Peter Hoffman
Hoffman decided he wanted to augment the original photographs that he took of the Fox River in Chicago by spraying them with gasoline, setting them alight and then, just before the flames obliterate any trace of the original exposure, dousing the fire with water. He says his unusual technique is a comment on unsustainable consumer habits; specifically our use of precious natural resources, which he considers to be out of control and unsustainable.
My final images
Emulating Hoffman, I took some images of natural forms, in
my case trees and then ignited them using matches. The film quickly caught
light and distorted from the heat but the tree images were still visible on
untouched parts of the film.
I was unable to scan the film remnants into my computer using
the film setting on the scanner as the film was so distorted meaning you can't
see the photos on the film as clearly as I would have hoped.
Doing this again, I would try Hoffman’s method of burning off
a combustible liquid and quickly dousing as I think this may leave the film flat
and intact.
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