A few months ago Alex, known online as The_Old_Penfold, contacted me on Flickr about doing a pinhole film swap and I eagerly agreed to do it. I’ve seen some intriguing film swap double exposures online and liked the surreal and often humorous images that resulted from these collaborations. There’s something very liberating about doing a … Continue reading »
I took a little time off and haven’t been shooting or developing any film for a few weeks. It feels good. Every once in awhile I like to step back and leave the cameras at home. This week a friend has been talking about flatbed scanners which had me thinking about the first rolls of … Continue reading »
I’ve been following a few Facebook groups focused on Pictoralism, the photographic movement from the 1880′s until the 1930′s and especially enjoy the early work of Imogen Cunningham. Imogen was born in 1883 in Portland, Oregon and grew up right here in Seattle, Washington. One of my favorite Imogen Cunningham images is Veiled Woman. I … Continue reading »
I took this picture on the fourth floor of the Seattle Public Library, the blood red floor, and wanted to play with the geometry of the grids and the reflection on the floor. Two of my photos were underexposed but I like the look of this picture: This is a scan of the full 4×5 … Continue reading »
SCD66U6VMA8M It’s my birthday today and I’m recalling these words by Winston Churchill from my challenging, but ultimately rewarding, Comparative Politics class: “Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of … Continue reading »
