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Born in Bulgaria and raised in Los Angeles, Ivaylo Getov resides in Brooklyn, NY living the gypsy lifestyle of a freelance Cinematographer. In 2009, he graduated from the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU with a BFA in Film and a minor in Philosophy, as well as studying in Cuba at the University of Havana and with the Ludwig Foundation, where he completed a short experimental documentary. As a cinematographer, he has earned credits on numerous shorts, music videos, and documentaries as well as shooting films and photo essays across three continents and countless countries. You can see his work at the links to the right, or check back here for news and miscellaneous mischief. |
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When we’re not shooting or eating insane amounts of chicken, I’ve been spending a lot of my downtime here in South Africa doing research for some projects coming up this summer. Part of that process has been teaching myself Processing.
This is what people would look like if they were made of sound waveforms. I’m still working on what people would sound like if they spoke with photons.
My friend in this photo came up with the idea that touristy photos of a place are more interesting if you take pictures of other people taking pictures of the place. I think she’s right.
I’m afraid that combining my love of cross-processing with my habit of carrying a crappy camera with me at all times has skewed a lot of my photos toward the popular “Hipstamatic, Instagram, Lomography, fake-filters” aesthetic. Don’t get me wrong, I like the look, it just seems like a waste to shoot this way when I could have taken a photo almost identical to the one above with an app on my iPhone. The only advantage I can see to the way I do it is that I can make huge print from a 120 negative.
I think this means I’ve got to play around with some new techniques when I get back to the US and I have some time on my hands.
Drastically (intentionally) underexposed Kodak Ektar shooting at the sun! Please Kodak, keep making film so I can at least shoot it every once in a while to know what I’m trying to get digital images to look like.
When I was packing for a trip, I found a roll of expired slide film I’d never heard of at the bottom of one of my camera bags. I took a risk and decided to shoot on it, cross-processing it just to make sure I got something.
This picture, taken somewhere in the hills about an hour outside of Bogota, Columbia, looks like a cross between hand-colored b&w and desaturated color infrared film. I really like the effect, although it’s totally un-repeatable.
I’m doing some research for a project this summer and I came across this awesome video. Watch it until the end and it will brighten your day.
More cross-processed Holga fun. This was in Long Island getting ready to shoot a piece for the artist Miler Lagos.
Finally developed a few long-overdue rolls. This is last summer on the ferry to Governor’s Island, taken with a Holga on Cross-processed reversal (I forget which kind).
