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ARCHIVE // SIXTEEN26 FILES

A night photograph on empty asphalt under a full moon: someone lying flat on their back beside a dog that is also lying down, with a unicycle on its side next to them, its wheel ringed with blue LEDs.

FILE 001UNFILED

Moon, Dog, Unicycle

same lot as File 011, later

A washed-out film photograph in a derelict room with peeling plaster and graffiti: a drummer in a hooded teal and purple hockey jersey pressing a gloved hand to their forehead behind a cymbal, two stacked Marshall cabinets to the left, and a heavily tattooed shirtless figure blurred across the right of the frame.

FILE 002BULLPEN

Between Takes

A hand-held photograph taken at arm's length outdoors on grass: someone in oversized dark sunglasses, a knitted cap and a rust-coloured crochet cardigan, with a bundle of brightly coloured festival kit on the ground behind them.

FILE 003UNFILED

On The Grass

A black-and-white live photograph, ghosted with a second exposure of the same moment: a drummer in a lettered sleeveless shirt and a cap mid-strike behind a kit, both sticks raised, face screwed up with effort.

FILE 004BULLPEN

Sticks Up

two exposures of one hit

A photograph looking up at a clear blue sky: someone sitting on a plank swing hung by long ropes high between two tall pine trunks, both arms out and one leg crossed over the other, with a low sandy bank at the bottom of the frame.

FILE 005UNFILED

Rope Swing

A heavily grained sepia photograph in an empty room hung with pale sheeting: someone with long light hair standing side-on playing an acoustic guitar and singing, with a mic stand, a monitor wedge, a Marshall stack and a mixing desk around them and cables coiled on the floor.

FILE 006BULLPEN

Soundcheck

empty room, full volume

A sideways-rotated photograph in a tiled hallway with a red door: someone in a sheer black top and heavy boots hanging back off a stone stairwell banister, long wavy hair falling toward the floor.

FILE 007UNFILED

Off The Banister

An underwater photograph in murky green water: a diver in a full wetsuit, mask, gloves and regulator with both hands raised open beside their head, bubbles rising past the mask.

FILE 008UNFILED

Down There

no idea how this got in the folder

A flash photograph on a sandy path at night, palm fronds and bare branches overhead: someone standing mid-stride in a black vest top, red patterned skirt and striped trainers, with a large lens flare hanging in the dark behind them.

FILE 009UNFILED

Sand Path

A warm, softly blown-out close-up: someone lying on their front on a bed with their chin near their folded arms, looking down out of frame, with a lit perforated star lamp flaring bright beside them against a draped pale sheet.

FILE 010UNFILED

Star Light

A grainy sepia photograph at dusk in an empty parking lot: one person crouching in a hooded sweatshirt and cap at the left, one standing in the centre holding a unicycle, and one at the right holding a drink cup, with a low sun behind a treeline and a parked car at the edge of frame.

FILE 011ARCHIVE

The Lot

A photograph at dusk on a beach: someone in a dark jacket and jeans upside down in mid-air above the sand, having launched off a large sandstone bluff at the right of frame, with the sea, a few distant figures on the shoreline and three birds under a mauve and grey sky.

FILE 012UNFILED

Off The Bluff

A strip of three film frames with sprocket holes down both edges, warm sepia with an orange light leak burning down the right side: the same close-up repeated, someone with a short beard and a heavy chain necklace holding a hand to the side of their head with their mouth open mid-shout, each successive frame more scratched and cracked than the last.

FILE 013ARCHIVE

Three Frames

the emulsion goes first, then the picture

A close-up of someone in a car wearing dark sunglasses and pursing their lips, the frame torn through with pink and teal diagonal scanline artefacts as though captured from corrupted video.

FILE 014CLASSIFIED

Signal Lost

A night photograph of someone sitting on the ground against a painted brick wall with ivy growing across it, in a pale slip dress, black cardigan and heavy laced boots, with two small smiley faces drawn on their knees.

FILE 015UNFILED

Two Smileys

A grainy, scratched photograph against a wall of peeling paint and exposed brick: a shirtless, heavily tattooed guitarist in dark round goggles playing a pointed electric guitar on a patterned strap, with a framed black-and-white picture hanging on the wall to the right.

FILE 016BULLPEN

Amp Wall

A flash photograph taken from above: someone with blonde curls lying back across railway sleepers and gravel, arms behind their head, in a black cardigan, a red and purple patterned skirt, over-the-knee socks and heavy boots, a black coat spread out beneath them.

FILE 017UNFILED

On The Ties

A grainy sepia photograph inside a curved wooden barn: someone in a grey hooded sweatshirt and knitted beanie seen from behind, head down and leaning over a drum, with a Fender combo amp and a coiled cable on a pallet to the left and two electric guitars hung on the boards behind.

FILE 018BULLPEN

Barn Kit

A heavily grained sepia close-up shot from below: someone in a backwards flat-brim cap and thick black sunglasses tilting their head toward the camera, wearing a red and black plaid shirt with a name patch on the chest, against a textured wall with an electrical outlet and conduit running down it.

FILE 019UNFILED

Backwards Cap

A flash-lit instant photograph with a white border, held very close: someone in spiked chrome welding goggles and a studded black leather jacket filling the frame, with a second person in the corridor behind them.

FILE 020UNFILED

Spiked Goggles

A dim colour photograph of a drummer in a hooded green hockey jersey and dark sunglasses seated behind a cymbal, in front of a wall of sprawling green and orange graffiti and corrugated metal, with a Marshall cabinet and a shaded lamp at the left and a stack of coloured traffic lights glowing at the right.

FILE 021BULLPEN

Green Light

the traffic light was already in the room

A grainy photograph in a basement-like space with a concrete pillar and brick wall: someone in a dark cap and a black tank top with wrapped wrists sitting forward on a battered leather armchair, head bowed, beside a stack of crates, an old television and a metal drum with a numbered board reading 2.

FILE 022UNFILED

The Corner

A photograph taken at arm's length looking down at a kerb: someone with a blunt fringe and a chain necklace in the foreground, and a small dog in a harness rolling on its back in the grass behind them, lead trailing across the concrete.

FILE 023UNFILED

Rolling

A cool-toned monochrome photograph of someone lying back across rumpled white bedding, playing an acoustic guitar and looking up out of frame, wearing a dark shirt with a distressed print.

FILE 024BULLPEN

Written Lying Down

A sepia, heavily vignetted photograph in a graffiti-covered room: someone in a flat-brim cap and a dark utility vest sitting back on the floor against a spray-painted couch with one arm along the cushions, and a second person's legs and hand at the right edge of frame.

FILE 025BULLPEN

The Couch

A warm, heavily grained film photograph: someone with long dark hair leaning back with their eyes closed and one hand in their hair, against a brick and concrete wall, with a hard orange light leak burning across the right of the frame.

FILE 026ARCHIVE

Light Leak

the leak is on the negative, not added after