At the start of summer I took a course on the history of Chicago, and one of the
main units was the importance of geography in Chicago's development. This mostly
involved reading about the different bodies of water and how they helped expand commerce,
and on one of our excursions into the city we canoed along the Chicago River in
downtown Chicago. I brought my film camera in hopes of capturing unique angles of
buildings and bridges, although it ended up inciting some worry from others who
thought that the camera was expensive and was going to get damaged by water.
Industrial bridges make for awesome black and white photographs, but I either
developed this film incorrectly or left the roll of film in my camera for too long (I've
been using this same roll of film for several months so that I could practice taking
more deliberate shots). The edges are faded and a few shots are overexposed or
out of focus. Film photography certainly yields more detailed results but without
any technical knowhow for the developing process it can be a frustrating and
antiquated alternative to digital photography.
Chicago
Taken in June 2012
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