35mm Film Camera Black and White Photo Example

Project Title of Photography

Photography of the Other Side of Tokyo Japan

Series Title of Photography

Facade Series

*This category contains black and white 35mm film photographs of the “Facade” series in the “Series Title of Photography”.

Title of Photography

Dirty entrance door and mortar wall of an old Japanese cultural house in Tsukishima,Tokyo,Japan

Landscape and Architecture Photographing Location

TSUKISHIMA TOKYO JAPAN

*In this category, black and white 35mm film photographs taken in “TSUKISHIMA” in “TOKYO” in “JAPAN” in “Landscape and Architecture Photographing Location” are posted.

Shooting Data

Shooting Date：3/5/2021
Camera & Lens：PENTAX LX 35mm Film Camera SMC PENTAX-M 28mm F2.8 Lens
Film：Rollei Retro 80S 35mm Film Roll
Developer︰PMK Pyro Developer（solution B sodium carbonate）
Dilution︰1+2+100
Time︰24°C 5min30sec
Agitation︰30/15/1
Digitize：SIGMA SD15 Digital Camera with Nikon Slide Copying Adapter ES-1

Thinking About This Photograph

 This photograph was taken in Tsukishima, Chuo-ku, Tokyo.

 Tsukishima is famous for Japanese street food “Monjayaki”.

 Many monjayaki shops line up on the main street called “Monja Street”.

 You can see old houses on the back street of “Monja Street”.

 Tsukishima is a land created by reclaiming earth and sand in the 1890s, and at that time shipyards and shipping companies were lined up.

 Since the 1930s, the number of houses and shops has increased, and the city has become what it is today.

 The lifespan of Japanese wooden houses is said to be about 50 years, and you can find some houses built around 1960 on Tsukishima.

 One of them is the “Japanese Cultural House” in this photo.

 A cultural house is a house with a mix of Japanese and Western architecture, but it is actually a housing style born from the Japanese government’s “Japanese cultural housing policy”, and that policy was “Do not build a house with a building life of more than 10 years”

 The Japanese government at that time was based on the idea that if the house was rebuilt every 10 years, the economy would be revitalized.

 Despite being such a house, it is surprising that it still exists as a house.

 However, the aging of the house is progressing, and it has become the subject of my favorite photographs.