I shoot film to capture the way places feel, not the way they look. The emotion, the memory, the intangible experience: this is what analogue does so well. My memories warp and shift and pulse.
When I went to Cappadocia, I took along a roll of Lomography’s LomoChrome Purple that I’d purchased on a whim. It’s designed to shift colors towards blue and purple, mimicking discontinued Infrared film. Shooting analogue involves letting go of control, for you never quite know what you might get; shooting analogue with a strange and untested film takes that universe-trusting to another level. I felt ready. Cappadocia is a big land for big ideas; here was the place to give LomoChrome Purple a spin.
Cappadocia did not look like this, this wonderland of swirling turquoise skies and lilac ridges. But this, to me, is more true. This is what Cappadocia felt like: untamed, surreal, exquisite.
8 Comments
Rhianne
November 17, 2015 at 1:58 PMI’ve seen a lot of Lomo Purple results lately and I love the abstractness of them and they are so evocative you’re right – the emotions and feels are all there and I love that. Stunning photos and wonderfully written too 🙂
Katrinka
November 17, 2015 at 11:34 PMThank you Rhianne! I was so pleased with these pictures that I went out and bought another roll of purple… AND a LomoChrome Turquoise, which I haven’t shot yet. It’s great to give in to the fact that there’s no real way to predict how the image will turn out… but that’s the fun of film, right? 🙂
Steph | A Nerd at Large
November 17, 2015 at 11:41 PMWow! Quite spectacular. I had no idea that this film existed.
Katrinka
November 17, 2015 at 11:43 PMYeah, Lomography has some wild stuff! This was very much an impulse purchase, and definitely worth it.
Emilie
November 18, 2015 at 1:24 AMThe colors are beautiful in these!
Katrinka
November 18, 2015 at 8:08 PMThanks Emilie! It was quite the thrill when I got the film back.
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