An American soldier's camera from the battle of the Bulge (with pics!) has been found in a foxhole
http://petapixel.com/2014/07/01/soldiers-camera-photos-battle-bulge-found-foxhole-70-years-later/?utm_content=bufferdd35b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
What an incredible find. I am amazed the pictures could be developed after all that time. Very evocative.
Quote from: Subedai on 07 July 2014, 09:19:27 AM
What an incredible find. I am amazed the pictures could be developed after all that time. Very evocative.
Completely agree !
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: Subedai on 07 July 2014, 09:19:27 AM
What an incredible find. I am amazed the pictures could be developed after all that time. Very evocative.
Unfortunately it looks like it was a hoax:
http://www.reddit.com/r/photography/comments/29hd1a/my_great_uncle_was_killed_in_the_battle_of_the/
:-[
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Boooooo a hoax how rubbish is that. Maybe I should develop my Roman polaroids ;D
Quote from: Maenoferren on 10 July 2014, 04:16:14 PM
Boooooo a hoax how rubbish is that. Maybe I should develop my Roman polaroids ;D
To be fair, I think they are contemporary, just not developed from a 70-year old film.
Don't care. Hoax or not, they still look pretty good to me.
contemporary is cool, developed from a 70 year old film would be cooler 8)