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Published: 06/09/2026 | Process Journal | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ELLIOTT HART

A self portrait of legs decayed with Testogel.

Published: 06/09/2026 | Process Journal | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ELLIOTT HART

A self portrait of chest taping decayed with Testogel.

Self portraits shot on kodak gold 200 35mm film, decayed with testogel to try to emulate the feelings of dysphoria and a distored body image whilst on HRT.

The series "exposed" was one of my first dabbles into experimental film photography and directly distorting film negatives with foreign chemicals. I was so scared for the durability of the Kodak Gold emulsion as before this Testogel method of decaying the negatives I tried using salt crystals and soap on others and completely destroyed the image. So this sucesss with the Testogel definately spurred me on to be more experimental in the future.