Some pictures take years to develop, you. Hold this one under the red light.
There we are, still coming into focus. Turn the page: Side A is playing. 🎞️
You hummed this in the back of the auto and the driver turned it up for you.
Still in sepia. The moment the first print develops, the whole roll comes into colour.
Most of exposures 09 to 29 came out blurry. These four didn't, so they live in the jar. Pull them all out.
4 notes inside
The ones I'd hang on the wall.
Exp. 30 · Coorg, in the mist
Exp. 33 · the valley you stopped for
Exp. 35 · Varkala, after dark
Exposure 36 of 36
Every roll has a last frame, and I always save it for something I'm sure about. This one is you. Three years ago I didn't know how you take your chai. Now I could make it in my sleep. Some pictures take years to develop. This one is still going.
Still developing, still yours
