Author: melipenco
poppies
8mm Tulips
short clip from a project exploring 8mm films recorded over 50 years ago by my Great Uncle John Overmiller.
walk
collection
time capsule inclosed
while looking for things, I realized that I had the contents of a time capsule hidden in with all of these things that I have been carrying with me from state to state. not wanting the meaning of these items to be wasted on just myself, I mailed these time capsules to the few people who would understand how to interpret the contents. placing these items in the hands of a delivery service caused me quite a bit of anxiety. there are no duplicates, no way to recreate these items and images if lost.
frosty
sew
exoskeleton cartography
sit still
thought I’d try out the Rolleiflex with the photoflood lamp indoors at night. and seeing as how I didn’t want to subject anyone else to my painful process of tinkering to get the settings just right on this first go around, I ended up shooting myself
image was made using a digital slr with 60mm macro lens looking at a viewfinder of a twin-lens camera (8sec/2.8f/100ISO)












































