I got a lot of old negatives scanned a time back, but I hardly have time to look at them. And if I look at them I see all the dust that have to bee done. The company doing the job obviously didn’t use any dust and scratches program. The one above is badly damage by the newspaper that originaly developed my film, so much I will not even try to fix it. Luckily they were not all that bad, so I also have one that maybe don’t look too bad, when the dust is gone? The pictures are showing the actors Sean Penn and Christopher Walken, at a press conference for the movie At Close Range, at the Berlin International Film Festival, probably in 1986. Here are some more of my photos from the Berlin Film Festival.
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Bente, I love these! If that is old dust, well I think it adds something extra cool …
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I am not sure about the added extra, I remember from when I saw the damaded one the first time I was kind of furious. Maybe still are… Thanks for your comment, Nancy.
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Wow! They look so young!!! 😀
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They were young, Gunta. This is such a long time ago I hardly want to think about it.;)
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Two wild men! Great capture.
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Two wild men, that’s for sure, Gemma. Especially then. Thanks.
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Fantastic!!
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Glad you liked the post, Pryors.
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Utterly strange dust (?) mark. ? ? ?
If it was only one or two, I would say, it could be a static electricity’s spark though
they are somewhat repeated —– and too often.
If they were caused by a rotating shaft kind, the shaft got to have very small diameter.
And the straight line suggests, it was not caused by human handling but by a machine.
= ? ? ?
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I have removed most of the dust, Yoshi. What you see now, one one of them especially, is the damage made on the negatives during development. So you are right, caused by a machine. Nothing to do about it.
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Who cares about a little dust? These photos are treasures! Thanks for sharing, Bente.
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Oh, you are too kind, Anneli. But thanks.
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Wow, how young they look! I think the dust adds some nice texture! (:
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Nice texture! 🙂 Well we are in the age of photo textures, so I will try to look at it that way. Thanks, Soonie.
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These are great! I agree the dust adds a neat effect.
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How strange; neat effect! Wow. I’ll try to see it that way, Bachelorette.
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Great capture, John! I really like the dust. It gives the images a wonderful texture. I love analog photography, it’s simply beautiful and special …
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You know, when I started to look at my old analogs, made with more or less cheap cameras long time ago, the details looked kind of frightening on my big screen. But you are right. There is something about them. Even a lot of grains, naturally. Thanks, Anette. (Who is John?) 😉
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Haha, big sorry, Bente !! Shame on me! I think I urgently need a cup of coffee …
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Suche a pity with the dust on the first photo. But it has charme, too. In any case you did some great shots! Ha en kjempeflott dag! 😀
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More damage than dust, Allesistgut, but glad you see some charme. Ha en kjmeflott dag du også.
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What a treat for me! Christopher Walken is a T. V. boyfriend of mine. Thanks 🙂
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I can understand C.W. is a TV-boyfriend of you. He looks even better on the big screen, Plant Girl.
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You can buy software now that will add dust and scratches to your files to make them look old / authentic. How bizarre. Cool photos, Bente.
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Yes, I know, I have even tried some of them! ; Isn’t the world quite upside down. Thanks a lot for your comment.
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I love the photos. Which year was it? 1986? Only guessing because that’s the year Caravaggio came out. Is klaus_maria_brandauer-4.jpg really Klaus-Maria Brandauer? I know he’s short-sighted, but the whole face looks different. He even seems to have a bigger nose.
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There are no time and date on these files, but I think it was 1986. 😉 You are remembering Caravaggio? A very interesting painter, and the film made by a very interesting director of art movies. You are right about picture nr. 4 in the gallery, not Brandauer, but his director: Sydney Pollack. Thanks for noticing, I have fixed it now.
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They were young and handsome, now they are just handsome.
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Absolutely, just handsome, Lagotto.
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Last summer I happens to be at same restaurant as Sean Penn was – he had lunch with Bill Clinton, and these two gentlemen looked more dusty at that time – I’m just joking about the dusty, really have positve sympathy regarding both Sean and Bill – remembering it’s about 30 years old photos so I think these photos are great… 🙂
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I understand your annoyance Bente but what fantastic shots you have here! Such attitude and glamour! Am sure there are people out there playing with digital photos, layering, texturing etc etc, to get these “old, damaged original film” versions!
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These are so cool!! I think the vintage look really adds to the pictures 🙂 Great pictures, Bente!
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If only I had looked after my negatives and transparencies better! I scanned one shot forty years ago recently and it took me two hours with the Healing Brush and the Clone tool to clean the scan up.
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Fantastic photos Bente… I met Sean Penn in person… at the Iraqi/Jordanian border out of all places in the world!!!!
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Great pictures Bente..the dust on it..must you see as nostalgy
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When I lived in Hawaii the mold was so bad that it would eat away entire DVDs. Just another side of nature. Nice pictures of Sean and Christopher, just the same.
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Fascinating…. Such wonderful photos, too!!
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¡Unas fotos estupendas y de gran calidad!
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Beautiful shots. The black and white does so much for it.
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Cool images!
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I actually like the time damage on these film strips. It really gives it a retro look, which is what they are. Fabulous portraits!
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Dust or not, great pictures!
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That was a good year! How is it that you were able to take these pictures. They look so young. Penn looks derisive and Walken innocent.!
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I was at the press conference as a journalist, attended a lot of film festivals that time. The actors were quite young, years are passing it seems..
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I just looked at your new Blog format. You are very talented!
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I seldom leave a response, however i did a few searching
and wound up here Removing dust from Sean Penn | Bente Haarstad Photography.
And I actually do have 2 questions for you
if it’s allright. Could it be just me or does it look like some of these responses come across
as if they are written by brain dead folks? 😛 And, if you are writing on additional places, I would like
to follow everything fresh you have to post. Would you list
of the complete urls of all your communal pages like your twitter feed,
Facebook page or linkedin profile?
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Oh, I don’t rate the comments, people can respond as they like. I don’t have another blog, or twitter, but you can see more photos on my Facebook-page: https://www.facebook.com/BenteHaarstadPhotography
and of course in my web gallery: http://bentehaarstad.photoshelter.com/
Thanks for your comment
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