We’ll be honest, folks. There ain’t a lot of news going on at the moment for us. So, here’s a selection of urban Fort Worth photos from the Fort Worthology archives. What makes these special is that they were taken with Fort Worthology’s Holga, a laughably bad cheapo camera from China with a plastic lens and horrible quality that manages to take fascinatingly weird photos on its 120 medium-format film. Enjoy!
Beautiful shots. Its great to see another lomographer/Holga user in Fort Worth. Where is that abandoned building, I don’t recognize it at all. Continue the great shooting.
Hey Clayton,
While I don’t know for certain my best guess would be the abandoned building is the old Swift Meat Packing plant near the stockyards and the old spaghetti warehouse
That was some survey of downtown Ft Worth, West 7Th, and the Stock Yards. Granted the quality of pictures left a lot to get excited about, but the thought and effort was appreciated. It would be very interesting to know the current value of money is being spent on the construction sites in these area that were photographed? Plus what is left? When will we see a revitalization of the south end of the downtown area? Yes, the new Omni Hotel and Sheraton are a much needed addition, but when will the metaphoric change take place to Lancaster where the old over-head once stood? The south end of the downtown area needs dressing up too.
MB,
The anti-quality of the photos is the entire point of the Holga. It’s a $20 all-plastic joke from a factory in China. That it takes photos at all is a miracle. When you’re using a Holga, you’re not expecting what would be normally called “good” photos. The photos are filled with flaws and weirdness - and that’s what we like about them. The Holga takes bad photos that are interesting in their sheer oddness.