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If you ever get to hold one of those contact sheets, look closely at Frame 12. You won’t see a dog or a pylon. You’ll see the shadow of Hiromi Saimon himself, reflected in a broken vending machine glass, holding his beloved Laika—a phantom photographer capturing his own void. kingpouge laika 12 78 photos photography by hiromi saimon
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Saimon uses heavy blacks and blown-out whites to create a sense of noir-ish isolation. Kingpouge Laika 1978 film grain