Luke Asa Guidici | the disposable camera project

20 Sep the disposable camera project

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hey friends,

so earlier this year while search thrift stores for “Found in Kitsap” cameras I came across 3 disposable cameras which were “brand new.” that is, they were wrapped in plastic and had all their exposures left. there was one camera with 24 frames, and 2 with 12 each. I had almost* no idea how old the film was, or if it was still any good. after all, someone may have kept these cameras on a “hot car dash” and baked the celluloid to smithereens. OR they could have been kept in a nice dark drawer and be perfectly ok. until the film was shot and developed it would be a mystery…

*one of the cameras had a “Superman Returns” theme which would put it around 2005/6

obviously I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to experiment with these…and since it would only cost something like $5 for all three – I bought them.

now for the last few years I’ve mostly been taking pictures on my iPhone. I like the simplicity of options and the fact that I pretty much “always have it with me,” but as the 3 year old phone started to wear out, the camera became less and less reliable. in fact, it was mostly inoperable most of the time.

so I decided to use these disposable cameras to take my pictures this summer. it was a bit of a gamble. the photos might turn out amazing…or I might not get any. plus I had only FORTY EIGHT frames to last me multiple trips around the West Coast…and to my good friend’s wedding on Maui. I’d have to make each shot count.

when I removed the first camera from the plastic wrap, I learned a bit more about its age. there was a “contest” you could enter and the “rules” dated it to circa 1997/8.

it’s pretty small, but take a look at the 2nd-to-last line of “bold” text.