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 processed so there’s no shortage of photographs to come!! People have been really generous with their film but I’m still always welcoming more! Email me at forgottennegatives@gmail.com if you have any film you’d like to donate to the project.

Anyway, as indicated by the title of the post I have another film to share with you. This is one of a couple of films received from the same person. You can view the entire set on Flickr but these are my picks from this film:

This is far and away my favourite shot on this film. The photographer has captured a brilliant moment, absolutely candid reactions to something seemingly very unpleasant.

I enjoy this shot for the fact that it doesn’t really fit with the rest of the film. It’s part of a series of six images at the start of the film of fairly random objects: a lava lamp, synthetic dreads, a wall hanging, whereas the rest of the film is of people enjoying a night out, although it looks like it could be a couple of different nights out.

From the look of it, this photograph was taken by one of the group holding it above their heads. Unwittingly they have produced a photograph that not only has an interesting composition, but the flash has lit the subjects perfectly, whilst keeping the surroundings dark. I find this photograph very satisfying visually.

When I was reviewing this film it made me smile several times, the people in it look to be having so much fun and it’s infectious to the viewer. An interesting thing to note is that these don’t look like they’re all from the same night out. Which would indicate that the owner of the camera has carried it around for some time which, to my mind, would make these photographs more precious. I almost felt guilty for being the first person to see these, rather than the original owner of the film.

Any thoughts on these photographs, or any others? Let me know in the comments!