March 7, 2010 — Last weekend, I received an email with the subject line “Holi Shit!” from my friend Ashwin. He was referring, of course, to Holi, the grand festival of colors that Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs and others celebrate to welcome spring. The tradition involves throwing dye, baby powder, and colored water at each other to “chase away the winter grays.”

And what a springtime day it was. Sunny. Warm. Miraculous.

Half a roll of Kodak Portra VC 160 film to cover Disneyland, Bergamot Gallery and the Getty Villa.

The Getty Villa, Pacific Coast Highway

The road! The ocean! The Pacific Coast Highway!

Somehow this roll of film survived my camping trip to Maine where I woke up with several inches of rain soaking my pillow, daypack, camera, etc. Here’s what was almost lost forever!

Also, to show how fragile film is, the other roll I took in to get developed (photos of last weekend’s trip to the beach) did somehow get screwed up. Sadness.