Deep blue-black shadows envelop a corridor, broken only by a luminous cyan exit sign and yellow-green fluorescent ceiling lights. The frame-within-frame composition—a doorway leading to another doorway—creates depth and draws the eye toward a vanishing point. The high contrast between darkness and artificial light transforms an ordinary hallway into a cinematic scene.
Photographed on an Olympus Mju II with Cira 800 high-speed film, a stock designed for challenging low-light conditions. The film's elevated ISO allows handheld shooting in dim environments, while its pronounced grain structure adds texture and atmosphere to the shadows. Cira 800's color palette shifts toward cool tones in artificial light, creating the teal-cyan cast visible in the exit sign and ceiling glow. This color shift, inherent to film chemistry, contributes to the moody aesthetic that digital sensors often struggle to replicate authentically.
