Photovault

Photo Vault

This page was made because Saint Images suggested I make a photography shrine. Go check their photos out too! They are much better at photography than me. I take photos mostly with a point-and-shoot film camera (a Nikon ZOOM 600 AF i found at one of the then last non-gentrified thrift stores of Thessaloniki for 20 euros, major steal). I take photos mostly with film because I like its imperfections, the grain, the noise, the washed out colors, the low sharpness, the blur. Usually shoot with B&W film, I like the way it puts the focus of every photo on the lighting and the shadows. I like to photograph grimy shit. I also take a lot of photos of my friends, but do not feel comfortable sharing their faces online, sorry! The winter of 2023-2024 I took a lot of photos with my DSi camera because I couldn't afford to buy film. I plan to include these here someday.

I split the main photovault page in many smaller ones! When all the photos were in one page some wouldn't load for some reason... Maybe all the requests were quite a burden on catbox.

Click to jump to different collections:

DIY-produced film 2

It's a bit misleading to give the diy-produced film photos a separate section anymore, since this is now the standard way I develop photos, I hang out with my friend once every six months or so when I have a couple of canisters waiting and then we develop the photos together. Anyway, enjoy the photos! Also the following are hosted on my own website instead of catbox. I have compressed them quite aggresively so they might look a bit crunchier than most of the photos on here. Thessaloniki, mostly. Click on an image to enlarge it!

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During the diy-developing process, I almost cut the film roll at the wrong spot. By pure luck, the roll wasn't cut completely, and this cool effect was produced.

Entrance

Hidden church courtyard

Dead-end

Respiro

Human silhouette

King of spades

A messy balcony

Sweet flora balcony

Business office

Lonely, Alexandroupoli

Beach cave, Alexandroupoli

Uncategorized / Various Photos

Self-explanatory, Thessaloniki various. Most of these were shot with Ilford HP5, 400 ISO. Click image to see it enlarged in a new tab (def did not steal this idea from Saint Images ).

Shady-looking street w/ tavern

Dentist's office

Welcoming entrance

(Almost) abandoned flat's walls

Abandoned room

Missing

Burnt car out of AuTH campus. This isn't Ilford HP5, it's a B&W film that is developed like a color film, I really like its stark contrasting colors.

Same car. Can't seem to remember what that film's name is, though... I'll find it eventually!

Lost at AuTH main library building.

For the bold and daring

Descending Ano Poli with friend

Dramatic lighting cat

Toilet trash / trash toilet

"TV repairs" in Katharevousa

Abandoned building

Monster tree, Thessaly countryside

Hanging tree, Thessaly countryside

2021 Mirror Selfie!

MOMuS installation

Trash

Entrance to UoM bathrooms

DIY-produced film

One of my friends had the necessary chemicals to produce a film negative at home. Since I found that out I've been going to his house to develop DIY film negatives. It saves me a bit of money, is an excuse to hang out and makes the films filthier and grimier (this is good!). The following photos were from said films.