Italy in black & white

During my second year of interning in Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy, I started making pictures with my film camera. We processed about 3 three rolls in our dark room at the center and I only developed probably three photos because things were so hectic all the time.

And so my negatives sat in their sleeves for these past few years. Up until about a month ago when one of my good friends, who happens to have a film scanner, took it upon himself to scan ALL of my photos! 

It's so fun to finally see these photos! Bits of Rome, Venice, small towns around Tuscany, Castiglion Fiorentino and even my trip to Spain. Way back before I had a smart phone and used Instagram obsessively. I love these photos so much. I wish I had been able to develop them myself in the dark room but finally having scans of them at last is so nice. These are some of my favorites. 

1. My favorite alley in Castligion Fiorentino, just behind the study abroad center

2. Vicolo Ripente, the steepest road in Castiglion Fiorentino

3. The view of the valley from Montepulciano

4. A little lady in Pienza

5. A couple of nuns in the Pantheon in Rome

6. Stormy day in Venice from a vaporetto

7. One of the coolest markets in Barcelona

8. Park Guell in Barcelona

Italy film

My film from Italy has been staring at me. Giving me evil glaces and dirty looks. Swearing at me in Italian behind my back for never bringing them to their fully developed glory.


I was able to develop a few of my photos in the darkroom at Santa Chiara but was never able to address all 72 of my lovelies. After seeing this post on scanning negatives with a homemade adapter on TrueBlueMe&You, it was time to try and appease these long lost memories from Italia. 


Although the adapter didn't work, I found that scanning them straight worked alright. I've scanned and edited about 5 strips of film so far. These scanned versions will never live up to their developed potential, but for the time being I can flip through them and relive bits and pieces of last year. 

italian darkroom

I've been able to make some photos in our darkroom during this last session...not as many as I'd hoped but I've got 2 rolls ready to be developed during this next summer session...