Just a note to say that I’ve started a page for the project on Facebook, I’d be delighted if you would become a ‘fan’: The Forgotten Negatives Project on Facebook

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This is another film provided by the kindness of internet strangers! If you would like to contribute film to the project, please email me at forgottennegatives@gmail.com This whole film looks like it was shot in and around one household. It is also interesting to note that this is the first film I have posted here [...]

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One of my favourite things about having access to a university library is the wide array of specialised journals that are available to me. In these posts I’ll be summarising and discussing an article I find particularly relevant or enlightening in regards to this project. In this article by Ken Miller in the BJP, he [...]

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I apologise for the scarcity of posts recently, but I thought I would give a sneak peek at what you can expect soon:   > A new category of post where I review a journal article that is relevant to this project. At least two posts of this kind.   > A new film!   [...]

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This is the second film from the girl that sent me the previous one. This film is similar in content to the previous one: photographs of friends out having a good time. It also seems to be split between at least two different events. One of which seems to be some kind of party in [...]

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The Mass Observation Project was an organisation founded in Britain in the 1930s. It’s aim was to record the everyday lives of the British people. This information was gathered by British citizens who would report on not only their own day-to-day lives, but those of their neighbours and others in their community. Particular attention was [...]

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To start with, apologies for the lack of posts this week, between injuries, uni and work this week has really gotten away from me. The good news is that I have another three films to share with you over the next few days! I also have a bit of a backlog of film to get [...]

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I fell over on my driveway last night and I’ve mostly spent this morning limping about and whining. Which means that I won’t be making a post this morning like I said I would. Hopefully this evening after work. But if I can leave you with one message: ALWAYS tie up your shoelaces properly people!!

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So last week I left you with a teaser and as promised I have retrieved the scans and uploaded them to Flickr The entire set can be viewed here but I have chosen my favourites from the film. This is one of my favourite films so far. To be given a film containing photographs of [...]

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I received this film from a friend and along with another one he sent me, it’s one of my favourites so far! The photographs on this film almost feel like a photo-story, it’s so easy to build a narrative around them. However, one of the most interesting things about this series was the fact that [...]

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