College Dorm Life, 1972

Black-and-White Wednesday: Brown University dorms were Spartan, shall we say, in the early 1970s.

College Dorm Life, 1972; Goddard Hall, Brown University, Providence, RI; September 1972.

Brown University dorms did not have many amenities back then: no phone, no AC (and noisy radiator heat), a single bed that was shaped like a trough, and a beaten-up desk, chair, and bureau. I decorated my dorm room walls with a movie theater’s schedule and a homemade poster reading, “We must endure the presence of caterpillers if we wish to know butterflies” (painted by my friend Loti).

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Photo Deets

• Camera - Minolta SR-T101

• Film Stock - Kodak Tri-X film

• Film Type - 35mm

• ASA - 400

• Focal length - 55mm

• Lens - Minolta MC Rokkor-PF

• F-stop range - between f/1.7 and f/16 (i.e., the full range of the Rokkor lens)

• Shutter speed - unknown

• Date of capture - September 1972

• Scanned from the original negative, May 8, 2015; 1799x1199 pixels

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© Copyright 1972 Jeremy Butler.

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