is important, and there are special
codes on many negatives themselves that will tell you where the
film was manufactured and what
year,” he explained. “Obsolete
film sizes, graphics used for older
versions of film, and processing
types also quickly narrow down
to what part of the 20th century
you’re dealing with. The fading
and damage to the negatives give
a bit of the story too. I zoom in
on any details I can find. A 35mm
negative is, for all intents and
purposes, 25 megapixels, so you
can see quite a bit. In the case
of the band photos, the biggest
clues included the venue’s name
(“Dizzy Duncan’s) and the “Iran
Sucks” button on one of their guitar straps. Those two little things
let me know this was New Jersey
around 1979 or 1980, and the film
was produced in Rochester just a
couple years before so that was
confirmed.”
Knight made a video last year
asking the public if they knew
Watch a video about the lost film
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