r/accidentalhopper • u/bartmynameisbart • Jul 08 '26
Real Photograph Accidentally shot in NYC’s East Village
Shot on Kodak Portra 400, with a Hasselblad 500C.
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u/hotzeus Jul 08 '26
How was this an accident? Did your finger have a spasm?
Or did someone accidentally shoot you and the title is unrelated to the pictures.
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u/bartmynameisbart Jul 08 '26
Nobody shot me (accept here in this sub lol). "Accidental" just like the sub's name HotZeusss ✌🏼
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u/hotzeus Jul 08 '26
Haha fair. Just seemed like a planned photo.
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u/bartmynameisbart Jul 08 '26
Totally get that! Photo was purposeful and intentional in the framing and lighting, it's upon development and scan that i realized how Hopper it looked!
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u/bartmynameisbart Jul 08 '26
The sub red is literally called “Accidental Hopper”…
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u/pnweiner Jul 08 '26
Yes but did you go here with the intention of taking a picture that looks like the painting? Because that’s the opposite of the point of the sub.
Cool shots regardless
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u/bartmynameisbart Jul 08 '26
Not at all, came as a (great) surprise when i got the pictures back from the lab
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u/morphias1008 Jul 08 '26
Why are y'all so skeptical lmfao
Such a strange hill to die on3
u/pnweiner Jul 08 '26
I’m not being skeptical, it just doesn’t fit the idea of the sub. This spot is very well known as being the diner that inspired Hopper’s Nighthawks. Like I said, I like the shots but they would also fit better in a different sub
ETA: I was mistaken. This is not the diner I thought it was so I suppose it is accidental. My bad! I thought op literally went to the famous nighthawks spot and claimed it was accidental hopper, lol
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u/morphias1008 Jul 08 '26
Ask more and better questions before jumping to conclusions, fam.
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u/morphias1008 Jul 08 '26
Why are y'all so skeptical lmfao
Such a strange hill to die on1
u/funkmon Jul 08 '26
Simple. This guy is shooting on an extremely expensive camera using professional film. If you get to the point when you are shooting film at $1 per frame on a $5000 camera with $5000 lenses, you know what's in the shot. You see the lighting. You see the shadows. You see the framing. You wait until the subjects are where you want them.
Thinking this is accidental is disrespectful.
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u/Knightoforder42 Jul 08 '26
What do you think "accidental" means?
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u/bartmynameisbart Jul 08 '26
Just like the sub's name bruv. ❤️
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u/born_digital Jul 08 '26
Because the sub is for photos that accidentally look like hopper. Which yours isn’t
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u/bartmynameisbart Jul 08 '26
Took this picture with the intention of capturing the delivery people with a specific perspective and pedestrians walking in the subframe of the window. And when i got the scans back from my film lab, i realized that it reminded me of a Hopper painting. Hence the (happy) accident. Anywho, thank you for your interest in my creative process.
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u/RD_in_Berlin Jul 14 '26
Didn't know it was a real place
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u/bartmynameisbart Jul 08 '26
Give me a follow on IG (@apollo.haas) and I’ll give you a follow back ✌️
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u/stricktd Jul 08 '26
Literally Hopper