Here, below, is a recent photograph I made with glorious film, in downtown Detroit.
For those of you who have spoken to me personally, give me the thumbs up or otherwise been encouraging of my insistence of film - I thank you! The good words help.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Respect for Film!
Over the past few years I've noticed people, that I talk to, having some amount of respect for the fact that I stick to film in photography. Frankly, I love it! I am a film artist and it's great to be recognized for sticking to it. I love film. Digital is OK, but it's just not my style. I get something on film that I just don't feel I can get with digital imaging. I'm not sure what to call it; depth? aliveness? a more real feeling? For me the world just seems more alive and real with grain and film. As though I can better reflect our world and people of the world with film.
Here, below, is a recent photograph I made with glorious film, in downtown Detroit.
For those of you who have spoken to me personally, give me the thumbs up or otherwise been encouraging of my insistence of film - I thank you! The good words help.
Here, below, is a recent photograph I made with glorious film, in downtown Detroit.
For those of you who have spoken to me personally, give me the thumbs up or otherwise been encouraging of my insistence of film - I thank you! The good words help.
Monday, February 8, 2010
About me and my photography background
I began photographing in 1989 with a Pentax K1000, a camera that I still employ to this very day. I believe in the art of film and chemicals, glass and metal, mechanical cameras. I'm not yet sold on digital, sorry. Digital just doesn't give me the results that I want. I love film, and as one man puts it: grain is good.
With no real photographic area of concentration in high school or college I simply photographed whatever felt right. In 1994 I ventured into concert photography, mostly at home in Michigan. In 1999 I expanded my concert coverage beyond my home state, outside the USA even. In 2002 I relocated myself to Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota for several years where I was able to further refine my printing skills with the help of the Independent Film Project (IFP) public darkroom facility. IFP is an incredible place for artists. I also became an active member & volunteer at IFP Twin Cities. This was a wonderful time of growth for me. I left the Cities in 2006 to study photography in Sweden, which has helped me even more in my creative, artistic development. I returned home to Michigan from Sweden in 2007. Here I am looking for ways to further my development and make my skills useful to whomever may be a customer of mine.
Just in case anyone is curious, the photographers that have influenced my thought process the most happen to be Brassaï, Andre Kertész and Endre Friedmann (AKA - Robert Capa). 3 very talented Hungarians.
Today, my hope is that what I've learned over the past 20 years will carry my forward another 20 and beyond.
With no real photographic area of concentration in high school or college I simply photographed whatever felt right. In 1994 I ventured into concert photography, mostly at home in Michigan. In 1999 I expanded my concert coverage beyond my home state, outside the USA even. In 2002 I relocated myself to Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota for several years where I was able to further refine my printing skills with the help of the Independent Film Project (IFP) public darkroom facility. IFP is an incredible place for artists. I also became an active member & volunteer at IFP Twin Cities. This was a wonderful time of growth for me. I left the Cities in 2006 to study photography in Sweden, which has helped me even more in my creative, artistic development. I returned home to Michigan from Sweden in 2007. Here I am looking for ways to further my development and make my skills useful to whomever may be a customer of mine.
Just in case anyone is curious, the photographers that have influenced my thought process the most happen to be Brassaï, Andre Kertész and Endre Friedmann (AKA - Robert Capa). 3 very talented Hungarians.
Today, my hope is that what I've learned over the past 20 years will carry my forward another 20 and beyond.
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