HOLGA 120n | Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape
I recently completed a series of survival courses at Fairchild AFB. I was only authorized to bring a film camera to the field training portion of SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape) School.
I had never shot film before but I have always loved the grit of old images. I ended up buying a Holga 120n toy camera and four rolls of Ilford HP5 medium format film.
I wasn't sure if the plastic camera would survive the harsh winter conditions of northern Washington but the risk was worth the reward.
This week I had the film developed, I scanned the images at home, intentionally leaving the rough edges. My hope was to create a series of images that captured the tough living conditions and pull the viewer out of 2020.
I had never shot film before but I have always loved the grit of old images. I ended up buying a Holga 120n toy camera and four rolls of Ilford HP5 medium format film.
I wasn't sure if the plastic camera would survive the harsh winter conditions of northern Washington but the risk was worth the reward.
This week I had the film developed, I scanned the images at home, intentionally leaving the rough edges. My hope was to create a series of images that captured the tough living conditions and pull the viewer out of 2020.
Before I started SERE School I did some research on different films and decided to buy four rolls of Ilford HP5 Plus, black and white film. I shot a total of 48 frames during my 6 days of field survival training. Below are my 10 favorite frames.
