competitions.  That, or maybe get another roll of vintage film and go shooting with it. Hee.