Film Photography by S.H. Johnson

Frozen Dead Guy Days
By S.H. Johnson
March 8, 2017
In 1993, a Norwegian named Trygve Bauge brought the frozen corpse of his grandfather, Bredo Morstoel, to the tiny mountain town of Nederland, […]
Arvada to Fish Creek
By S.H. Johnson
March 8, 2017
Arvada, Colorado to Fish Creek, Wisconsin in Five Minutes. This film was shot on Kodak Super 8mm color reversal film, using a Leicina camera equipped […]
A Walk in the Woods
By S.H. Johnson
May 18, 2019
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 […]
Time-Lapse Cinematography
By S.H. Johnson
May 30, 2021
I recently traveled to Arches National Park in Southeastern Utah in an attempt to capture the dramatic rise of the Super Flower Moon in a time-lapse […]
Art for Public Art Projects
By S.H. Johnson
May 13, 2019
For several years as a guest artist for Jefferson County Schools, I worked with young kids in summer workshops and after school art clubs at Foster […]
Sol Duc Falls
By S.H. Johnson
January 2, 2022
Sol Duc Falls is located in the heart of Olympic National Park, and the trailhead to reach it is the gateway to the back country of the Olympic […]
Rise of the Flower Super Moon
By S.H. Johnson
November 30, 2022
The footage for this short film of the rising Super Moon in Arches National Park was captured on a memorable spring visit to the park two years ago, […]
Great Backyard Bird Count
By S.H. Johnson
February 22, 2023
The Great Backyard Bird Count is a global citizen science project managed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the world’s leading research […]
The Photographic Collage
By S.H. Johnson
January 29, 2018
Part documentary photographic essay and part studio construction, the photographic collage is an interesting hybrid artifact. Particularly with the […]
Olympic National Park
By S.H. Johnson
January 23, 2023
Set among the towering, ancient rain forests and rugged coastline of the Pacific Northwest, Olympic National Park perfectly represents both the harsh […]