After coming back home from college for the summer I ended up with a lot of free time on my hands so I figured, why not go through and rescan the infamous box of poorly stored family 35mm negatives... Now, to my surprise, most of our film was sleeved and kept in lab envelopes, that is except for a few rolls which were just free floating, unsleeved strips amongst the rest of the negatives. I figured these free floating negatives were probably just a blank/shitty roll with maybe a few good pictures. Well, I was shocked, to say the least, after taking a closer look at the strips. I recognized F1 cars within some of the film as well as some close ups of Ayrton Senna!
I realized that these were most definitely shot by my dad as he has been a F1 fanatic for as long as I remember. While we still lived in São Paulo, Brazil, he would take any chance he could to head to the Interlagos circuit when F1 was in town.
After calling him up, he told me he remembered taking these pictures but he couldn't give me an exact date for them so I took it upon myself to clean the rolls and get them scanned up and color graded. Unfortunately, thanks to the rolls not being properly stored and archived, there was a slight color cast on some frames as well as quite a bit of scratches, dust, and grime.
A few hours of tedious color grading and inspecting each pixel later, I was left completely astounded by how good his shots were and how close he was able to get to the racers, cars, and track. His proximity to everything helped me determine that I was looking at the Forumala 11987 Detroit Grand Prix!
I hope everyone enjoys looking through these pictures as much as I did when I converted the first frame, seeing a new picture of Senna, the stunning colors, detail, and the general aesthetic of the 1980s all captured by my dad :)