Sebastian Malloy

Nose Grease Love

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I was reminded today from a post by twelvety that we did in fact, back in the days of photo printing from film, use a little bit of nose grease on our negatives to take out scratches before we printed the images in an enlarger. Just rub your finger alongside the bridge of your nose, then wipe it right on the scratch on the negative, and print away: clear, scratchless photos on the other side. Super simple, super weird to anybody not printing photos.

The old times were lo-fi, but they were great times as well, I gotta say.

Carry on, people.

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