What is it in the bones of everyday photographs, that give them the power to tell a forgotten story from another time and place with such clarity and imagination? And why, in the imagined visual telling of the story, do those photographs elevate the people […]
Tag: Film
The Photographic Collage
Part documentary photographic essay and part studio construction, the photographic collage is an interesting hybrid artifact. Particularly with the use of film negatives and prints, the process took on a challenging, almost accidental quality. The result could be mundane, disastrous, or the definition of the […]
The Panoramic Collage
The Panoramic Collage is a simple and effective method of deconstructing an image, sharpening your point of view and enlarging the camera’s viewfinder. For many years, I shot these collages on film, giving the process a mysterious and quasi-magical air, because you had to wait […]
The New Ektachrome
In a major developement for filmshooters, Kodak announced that it would introduce a new version of it’s classic and beloved Ektachrome Reversal film for photographers and cinematographers. The announcement, at the Consumer Electronics Show this past January, represents a tidal shift in consumer sentiment and […]