Another little relic I picked up during my last trip to China: this Lucky SHD 400, which cost about the same as a plastic lighter at a street stall. It’s a 400 ISO black and white film, Chinese to the core, with a grain that doesn’t ask for permission and contrast that runs on pure vibes. Made for those who enjoy strong emotions and shadows you’ll never recover from. Like me, on a gloomy, rainy winter day in Florence. Paired with the glorious Minolta Weathermatic 35DL, yellow and waterproof, the results were: – ugly skies ✔️ – deep blacks ✔️ – post-war newsreel energy ✔️ It’s not a refined film. But when it comes to telling the story of a (postsoviet) city in winter, it works like a charm.

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