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Developing Film with the Wrong Chemicals Kills Instagram Any Day

Chris Gampat
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07/28/2013
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Last Updated on 07/28/2013 by Chris Gampat

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All images shot and developed by Matthew Cetta. Used with permission

Developing your film with the wrong chemicals has been long known to many photographers–and the more savvy of us call it cross processing. But NYC based photographer and owner of Synapse Shots Matthew Cetta has been experimenting with what he calls Photogenic Alchemy. Basically, what he’s doing is developing film with loads of other weird chemicals: like absinthe. The project involves using a Holga that he converted to shoot 35mm film and he started the project to help him get out of a deep depression.

Matt states that the results made him feel like a kid again, and that everything once again became experimental and new. The project has been going on for a while now, and some of his other examples are after the jump.

If anything, it should teach us to never pigeon hole ourselves, and instead to embrace our creative freedom.

Be sure to also follow Matt on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

cocacola
cocacola

 

Cough Syrup
Cough Syrup

 

Hydrogen Peroxide and Nail Polish Remover
Hydrogen Peroxide and Nail Polish Remover

 

Olive Brine
Olive Brine

 

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Pepto

 

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absinthe

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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