Going through all the photos it we decided not to keep the neg prints any more because we have never used them. When I came to take them out of the envelopes I felt like I was ruining something and felt like I wasn't supposed to be doing it, then when my dad came in and saw them all in a pile he made a cringey face and noise asking if id taken them all out - even though he'd suggested it.
Something about separating the negatives from the photo prints felt a bit sad but I cant fully work out why.
Made me think that although photos are snapshots of what was happening at that moment it was taken, they weren't made there and then, they sat in a reel till it was full then eventually went and get developed and brought back to you. Whereas the film negatives were there from the exact moment that memory was happening, the photo was taken and the film was exposed to the subject.
The point I was originally going to go for before I went off one on, now I have a LOT of negatives id like to use in some kind of installation or art piece? something with light to illuminate the images maybe? Might try a projector to see what happens or candles?
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