Processed. Print. One.

process ¹ |ˈpräˌses, ˈpräsəs, ˈprō-|

noun

1 a series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end.

film |film|

noun

1 a thin flexible strip of plastic or other material coated with light-sensitive emulsion for exposure in a camera, used to produce photographs or motion pictures.

It has taken me four years to finally go and process some old film that has been lying around for years. The earliest being a roll of black and white 400 from 2008. And the latest roll of color 400 from March 2012. 

So I had all these rolls processed at a place in Los Angeles, I was fortunate enough to pick them up right before the business closed on Friday night (right before the sketchbook show) and today I took the film to a local costco to get some prints. Now I about a hundred photos that I completely forgot about and it's so nice to see what I took. 

I think that's what so great about film, it's nice to forget about what you took since you can't see it right after you take it. Also the look and feel of film is just completely different than digital. I'm so excited to share these photos from different periods of time.

This is a new segment of my blog called "Processed. Print."

Pentax K1000/ Kodak Portra 800

Echo Park, December 18 2011

I only remember this date/day because I was going to Echo Park to see Beach Fossils at the Echo. I was walking from the LA Union station up Sunset and I remember passing by this food truck and thinking, "turn around, turn around, take a picture" so after a block of battling in my head, I decided to walk back and take a photo. 

I feel so lucky that I can go out by myself and explore places. My friend the other day told me "I wish I could do the same, but I get scared something could happen to me". This reminded me that our society can be so disrespectful and so wrong. It saddens me that people get harrassed and disrespected just because. Gender roles play a huge part in this perception of weak/strong people due to sex, size, image. Some of the most powerful women I know are some of the smallest women I know. I work on these roles everyday and I try to shed myself of these ideas because we are human, we shouldn't be tied down by stereotypical characteristics because of how we look, dress, and what gender we are.

That night was a nice night, I ended up getting home at 3 am because my bus decided to make a detour and I didn't realize this until 2 am. It was well worth it anyhow.