20 year old negatives from one film roll that I started to pour over. A trip back to the past as well as a look into my photography roots.

I got goosebumps as I was scanning and viewing my black and white negatives that I have taken about 20 years ago. Nostalgia of the past came back in a flood of memories, a torrent of faint images that looked surreal, distant but familiar. Already, some frames looked washed out, age making its mark, a far cry when I first dried these after having been developed at our kitchen.

I was into black and white photography during my high school days, probably 3rd or 4th year. Lugging my father’s Canon AE-1 Program camera with reloaded canisters of Kodak Tri-max films purchased from Island Photo in Manalili St. These were a lot cheaper and as a student that time, it was apt for my budget.

Images were taken within the home, environ and within our place while cousins became willing models. Photography was a passion and wanting to know more about the photographic process, I switched to black and white films so that I can learn to develop these myself. Well, with a limited budget, I was only able to develop negatives and left the contact printing to Island Photo.

I still have to go over my negatives from 25 rolls and will be posting some images here. When I will get back to Cebu this month, I will need to find the colored ones.

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