E43 The Danger Boyz

<p>We start our discussion with potential destinations for a dream photographic trip anywhere in the world. </p> <p>Dave and Simon, the DangerBoyz, made a documentary film about shooting a photograph in a huge disused World War II oil storage tank in Scotland. Not only did they shoot the image in the tank, but they also set up a darkroom and developed the film and made a large format print of the tank. They talk about the film, how they met, and why they wanted to tackle this improbable task. </p> <p>The discussion ranges from rock climbing to trash bag cameras, paper negatives in the dark and bickering with the world’s longest echo.</p> <p>No interview with Si and Dave would be complete without a discussion about their documentary film, One Shot: Inchindown (<a href='https://inchindown.com/'>https://inchindown.com/</a>) and what it took to make a very large print from a negative they exposed in the super huge oil storage tanks in Scotland (<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inchindown_oil_tanks'>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inchindown_oil_tanks</a>). </p> <p>Dave and Simon talk about what project they are currently working on (is Simon a bat?). Could lava tubes be in the future? Glass plates in a fjord?</p> <p>We talk about what we've all been doing lately: Graham has been printing copies of his 6X12 camera that has now been renamed the Kraken and has an official release date (April 16, 2020). Ethan calls dibs on the use of the name Chupacabra (<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chupacabra'>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chupacabra</a>), Graham challenges Ethan for reserving the name, loses the argument but wins in the end. </p> <p>Nick’s been in Tuscon this week, away from the dark skies of the Northwestern winter. He arrived with a broken medium format camera so he stopped at Monument Photo (<a href='https://www.google.com/maps/place/15+E+Fort+Lowell+Rd,+Tucson,+AZ+85705/@32.2650815,-110.9734827,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x86d67161ca413fd7:0x533e55b0f04641b0!8m2!3d32.2650815!4d-110.971294