Type 55ish – Finding a timeless look in a digital world.

Fuji 160 VC Color Negative 4x5 shot with Gowlandflex

Here is a quick recap for those who just tuned in. I started this blog when I bought my Gowlandflex camera. That’s why it was called “BigAssCamera”. The goal was to use the Gowland camera to shoot portraits on Type 55. My timing couldn’t have been worse. Polaroid pulled the plug on Type 55 right about the time I took delivery on the new camera. I have 8 boxes of 55 I’m saving for something very special. Meanwhile I’ve been looking at alternatives to get where I had intended to go with that film stock. Working with my partner in crime, the talented retoucher Chrysta Giffen, we experimented on some outtakes from the ongoing Freckles Portrait Project. Here are the results of our exploration.