the lennon shrine- shot at enochs- 10.9..2008

[c]2008 doug duffey

papa's got a brand new blog

as if i didn't have enough blogs and merde flying around, i put up another blog of "VERNACULAR PHOTOGRAPHY" [as i found it was called] meaning= old found photos; i discovered that 'name' in some magazine i saw in the doctor's office.

i've been collecting old photos & negatives for years; starting with my family's. i got my mom and dad's, grandmother's, and several aunt's collections. i began buying them in thrift stores as well. i've been buying up all the old slides i can find in European thrift stores [it amazes me that family's would throw them out!] and i have huge boxes full- literally thousands of slides- in switzerland. i scanned a lot over the years and saved them [at hi-resolution, in case i decided to print any] to my computer, so decided to begin showing some online in lower resolution.

i also collect old cameras- and have sometimes found unfinished rolls of film in them. i had some of the film processed at wally-world, but after finding some semi risque stuff, was a bit afraid of what MIGHT be on there; you never know! so, i hand process any b&w, now! but i have several rolls of color 620 film i found in cameras that need to be sent off. i've also bought negatives in junk stores, which i scan.

on the new blog, i am mixing the format: images from slides, fotos, negatives, polaroids etc which i have found or bought. i really find them fascinating. i've even considered editing [cleaning up, possibly grey scaling] some of them and exhibiting them. the slides/Polaroids- ARE the originals, and therefore the 'negative'- and since i bought them, i own them, and therefore the copyrights. SO an exhibit/and possible sale of some of them is possible in the future.

as said, i own thousands of vintage slides. i plan to eventually donate them to the fotomuseum in winterthur, switzerland- since the majority of the stuff is swiss, shot by swiss... and needs to stay in switzerland, where future generations of swiss [and foreign visitors to the museum] can enjoy them.
i would also have the peace of mind of knowing they would be cared for.

[c]2008 doug duffey

shots from the 1st post katrina mardi gras- new orleans 2006

new orleans non blur

decatur street

a wall on decatur street

st. paul church of god in christ- lower 9th

circle food store and interstate over-pass

[now defunct] st. roch fish market [the good gumbo & po-boys... gone!]

[c]2008 doug duffey

more new orleans blur

some shots from harrah's casino- new orleans- september 27, 2008

brass band & dancers- harrah's casino- new orleans 10.27.08

okay... call me crazy, but i think these 'brass band' fotos look like impressionist paintings! they look timeless. i've scanned these negatives at very high resolution to be blown up 3 feet by 5 feet! yeah baby! can't wait to see them! BUT i might just make 16 x 20 prints from the negatives, myself... old school.

steve at the slot machines

masked sculpture- harrah's- new orleans

and one from jackson square!

[c]2008 doug duffey

SX-70 enochs- MLU- 10.05.08

i stopped by enoch's tonight [10.05.08], and took some shots w/the sx-70- decided before developing negatives to scan and photoshop and post these. i did nothing to the originals [no tricks] but scan, gray scale, then EQ the levels.
[c]2008 doug duffey

supply & demand

i just went to B&H and Adorama to price peel apart pack film- for my Land cameras and was shocked to see the jump in prices! Fuji has taken up the mantle of Polaroid and is cheaper, BUT the old B&WPolaroid peel apart pack film is the best- has the best tones. i did some series in Prague, Bern, and on Hwy 80 [from monroe to vicksburg] w/it and got some really good stuff.
thank god a friend gave me about 400 packs of 600 color instant pack film- which i have in 3 different refrigerators- and will use with the sx70 and my normal Polaroid cameras. i love the land cameras and their reults BUT on prinicple i am NOT going to 'go there' at the moment... and since i have a few backs in reserve. i can always shoot the 600 color, scan it at 4800 dpi, greyscale, and edit in photoshop. c'est la vie... mais, quel que fois, la vie est merde, absolutement!
[c]2008 doug duffey

sookie & sebi blurs- shreveport- sx70

sept 24th, 2008- shreveport- post benfit jam fotos- drinking and playing dress up. the sx70 is great for this- due to 600 film being 4x too fast for the camera, it usually works well in low light situations. it also has a focus wheel, and lighten/darken wheel, BUT i sometimesforgot to focus, which is all the better... like thomas ruff! okay NOT that extreme yet!

foto stats: shot with polaroid sx-70 camera; polaroid 600 instant pack film; greyscaled, cropped and equalized in photoshop
[c]2008 doug duffey

MLU 6AM

my friend chip white @ the monroe airport about 6AM - ran into him at walgreen the night before- hadn't seen him since NYC early 90s. he and Sebi -my bassist from switzerland- were taking the same flight to Newark. 09.30.08
[c]2008 doug duffey

miroslav tichy

i LOVE miroslav tichy - his work and the fact that he built all the crazy cameras, lenses and enlargers he used to make incredible fotos. this man was committed- in more ways than one.
this article about him is really interesting as are the videos HERE and HERE
[c]2008 doug duffey

art crawl- monroe, louisiana SX-70 SHOTS

foto stats: shot with polaroid sx-70 camera; polaroid 600 instant pack film; greyscaled, cropped and equalized in photoshop
[c]2008 doug duffey

walgreen halloween- monroe, louisiana

what are they trying to say with this? smothering poor Hillary! they should be doing that to Ms. Palin!

my friend and bassist, sebi from zurich, in a mask. on his last night after a month here.

i ran into my old friend chip white from NYC on the parking lot of Walgreen in Monroe- i hadn't seen him since the early 90s in NYC- we went in and talked while doing our shopping, and as is our wont, got into the Halloween department and started trying ou the masks and such- and, of course, i had to shoot everything. made maybe 30 shots w/the digicam.

[c]2008 doug duffey

HARRAH'S GO-GO BLUR

harrah's casino -new orleans [9.27.08] the bar near the canal street entrance was wild! absolute decadence! a round bar w/a gazillion tv/video screens, around a huge lighted column; a dee-jay atop blaring, and go-go girls on the catwalk at the top of the column, as well as on pedestals on the floor. it was visual overload; especially with everyone milling around, dancing, with drinks or Styrofoam boxes of food...and that carpet! lawd lawd. gotta go back and shoot more!
[c]2008 doug duffey

Polaroid Land Camera 9.28.08

church and oak- saint francisville, louisianalive oak by old defunct high school- saint francisville, louisianamammy's cupboard- highway 61- near natchez, mississippi

these were shot sunday [9.28.08] using my old Polaroid Land 210 camera- and peel apart black and white Polaroid film. i love this camera and film and the results they get. i've been saving the film for a road trip, but unfortunately didn't have the time to really search out subject matter. i plan to finish my Hwy 80 series [going westward] soon- and also shoot in and around vicksburg and natchez with this camera, soon. i hope Fuji continues to make pack film, since polaroid has stopped!

[c]2008 doug duffey

bourbon street blur- digital shots

above are some blur shots done with my digital casio exilim- happy accidents, as it were. i've grayscaled some of them and photo-shopped them, for possible exhibit- but the color versions also have a nice look and feel [c]2008 doug duffey

bourbon street blurs- ala titarenko

some shots from bourbon street from my week-end in new orleans. i used my 35mm film slr -using kodak bw400 film- using the bulb [B] setting, with the lens wide open; no flash. it was a test, guessing how long to hold the shutter open to get the blurs, but i wanted to try and get some titarenko type shots. next time i go i will take one of my medium format cameras to experiment further.

i also shot some things w/the lens wide open but the 'auto' setting on, which got very clear photos in low/no light- but i wanted the blur, the motion.
foto stats: shot with nikon 35mm slr; kodak bw400cn film.
[c]2008 doug duffey

bourbon street- 9.27.08

[c]2008 doug duffey

sign from god- morning coffee

sign from god

morning coffee at sonic

[c]2008 doug duffey

dismembered thrift store dolls

all shot with my casio exilim digital camera

[c]2008 doug duffey

gustav fotos

the monroe civic center's 'dog show' had to end early on the day of the hurricane, so they could take in evacuees!

local newsgirl babbling about dog show ending early, and evacuees arrivals

businesses hawking generators for the storm

below: my driveway today- Gustav snapped one of my 100+ year old Oaks! this breaks my heart. it has stood in this yard -of the family home- for over 100-150 years

thank god my house was not damaged--- there are a lot of big trees around it.
[c]2008 doug duffey