A few weeks ago, I was at an event at the National Gallery of Art, where I saw The ’70s Lens: Reimagining Documentary Photography and I fell in love with Nancy Rexroth’s photos from her Iowa series/book (I did buy the book and I love it). I went home and decided I needed a Diana camera.
I love incredibly fancy cameras, too, of course, but I also love toy/novelty cameras. I bought a Diana F+. It’s all plastic and idiosyncratic and I loved it.
I didn’t know what the first roll of film was going to be like — it was LomoChrome Metropolis — and mostly, I just wanted to get to know my camera and how it works.
There were 12 shots. I wasted one and took the same thing twice, so really, I only had 10 photos. Out of the 10, I loved nine of them.
These were all taken in Kensingon, Maryland, which is basically my neighborhood. Much like my Polaroids, I try to take photos that feel like they could be any time within the past 70 years. These all have that quality.
I have another roll that I’m sending out to get developed. And on that note, I really love my experience with The Darkroom. I looked into local places for film development but it was going to be the same price (if not more) and take just as long (if not longer). The Darkroom received my film on Friday and I had the scans today.
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