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Bryan

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Memphis
« on: February 25, 2014, 07:23:01 PM »
These are photos from a trip to Memphis, Tennessee earlier this month.  These were all photographed with a G Yashica GSN Electro 35 Using Kodak Ektar 100 Film.

We'll start with a few from Graceland. 


Graceland Mansion by bac1967, on Flickr


The Kings Clothes by bac1967, on Flickr


Elvis Car by bac1967, on Flickr

These next three were taken at the Lorraine Motel where Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968.  It has been converted into the National Civil Rights Museum and preserved to look like it did on that day in 1968.  The two cars are the same make and model of the ones that were present in the photos taken after his assassination.  He was staying in room 306 at the time.


Lorraine Motel, Memphis, TN by bac1967, on Flickr


Cars at Lorraine Motel by bac1967, on Flickr


Room 306 by bac1967, on Flickr

This is the former location of STAX records which has been converted into the STAX Museum of American Soul Music.  Had they allowed pictures to be taken inside I would have tried to get one of Isaac Hayes' 1972 gold-trimmed, peacock-blue Cadillac El Dorado.  The price of admission is worth it just to see that pimped car with white fur carpet. 


STAX by bac1967, on Flickr

Beale Street at night.  This is where you go to hear the Blues and Jazz that Memphis is famous for.


Beale Street by bac1967, on Flickr
 


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Re: Memphis
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2014, 11:10:42 PM »
Beautiful photos!

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Re: Memphis
« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2014, 09:25:36 AM »
Great shots, Bryan. I should take my Yashica Electro 35 GSN for a walk soon.  :)
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Re: Memphis
« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2014, 07:22:26 PM »
Lovely punchy colours. I really like the Room 306 shot. You can almost sense the tragedy, 45 years later.
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Re: Memphis
« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2014, 04:44:29 PM »
Ektar is an amazing film. Great colors! I especially like the nightshot, it's almost like you staged the shot and cleared everyone off the streets :) Must have been a relatively long exposure?