For this weeks blog assignment, I picked photos from my 35mm negative scan archive. I have been shooting film since I was 13 years old, and it is what initially led me to my undergraduate in photography. I was never quite interested in the commercial world of photo, and I ended up at a college that was fine art focused. I had the ability to learn many alternative processes and larger format traditional photography. This in a small way is a little homage to the chair of my photo department who we sadly lost in a motorcycle accident late last year. He was a great mentor, and even better friend. Rest in peace, John!
I am not convinced digital, no matter how many filters you fuss with, quite gets the same nostalgic feel with the noise of the grain or the color (specifically the color of Kodak Portra which I have been using for over 15 years at this point). I will forever love the texture film offers to photos, and love the imperfections of raw scanned negatives without any dust removal.
Themes in my shapes are organic. I don’t like working with models, or telling people what to do and how to pose. I understand the language of nature better than humans, so I turn my lens in the organic shapes that feel inspirational to me.
