Raceism On Expired 35mm

My story began with a phone call from a friend of mine, who told me that they have one free spot in a car and that I can go to Poland for an event which I have never visited before.

So, I packed all my photo gear and we met at the gas station near my house. We squeezed ourselves into a small Peugeot Partner van and began our journey. Somewhere close the border, we were blown away by Polish truck drivers overtaking us “touge” style, which was our first taste of Poland.

While we waited for tickets, I started thinking about capturing this whole event on film. With the idea that everyone there would have some kind of DSLR, I wanted to take a different approach. I brought some of my expired 35mm filmstock and a few fresh 120mm rolls of Portra and Ektar, and started taking pictures.

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Soon I realized that it wasn’t an easy task. I had to be patient, knowing that I only had 36 exposures on the rolls, so I had to sit there and just wait to catch each precious moment. It was like sitting in a different timezone where stuff floats slower with all of these people around me, and quietly waiting for the shot.

Also, it was funny how some of the other photographers stopped me and asked if I really had just loaded a roll of film in my ‘modern-looking’ Nikon F100, and fired the whole roll off in fast sequence trying to catch some of the drift action. Or those who stopped me and peaked into my waist-level viewfinder and asked how it works. For what it’s worth, shooting drifting with your all-manual, waist-level viewfinder medium format camera was a bit challenge.

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To think that I was at a different Raceism than everybody else, thanks to the slower process of taking the film photos where every frame counts. Metering, manually focusing, and trying to get the composition right in the middle of hoards of visitors.

Thanks to the film I was able to make my small bubble where I could enjoy the event on my own, and have photos that are completely different than every other photographer that was there.

Jakub Vit
Instagram: somal1sh

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1

I think people have forgotten how gorgeous film photos were. Today everything has to be absolutely perfect and typically over processed. I love these they really highlight the photographers talent.

2

Man these are so perfect

3

So much "life" in these pictures. They actually touch your feels in a way digital does not. Thank you!

4

Damn these came out really well.
The rotary poking out of that nissan is kinda funny.

5

Today on StanceHunters...

6

Gotta love that the event is called "Raceism" but none of the cars have a functional amount of camber. How about "Scrapeism" for next year?

7

The name of this show is unfortunate. Try pronuncing it out loud ;)
Brilliant photos whatsoever.

8

Man the shots are amazing
It's just classic!

9

It's a shame such a gorgeous shooting style was wasted on such garbage like this.

10

Kamei spoiler. Haven’t seen their products in years. And TRACKRAT......how much time do you spend making whatever incredible ride it is that you own? or do you just pay someone to do it for you. By what I can see these are all highly prepared and lovingly owned vehicles. It’s so easy to just type a few words to slag someone’s dedication to their enjoyment. Auto culture is different for everyone. What makes your’s the best?

11

Why are you asking if that other guy wrenches on his own car when it’s not clear whether or not the people in this article wrench on their own cars either?

12

I have been spoilt by my modern camera and wish that I had the skill and patience to take photos like these!

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