Tempered Magazine December 2013 // January 2014 // Issue 01 | Page 10

CHLOE NELSON ‘10

Kentucky
Vegas in Memphis
About the Work
The exercise of travelling with a disposable camera –
sometimes rewarding, often futile – has been of interest
to me for some time. Documenting unique moments
and bringing them to the photo developer, or even the
pharmacy, was a ritual of adolescence. This simple ritual
has recently changed. Two times in a row, CVS has let
me down. The first time: they turned all of my photos
cyan blue. The second time: they got rid of their photo
department. Now sent away and outsourced, photo
development has become convoluted and complicated.
I have picked up my photographs, but CVS has left me
three voicemail reminders that they are ready. My sorry
photographic mementos are increasingly blurred and
obsolete. At least the surprising process is more gumball
machine than I