While rummaging through some boxes after moving into my (new?) studio in Kwai Chung, I managed to find some 120mm film negatives. They were images of Jun Li (film director of Tracey). I decided to scan them. Unfortunately. the photographs were ‘ruined’ because of the peculiar numbers appearing on the film negative. I put the images aside because of this problem. Later, I found that this problem was not localized but a common problem with certain batches of Tmax400 films, most likely caused by high heat during transport. I couldn’t find sufficient information to verify the case.
Regardless, I have scanned the trio of images at high resolution and will see if these can be used as a set that includes the numbers on the film. In many ways, I am finding the film flaws rather unique lending a certain character to the photographs. I will return later to let you know how it went and my final decision on whether it is worthy of becoming a vertical triptych.
In my selection of images, I have also included the digital version taken before he took off all his clothes.
To see the online set on my website which have been selected as limited edition prints, go to http://theasianmale.com/project/gallery-32-jun/.