“THE MISSING LINK” – I decided to submit this after being inspired by a negative image of Dorothy Mladenka’s in an earlier Folio loop, or in a different folio (MF3D II?). I actually shot this during work hours. I was hired to shoot an industrial video and decided to bring my TL-120-1 with me. After Principal Photography for the industrial video was completed, I wandered around the factory pretending to take production stills. I originally planned to get this roll developed by dr5 – but for some forgotten reason that didn’t occur. Captured with the aforementioned TL-120-1 on some type of Ilford black and white film. I believe I used a Vivitar 283 fill flash.
“STRUNG OUT” – one of the plusses of the TL-120-1 is its ability to capture greatly-detailed close-up portraits. This image was captured during a jam session of “The Ass Moles” on December 20, 2008. Despite the fact that we never released a commercially-available recording, we did commission Cal Schenkel (of Frank Zappa record cover art fame) to create a piece of Ass Moles-inspired art for us. TL-120-1 using Fuji Film (Provia?) with a Vivitar 283 flash.
“BARN TO BE WILD” – In 2014 I learned a slew of farms were slated for demolition so that condos could be erected on their land. This is one of the images from the resulting photo excursion that documented some of the doomed farm buildings. This image was captured with a TL-120-55 modified with Sam Smith’s machined lens board, using Scala film and processed in dr5’s DEV 2 (sepia).
“ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS FOR LIFE” – No need for an explanation. Captured with a TL-120-1 on Fuji 220 film using a modified winding sequence (with the red window gaffer taped shut). Processed with a CPP-2 Jobo unit in my basement bathroom.
