Sam Smith

Photo Series: Standout

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Standout is a short series of shots taken in Switzerland between March 2021 and May 2024. They are photos showing telephone poles, electricity pylons, signposts, and fence posts standing out.

A telephone pole with a second angled support pole in front of a white sky in a field with a patch of snow in the background, black and white.
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In the foreground, a road sign seen from behind at the crossroads of two gravel tracks. A flat field extends behind with pylons and wires above, and some farm buildings behind. Beyond that a partially snow covered mountain, black and white.
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A grassy hill with odd fence posts starting in the front left and extending rightwards and into the distance, black and white.
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Every photo in the series was shot on my Hasselblad 501c with either a 60mm f/3.5 CF or 80mm f/2.8 CB lens using Ilford HP5+ shot at ISO 800 and developed in Ilfotec HC 1:49 for 11 minutes. I scanned them with an Epson V800 and edited them in darktable.