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YouTube video by Adalbert Autumnal Empires

Here's a link to Autumnal Empires (composed of two Super 8 films), which I, along with some friends, filmed in 1986 and 1987. It included some imagery of a world vanished, in Portland, Ore., and environs. #analog #super8 #expermental #surrealism www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-cK...

A trail, with no people visible, stretches into the remoteness. Trees rise on either side. -JBF

Empty trail ahead; 7 August, 2025. #august #empty #nature #naturephotography #oregon #pacificnorthwest #trail #walking #woods

Me in blue shirt, standing in dense fauna, and by grimacing Korean spirit posts. -JBF

Me, amidst spirit posts; Jirisan National Park, 1995. From a negative. #analogphotography #jirisan #korea #negative #southkorea #spirit #spiritpost

Kamakura, 12-4-24. #buddha #clouds #dusk #japan #kamakura #silhouette #statue #sunset

A montage I made, by combining two 1940s negatives, of and by Hazel M. Falk; showing her smiling, standing by a stop sign- appearing to be on a bridge. -JBF

A montage photo I made, by combining 1940s negatives -- one of, and the other (depicting a bridge) by, mom. #1940s #analogphotography #blackandwhitephotography #bridge #montage #surrealism

A photo of me, hands in pocket, with a blue windbreaker. I stood in Jagalchi Fish Market in South Korea, with bright lights hanging over seafood stands, with vendors. -JBF

A photo of me: Jagalchi Market, Busan, South Korea, 1995. From a negative. #analogphotography #busan #fishmarket #jagalchi #negative #southkorea

A view of some neoclassical details of the First Christian Church, in Eugene, Oregon; with lowering, gloomy skies, and part of my finger over the lens. 1988. -JBF

A photo I took; summer, 1988, in Eugene, Oregon; including the First Christian Church, and a closeup of the end of my finger, obscuring part of the lens😄. From a negative. #analogphotography #church #eugene #eugeneoregon #glitch #negative #oregon #pacificnorthwest

Two basket weavers, both men hunkering down by a low river in Ensenada, Mexico. With white buildings on the skyline. Parental slide photo. - JBF

Basket weavers; Ensenada, Mexico, April,1958. Parental slide photo. #35mm #35mmfilm #1950s #analogphotography #bajacalifornia #ensenada #mexico #slidephoto

A street view of crowded streets, and stacks of neon signs, at night in 1995 Tokyo. -JBF

A photo I took; Shinjuku, Tokyo, at night. 1995. From a negative. #analogphotography #japan #negative #neon #nightphotography #shinjuku #streetphotography #tokyo

Slide photo by Bruce W. Falk. Three employees appeared, one in the foreground, back turned, arm over head. To the side was a wall of telecommunications equipment. -JBF

Parental slide photo; "WECO (Western Electric Company) employees at Anvil Mtn. (Nome) site." Circa 1958. The camera placement added immediacy. #35mm #35mmfilm #alaska #analogphotography #nome #whitealice

Correction: it should have been "WECO employees," for "Western Electric Company."

An experimental photograph of an upside-down doll's bald head, a monolith-like black object, and a painting; with a lawn and a hedge. -JBF

An experimental photo of mine (taken in my backyard, at the time), from 1987. From a negative. The suspended painting fragment, in the background (showing a grotesque mouth) was a work by R. Scott. #analogphotography #availabilism #dream #experimental #experimentalphoto #surrealism

A photo of me, clad in black, standing before the striped and particolored backdrop of a Hindu temple in Germany. -JBF

A photo of me (by U. Knopp), at the Shankarar Sri Kamadchi Ampal Temple, in Hamm, Germany; 16 Sep., 2018. My hosts also took me to other sites; including many associated with an ancestor (jurist Adalbert Falk), of mine.

Inscription Rock, showing Native American petroglyphs, depicting mountain goats, in a pattern of four animals. Other carvings and writing appear in the rock as well, along with a large crack. Photo by Bruce W., or Hazel M. Falk, circa 1958. -JBF

Parental slide photo; Native American petroglyphs, and other inscriptions. At El Morro National Monument (Inscription Rock), New Mexico, circa 1958. #35mm #35mmfilm #analogphotography #elmorro #newmexico #petroglyphs #slidephoto #southwest

A montage I made, by overlapping midcentury film negatives. Personages (seated) included my parents. #analogphotography #blackandwhitephotography #collage #midcentury #montage #negative #nostalgia #surrealism

Frothy expanse of ocean surf, with clouds and trees. -JBF

Parental slide photo; Pacific Ocean,1960s. #35mm #35mmfilm #analogphotography #pacificocean #slidephoto #surf #waves

A dense array of buildings in Tokyo, from high above; with the last glow of the sun, on the horizon. -JBF

From Tokyo Tower; 19 December, 2024. I'd visited the tower once before, in 1990... #dusk #japan #sunset #tokyo #tokyotower #twilight

Bruce W. Falk; standing with arms behind his back, by a traffic sign; and bridge support. -JBF

My father, around the early 1950s. From a negative. On a road... #analogphotography #blackandwhitephotography #bridge #midcentury

Sawston Summer Sunset from a year ago
#BlueSkyArtShow #SummerDaze

Artist Roman Scott, reclining, wearing a hat: With flowers in the foreground, and a forested ridge, and houses, behind. -JBF

Visiting artist Roman Scott, toward the close of his life; Herre, Norway, 11 April, 2015. #artist #flowers #norway #scandinavia #telemark

The crater of extinct volcano Larch Mountain, on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge. Haze from forest fire smoke filtered the view of volcanic rocks and old growth fir trees. -JBF

The crater of Larch Mountain, Oregon; 8-22-15. The haze originated from distant forests burning... #columbiarivergorge #hiking #oldgrowth #oregon #shieldvolcano

A vivid sunset, with varied tones; and silhouettes of trees. -JBF

A photo of a sunset I took; 1987. #analogphotography #clouds #dusk #oregon #sunset

That was an incredible experience for eyewitnesses.

Mt. St. Helens, seen on the horizon, not long before its May 18,1980 eruption (snow-capped, still conical, with autumn trees in the foreground).

Photo (color photocopy) by late realtor CW. View from outside our then-home (Clackamas County, Oregon); around fall 1979,with Mt. St. Helens soaring. We had a straight line of sight to the volcano, when it exploded, not long after the time of the photo...

YouTube video by Intermission Society Todd Graham's Apocalypse Pooh (animated mash-up, 1987)

youtu.be/LoF7jdeChLU?...

A proliferation of neon, tall buildings, and passersby at night in Tokyo. -JBF

Shinjuku,Tokyo, 1995; a photo of mine, from a negative. #analogphotography #japan #negative #neon #nightphotography #shinjuku #streetphotography #tokyo

Photo courtesy of David Scott.

A photo of me, with dark lenses, and long hair, and hands in pockets. I was standing amidst pines, yuccas, and rocks, in the Boulder foothills. -JBF

A photo of me, by Roman Scott; in the foothills above Boulder, Colorado; April 1985. #1980s #analogphotography #blackandwhitephotography #bouldercolorado #colorado #rockymountains

Modern buildings soar, with older buildings, with faded signs, in the foreground. -JBF

More ghost signs, and environs; 7-2-25. #ghostsign #ghostsigns #portlandoregon #photography