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The collection

Twenty-two machines.

Six are film, rebuilt from spectral data. The other sixteen are capture technologies that were never meant to be beautiful, which is exactly why they are.

Film

Six emulsions rebuilt from spectral datasheets, not eyeballed presets.

6 machines

A forest seen from above, unprocessed: the photo the 6 machines in this family start from.
Original

Night and flash

Four ways of coming home with the night still in the photo. Two of these are film, two are not.

4 machines

A wet street at night, unprocessed: the photo the 4 machines in this family start from.
Original

Early digital

The first cameras that were not film and not good yet — soft, over-sharpened, and compressed to pieces.

4 machines

A coffee cup on an open book, unprocessed: the photo the 4 machines in this family start from.
Original

Video

Machines that recorded motion, and only accidentally a moment.

2 machines

A kitchen window in daylight, unprocessed: the photo the 2 machines in this family start from.
Original

Game consoles

Sensors and framebuffers with almost no colors to spend.

2 machines

A backlit figure in front of a window, unprocessed: the photo the 2 machines in this family start from.
Original

Altered vision

Instruments and processes that record light your eyes never get to see.

4 machines

A forest seen from above, unprocessed: the photo the 4 machines in this family start from.
Original

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