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Eric J Meow

@consofcart.bsky.social
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Film photography w/ old cameras (4x5 & 120). Vinyl. Proscience vegan. History. Tolkien. Desert (& dessert). PNW. linktr.ee/consofcart conspiracyofcartographers.substack.…

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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
From the American Thesaurus of Slang, 1942 edition. Eighty-six: all out of the item ordered. The expression does not appear in any other capacity.
86 / eighty-six - from the American Thesaurus of Slang, 1942 edition. 

Eighty-six: all out of the item ordered.
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Oh dang! What *can't* Beck do!?
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
I had little hope for this one since Vericolor, which I used here, simply loves the sun. And yet, here we are, still we have vibrancy! 📷: Mamiya RB67 🎞️: Vericolor III; x-11/1997 ⚗️: DIY ECN-2 Kansas July 2025 #Photography #FilmPhotography #believeinfilm 🎞️
A two-track dirt road ascends a grassy hill. Two small trees are on the right. More hills span off into the distance. The sky is overcast and gloomy.
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
It's not that they don't have addresses out in ranch land, they do. But here is a tradition that goes back well before that. . . . 'Directory' 📷: Mamiya RB67 🎞️: Phoenix 200 ⚗️: DIY ECN-2 Kansas 7/25 #Photography #FilmPhotography #believeinfilm
A wooden directory of ranch owners with basic directions on how to get to their ranches. It sits in green weeds with a cornfield behind it to the left. The sky is clear but for some whispy clouds.
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Why just be a boring old Grace Church when you can, instead, be an AMAZING Grace Church? . . . 'Late Start' Camera: Mamiya RB67 Film: Kodak Vericolor III; x-11/1997 Process: DIY ECN-2 Nebraska July 2025 #Photography #FilmPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #believeinfilm 🎞️
A storefront church named the Amazing Grace Church. The sky is lightly reflected in its windows.
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
This is an "alt" version of one of the photos in my new book, Where the Plow Cannot Find Them. I'm doing a Kickstarter campaign to raise the money to print it (it will be hardback, and I need to at least break even). #filmphotography 🎞️
the grave of Joseph Adelman. Joseph was a member of a Jewish community that emigrated to North Dakota. His memorial is a roughly-constructed tin box with his name in English punched into it Joseph was a member of a Jewish community that emigrated to North Dakota.
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
The flag of the 22nd regiment us colored troops from the civil War depicting a black Union soldier sticking a bayonet into the stomach of a confederate soldier.
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Much of Kansas is laid out in a grid. With how flat the state is, this was the easiest way to divide it up to be homesteaded. 

The roads laid down are each a mile apart, forming square mile blocks (called " sections") that contain four quarter-sections (160 acres each - the typical homestead). Most of these roads, carved out in the late 1800s, still exist today. 

Though Kansas is relatively flat, it is not actually completely flat. Prior to this grid work of roads, indigenous people and early white settlers/traders trod their own paths along rivers, around hills and into valleys. The gridded roads essentially ignore these early paths, but many still exist. 

And nearly all of them contain little surprises if you know where to look. 

I found this house on one such road. It is an early homestead whose land was probably among those section plots, but whose access was one of those non-conforming roads. 

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'Acres'

Camera: Mamiya RB67
Film: Ilford HP5+
Process: HC-110B; 11mins

Kansas
July  2025
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
'Acres' Camera: Mamiya RB67 Film: Ilford HP5+ Process: HC-110B; 11mins Kansas July 2025 #filmphotography #kansas 🎞️
An abandoned house sits in the center of the frame. A large cottonwood tree stands on its left. A wide field of grass surrounds it all. The sky is full of dark clouds.
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
'Upon the Opposite' Camera: Mamiya RB67 Film: Fomapan 100 at 50 Process: 510-Pyro; 1+100; 8min Washington March 2023 #Photography #FilmPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #believeinfilm 🎞️
A flat valley with small hills stands between two basalt cliffs .
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
'All Hat' 📷: Mamiya RB67 🎞️: LomoColor 400 ⚗️: DIYECN-2 WA 5/25 #Photography #FilmPhotography #believeinfilm
The front of an 80s Cadillac with bull horns above the grill.
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
'Careful' Camera: Mamiya RB67 Film: Ilford HP5+ Process: HC-110B; 5min Idaho June 2025 #Photography #FilmPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #believeinfilm 🎞️
An old barn with a tin roof stands in a field of wheat amidst rolling hills. The sky has scattered clouds.
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
'Survivalist' Camera: Mamiya RB67 Film: Ilford HP5 Process: HC-110B; 5min Washington June 2025 #Photography #FilmPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #believeinfilm 🎞️
A lone stalk of wheat grows in the middle of a dirt road.
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
This is a shot that I really enjoy. I saw it on my drive in and the scene just caught my eye. I wanted a photo that had a hazy and grainy feel despite the fact that it was bold and sunny. 

I assumed I couldn't have this because of the light, but a couple of things happened. 

First, this is Lomography Potsdam. It was on sale (like half-off). I cannot be sure, but it's very extremely possible that it's on sale because the rolls are bad. After processing, the scans revealed a multitude of tiny black dots all over the shot. I re-scanned and removed them.  I thought it was maybe my fixer at first, but after fixing another emulsion that I developed, the specs were only on the Potsdam. There was also emulsion damage on some of the frames, seemingly coming from poor coating. 

Second, I wanted to develop this in HC-110.  I got mixed up and accidentally developed this in FA-1027 (F76+).  I didn't realize this until six minutes into developing. 

I had just mixed up a new batch for a tank of HP5, but poured it into the Potsdam tank instead. Brilliant. This could have worked out, but my developer is apparently giving up the ghost. I wish I could buy this in a powdered form, but unfortunately I can't. 

So two rolls of this were tragically under-developed. Same with four sheets of Fomapan 100. 

So much chaos in one tiny tank. 

But a few photos worked out well enough to share, and I'll share them. 

The photo here was taken this past weekend at one of my favorite spots. This scene will still be there when I return. Hopefully I'll retake this with a better sky and develop it with something that actually works. 


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'Informal'

Camera: Mamiya RB67
Film: ORWO UN54
Process: FA-1027; 1+14; 8min

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June 2025This is a shot that I really enjoy. I saw it on my drive in and the scene just caught my eye. I wanted a photo that had a hazy and grainy feel despite the fact that it was bold and sunny. 

I assumed I couldn't have this because of the light, but a couple of things happened. 

First, this is Lomography Potsdam. It was on sale (like half-off). I cannot be sure, but it's very extremely possible that it's on sale because the rolls are bad. After processing, the scans revealed a multitude of tiny black dots all over the shot. I re-scanned and removed them.  I thought it was maybe my fixer at first, but after fixing another emulsion that I developed, the specs were only on the Potsdam. There was also emulsion damage on some of the frames, seemingly coming from poor coating. 

Second, I wanted to develop this in HC-110.  I got mixed up and accidentally developed this in FA-1027 (F76+).  I didn't realize this until six minutes into developing. 

I had just mixed up a new batch for a tank of HP5, but poured it into the Potsdam tank instead. Brilliant. This could have worked out, but my developer is apparently giving up the ghost. I wish I could buy this in a powdered form, but unfortunately I can't. 

So two rolls of this were tragically under-developed. Same with four sheets of Fomapan 100. 

So much chaos in one tiny tank. 

But a few photos worked out well enough to share, and I'll share them. 

The photo here was taken this past weekend at one of my favorite spots. This scene will still be there when I return. Hopefully I'll retake this with a better sky and develop it with something that actually works. 


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'Informal'

Camera: Mamiya RB67
Film: ORWO UN54
Process: FA-1027; 1+14; 8min

Washington
June 2025
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
'Informal' Camera: Mamiya RB67 Film: ORWO UN54 Process: FA-1027; 1+14; 8min Washington June 2025 #Photography #FilmPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #believeinfilm 🎞️
A two track dirt road winds into the distance, up a hill. There is an old barbed wire fence on the right. The road disappears behind a ridge topped with basalt rock formations. The sky is mostly clear with high, scattered clouds.
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
'Confined' Camera: Ansco Color Clipper Film: Kodak Ektachrome Lumiere; x-07/1995 Process: DIY ECN-2 Kansas July 2020 #Photography #FilmPhotography #diyecn2 #believeinfilm 🎞️
A close up of the side of an old service station.
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
'Adust' Camera: Mamiya RB67 Lens: Mamiya-Sekor 3.8/90mm Film: Ilford FP4+ Process: 510 Pyro; 1+100; 10mins Montana July 2022 #Photography #FilmPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #believeinfilm 🎞️
An abandoned two-story house stands alone in a field of grass. The sky is cloudless.
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
'Trail' Camera: Mamiya RB67 Lens: Mamiya-Sekor 3.8/90mm Film: Ilford HP5+ at 1600iso Process: HC-110B; 11min Nebraska July 2022 #Photography #FilmPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #believeinfilm 🎞️
A long line of train cars stretches into the left-distance. A swell of ground blocks some of the view. The sky is overcast and bright.
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
The story behind the Monk gig at Palo Alto High School in 1968 is made even more fun by the fact that a live recording made by an anonymous school custodian is arguably better than the official release. #vinyl #vinylcommunity #nowspinning #vinylrecords
Cover of Thelonious Monk Palo Alto (Custodian's Mix) LP. Reproduction poster and booklet that came with the Thelonious Monk Palo Alto (Custodian's Mix) LP. Photo of Monk in the Thelonious Monk Palo Alto (Custodian's Mix) LP. Rear cover of Thelonious Monk Palo Alto (Custodian's Mix) LP.
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Breaking Camera: Kodak Brownie No. 2, Model D Film: Fuji Provia 100 (x-08/2000) Process: DIY ECN-2 Douglas County, Washington March 2020 #Photography #FilmPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #believeinfilm 🎞️
A basalt cliff rises out of a field of sage. It is against a blue, cloudless sky.
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
'Rope' Camera: Ensign Ful-Vue Film: Lomography Color 100 Process: DIY ECN-2 Washington May 2025 #Photography #FilmPhotography #diyecn2 #believeinfilm 🎞️
Rolls of barbed wire are stacked behind a barbed wire fence. The land around it is flat and dry and spotted with green shrubs. The sky is cloudless.
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
On this episode, I take a look at the Ansel Adams quote with a weird amount of research. Have a listen, won't you? open.substack.com/pub/conspira... #Photography #FilmPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #believeinfilm 🎞️
Cover for new podcast episode with Ansel Adams standing on his car taking a photo with a large format camera.
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
This is, I think, an old irrigation canal. I can't be sure, but I have no other ideas. 'Arterial'' Camera: Mamiya m645j Lens: Mamiya-Sekor 2.8/45mm Film: Ilford Pan F+; x-04/2006 Process: WD2D+; 7min Washington June 2020 #Photography #FilmPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #believeinfilm 🎞️
A hazy photo taken inside an old irrigation canal. There is trash and various debris as nature reclaims it. The sky is clouded over.
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
'Width' Camera: Mamiya RB67 Film: Ektar 25; x-09/1992; 12iso Process: DIY ECN-2 Washington May 2025 #Photography #FilmPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #believeinfilm 🎞️
A large basalt boulder stands in the middle of a field of wildflowers. The sky is cloudless.
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
There were no clouds, but there was a valley of smoke left over from the prescribed burns of the previous day. 'Reside' Camera: Mamiya RB67 Film: Ilford HP5+ at 1600 Process: HC-110B; 11min Washington May 2025 #Photography #FilmPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #believeinfilm 🎞️
A falling over barbed wire fence almost stands before a sage and grass field and hills with a few large boulders on the left. Beyond, a few mountains rise. There is fog (actually smoke) in a valley.
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
I've been photographing this house for about a decade, but I don't think I've shot it from this angle, so it took me way too long to recognize it after I developed the shot. . . . 'Divide' 📷: Mamiya RB67 🎞️: ORWO UN54 ⚗️: HC-110H; 7.5mins WA 5/25 #Photography #FilmPhotography #believeinfilm
An abandoned house surrounded by dead trees and a cloudless sky.
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
On this post/episode,I talk about photography and solitude. Also the US Postal Service. open.substack.com/pub/conspira...
"The Importance of Solitude (And the Postal Service)"
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
'All the Days that End in Darkness' Camera: Mamiya RB67 Film: Ultrafine Extreme 400 at 1600 Process: HC-110B; 11min Washington May 2025 #Photography #FilmPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #believeinfilm 🎞️
A private property sign stands in the middle of the frame with a vast and sprawling plain behind it. The sky is cloudless.
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
This past weekend I did a couple of days visiting some of my favorite places, including many that I had shot before. It's sort of my way of keeping tabs. 

One house that I've shot for over a decade is now gone. I knew it wouldn't be long - most of it fell down last year. But sadly, it didn't survive the winter. 

This old grain elevator will be standing for decades to come though. It was built by the first owner of the land and for some reason he used running boards from old Ford Model Ts for the steps on the staircase leading up to the ladder. 

I don't know why he would have done this, but if he had built the stairs out of wood, they'd probably be gone by now. This staircase was constructed to last the life of the elevator. 

On a technical side, two things. 1) The film holder I used has now been retired. It was likely as old as the building here. The baffle has finally failed and we've got a light leak. 2) I wasn't sure the lens could handle such a rear tilt (done to bring the building parallel to me). Alas, it can, even though it's got a very tiny image circle. 

I took a bunch of photos, and will be developing them for a week or so. Both shoot days, the sky was cloudless. Usually this is enough for me to cancel a trip, but I wanted to see the wildflowers again before they all die. 

I was still a bit early for the Mariposa Lily, which doesn't bloom until most of the other flowers are gone. 
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'Exhalation'

Camera: Chamonix 45F-2
Lens: Schneider Xenar 3.5; 150mm
Film: Fomapan 100
Exposure: f/25; 1/10sec
Process: FA-1027; 1+14; 9min

Washington
May 2025Exhalation'

Camera: Chamonix 45F-2
Lens: Schneider Xenar 3.5; 150mm
Film: Fomapan 100
Exposure: f/25; 1/10sec
Process: FA-1027; 1+14; 9min

Washington
May 2025
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Exhalation Camera: Chamonix 45F-2 Lens: Schneider Xenar 3.5; 150mm Film: Fomapan 100 Exposure: f/25; 1/10sec Process: FA-1027; 1+14; 9min Washington May 2025 #Photography #FilmPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #believeinfilm 🎞️
A straight-on photo of an old wooden grain elevator.
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Accuracy Camera: Mamiya RB67 Film: Kodak Portra 400VC; x-07/2002 at 100iso Process: DIY ECN-2 Washington April 2025 #Photography #FilmPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #believeinfilm 🎞️
A view of the front of a 1940s School bus. The windows are missing, the hood over the engine is missing. Several of the lights are gone. There is graffiti and various paint all over the engine and the bus itself. Behind it is a large basalt cliff. In front of it, it is slightly obscured by a bush. What can be seen of the sky is blue and cloudless.
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
I have a new episode out about hiking and finding balance between life and photography (etc etc). 📷: Mamiya RB67 🎞️: Kodak Lumiere 100X; x-04/1995 at 12iso ⚗️: DIY ECN-2 WA 4/25 #Photography #FilmPhotography #believeinfilm
A long basalt wall stands on the right over a lake in the bottom left. Beyond the lake and still along the wall is a plain of grasses and sage. The sky is a pale blue.
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
I have a piece coming out tomorrow-ish about the hike I did last weekend. But also (and more so, in a way), it's about finding a balance, something I've always had issues with.

I touch upon it in the post/podcast episode, but I'll eventually figure out a way to write/talk more about it.

I say:

"There’s a balance we try to strike as photographers between living in the moment and photographing that moment. It’s impossible to do both, though we often tell ourselves otherwise."

We lie to ourselves, saying that while we are experiencing the through the lens, it’s still happening in real life and we are still fully present. We want so badly for this to be true, even when we’re not hiding behind the camera. Experiencing the moment without the filter of a lens grows terrifying the more time we spend behind it."

I think in a lot of ways I've come to terms with this (for example, I don't carry a camera around with me wherever I go). But in other ways, I have not (for example, I find zero reason to travel for non-photographic pursuits). 

But there's oodles of other balances in life and photography to deal with and (not conquer, but) balance properly.  Social media, buying things, down time, self promotion, sleep,  travel and endless other stuff are all things that I have struggled with that have almost nothing to do with photography.

But also, they have everything to do with photography since I'm a photographer. All of those things (and so much more) affect and are affected by photography. 

Anyway, I do actually think I struck a nice balance in the forthcoming piece. It's a balance between talking about gear, hiking, photography, history, and writing. So if you get a chance, could you maybe think about listening/reading (but mostly listening)? 

I'm really bad at self-promotion. 

Look, just listen to it, okay? It'll be out tomorrowish. You'll see.
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
(more to read in the thread) 'Heht' Camera: Mamiya RB67 Film: Ilford HP5+ Process: FA-1027; 1+14; 9min Washington April 2025 #Photography #FilmPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #believeinfilm 🎞️
An odd, iron steel wheel is halfway sunk into the ground, covered in grasses and thorns. This grassy field extends towards a slope and a dark cliff, cutting off the horizon. The sky is overcast.
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Side A label of the Miles Davis Conception LP.
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Miles Davis's Conception LP was the entirety of the 10/5/51 session. Released in 1970 as part of Prestige Records Historical Series, this compiles everything off the Dig LP plus two additional tracks. Horrible cover though. Damn. #vinyl #vinylcommunity #nowspinning #vinylrecords #bluejazz
Cover of the Miles Davis Conception LP.
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
The Passing Conversation Camera: Mamiya RB67 Film: Fuji Astia 100; x-04/2000 at 25iso Process: DIY ECN-2 Washington April 2025 #Photography #FilmPhotography #diyecn2 #expiredfilm #believeinfilm 🎞️
Yellow arrowleaf balsamroot flowers against a blurred background of grass and boulders.
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
I found this small slice of shadow to rest beneath on the first real hike of the season. Compared to last year, I am very out of trail shape. I knew that going into it, but I underestimated recovery. 

The hike itself was pretty easy and I didn't overdo it. I rested a lot and took it pretty slowly. But also, I did over nine miles over some pretty rough terrain. 

It's a whole damn thing, but I've been resting since. I had another hike planned for this weekend, but I'm holding off. 

Anyway, there were some really lovely flowers out and I got a few photos of them here and there. You'll see. Also, it was nice to see some actual, mostly native shrub-steppe since so much has been lost to invasive species and farming. 


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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
'Resolve' Camera: Mamiya RB67 Film: Kodak Portra 400VC; x-07/2002 at 100iso Process: DIY ECN-2 Washington April 2025 #Photography #FilmPhotography #diyecn2 #believeinfilm 🎞️
A patch of yellow balsam root flowers stand on a ridge, half in sun. The bare skeleton of a sage brush is almost in shadow near them. Down the ridge, across various grasses is a sheer cliffside of basalt columns. The sky is partly clouded.
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
'Marginal' Camera: Mamiya RB67 Film: Kodak Vericolor HC; x-08/1991 Process: DIY ECN-2 Washington April 2025 #Photography #FilmPhotography #diyecn2 #believeinfilm 🎞️
A bright red tractor trailer truck sits abandoned next to a grassy hill, surrounded by green. The sky that can be seen is blue and cloudless.
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
There were fifteen cars in the trailhead parking lot when I got there at 7:30am. It was more cars than I had ever seen there, but I knew that I was going to a place that wasn't as heavily traveled as the main parts. 

I had never been there before, either, and didn't know what to expect. It was a more strenuous hike than I'd have otherwise had, but very pretty, with lovely views of the Columbia and a good lesson in geology.

When I returned to the trailhead after eight miles of hiking (nearly six hours), there were over 80 cars in the parking lot. 

My spot has been blown up. Maybe it's just because it was the first warm weekend. Or because it was a holiday weekend. That said, in all of my hiking, I only saw six other people. Even when I am around the masses, I am able to avoid the masses. 

Here, HP5 is doing what HP5 does. I don't hate it.

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'The Wait'

Camera: Mamiya RB67
Film: Ilford HP5+
Process: FA-1027; 1+14; 9min

Washington
April 2025
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
The Wait Camera: Mamiya RB67 Film: Ilford HP5+ Process: FA-1027; 1+14; 9min Washington April 2025 #Photography #FilmPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #believeinfilm 🎞️
The Columbia River flows next to a field of boulders, as seen from a view atop of ridge. Across the river are basalt cliffs. The sky is bright, but overcast.
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Late-era Wall of Voodoo isn't for everyone, but I love it. They released a live show (or parts of it) for RSD this year. I didn't wait in line, but did pick it up on that weekend. "Business of Love" is a good place to start. #vinyl #vinylcommunity #nowspinning #vinylrecords
Cover of WA) of Voodoo- The Lost Tapes Live
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
You can listen to the full version of the stories anywhere you find podcasts. Just search for Conspiracy of Cartographers.

Susan Cargill's death in 1883 might not have been important enough for local paper, the St. Paul, Nebraska Phonograph, but she her loss certainly had an affect on her family.

Susan and Robert had ten children together, all of whom were still alive when she passed on at the young age of 43.

In 1902, her daughter Margaret died by suicide. The April 9, 1902 issue of the newspaper told all. She had "committed suicide yesterday afternoon by shooting herself through the head with a 22-calibre rife. The deed was done during the absence of her family and was evidently the result of deliberately laid plans."

Margaret had two young children, and sent them "to a neighbor's with instructions not to return for an hour and a half." It's unsaid, but presumed that it was her children who found her body.

The paper printed the note she left her husband, explained where she aimed the gun, and what she was wearing. "No motive for the rash deed is known," concluded the paper, she "had always enjoyed fairly good health."

Margaret's brother, Lewis, took the news the hardest. At 33, he was unmarried and living alone. According to the headline in the May 18th issue of the same newspaper: Louis Cargill Insane.

"It seems that nothing could be done to remove the effect of the sad termination of his sister's life," read the article. He was taken to an insane asylum in Lincoln.

He died on May 26, 1902. A June issue related the news, telling that "his health had failed rapidly as a result of his mental affliction and death came quickly to his relief."
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
I shared two stories in my latest 'podcast' episode. 'The Deed Was Done' 📷: Chamonix 45F-2 🔭: Steinheil Rapid Antiplanet 6,5; 27cm 🎞️: Agfa CP-BU M X-Ray Film; 25iso 🕙: f/12; 4sec ⚗️: Rodinal; 1+100; 5ish mins NE 7/23 #Photography #FilmPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #believeinfilm
A broken gravestone, with the main part of the stone lying over the base. It reads "farewell," over an engraving of clasped hands. Under that, it reads "Susan, wife of Robert..." With the rest of the words obscured by weeds.
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
It's just good advice. . . . 'Dream' Camera: Mamiya RB67 Film: Lomo Color 100 Process: DIY ECN-2 Washington April 2025 #Photography #FilmPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #believeinfilm 🎞️
A sign reading: "Keep pets off shrubs and lawn" stands before rolling hills of brown grass and against a blue, cloudless sky.
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Measure 📷: Mamiya RB67 🎞️: Fomapan 100 ⚗️: FA-1027; 1+14; 9mins WA 4/25 #Photography #FilmPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #believeinfilm 🎞️
Detail of an old truck with "K.L. Cross land Turkey Farms, Grandview Wash" on the door.
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Heat of Formation Camera: Mamiya RB67 Film: Lomo Color 100 Process: DIY ECN-2 Washington April 2025 #Photography #FilmPhotography #diyecn2 #believeinfilm 🎞️
An ATM sign with an arrow pointing right. It is attached to a brick wall with a window and curtains on the left and a pink boarded up window on the right.
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Æfen Camera: Mamiya RB67 Film: Fomapan 100 Process: FA-1027; 1+14: 9min Washington April 2025 #Photography #FilmPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #believeinfilm 🎞️
An old pickup truck with splashes of the last rays of sunlight sits before a moving train. The branches of a tree, newly in bloom, are above the scene.
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Eric J Meow @consofcart.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
'Prejudicialist' Camera: Mamiya RB67 Film: Fomapan 100 Process: FA-1027; 1+14: 9min Washington April 2025 #Photography #FilmPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #believeinfilm 🎞️
Close up on a wooden building. On the left is a window with broken blinds inside of it. On the right is just wood paneling. Above the window, is a line of old decorative light sockets, mostly empty. This leads to the roof where, on the left, is an exhaust fan. On the right is a large sign that reads"breakf-" and capital letters. It used to be neon.
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