Where are you now?
Where have you been?
Where are you going?
At the end of last year (which wasn’t that long ago) I asked members to submit a photograph that was the most meaningful to them in 2019, along with a photography that they felt might possibly foreshadow their work in 2020. I present to you below what they sent me! Look them up on their Instagrams; watch this space.
Extension | Nikon FM | Lomo Color
Stave Power | Mamiya 645 Pro | Acros 100 Fujifilm
2019 | Rolleiflex | Ilford SFX200
2020 | RSS 6x6 Pinhole | TriX
4x5 pinhole camera on direct positive paper, with a nd filter (which got stuck, so I had to wait it out in the wind till after sunset - forty minutes exposure of tall waves and shifting clouds)
Rose between 2 thorns
Big Bend
Diamond | Hasselblad 500c | Kodak TriX 400
Future | Film Swap
Past | Psyche Blues
Self Reframation | Pentax h1a 28mm | Svema color 125
Foreshadowing | LCA | Portra 400
Summer Bliss | LCA | Portra 400
Taken from the dock in Sorrento harbor awaiting the ferry to Capris. The hotel bears the name of my deceased daughter Victoria.
Glencoe | Bronica ETRS | Kodak Ektar 100
Photography is a family tradition. I was raised in the darkroom, and on the fine art work of photographers like Edward Weston, Diane Arbus, and Ansel Adams. My father took me photographing with him regularly and taught me how to look at light. He gave me my first camera (an Olympus RC); I made my first black and white print (standing on a stool!) at the age of 7. There are some gaps in the timeline of my photographic journey, enforced upon it by life in general, but film and cameras are one of the few things that have remained constant every step of the way. For me, photography is all about moments and truth. I like to work in black and white so that I can highlight those two things. The truth, form, and simplicity of the moment is presented; I feel that removing the color from the scene brings these things out. I believe street photography is a little window into the heart and soul of a place, a time, and the people in it. These days I tend more toward street portraits and interaction with my subjects, but my drive for capturing the candid moment remains the same.