The more I find myself being absorbed into photography, the more I find myself lusting after weird cameras. Take this Yashica D camera I spotted at Pitchfork. This model was released in 1966 and uses 120 film. Note the “spaghetti western” style font between the two lenses that was popular during the 1960s. The viewfinder is located inside the camera so you have to peer down into the body. I would love to have one of these to just play around with.
The girl who was carrying it told me she bought it on KEH.com, which just so happens to be the place where I purchased my new Canon EOS 1-D camera body.
Even though I’ve already been photographing AllSaints authentically found out on the street (see this photo of Becky), the company decided to set me loose with an iTouch to document street-style in line with the AllSaints aesthetic. Me being a professional photographer thought that was kind of silly, so I alternated between my trusty Olympus PEN and my brand new (to me) Canon EOS 1D.
This is a video I took of my journey through Electric Forest’s version of Sherwood Forest. Sherwood Forest quickly became the focus and center of Rothbury, the predecessor of Electric Forest. Rothbury was more like Bonnaroo or Coachella in that a wide variety of mainstream acts were hosted alongside the core jam bands. When Rothbury 2010 fell through, Madison House realized that they had a valuable commodity with the pine forest on the grounds of Double JJ Ranch and rebranded Rothbury as “Electric Forest.” In the process, they streamlined the artist line-up to only include electronica, jam bands, and jamtronica (with a few exceptions) to create a 4 day long rave-like experience in a psychedelic forestscape.
Needless to say, I had a ton of fun.
