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A Walk in the Woods

May 18, 2019January 25, 2023 waysidefilms

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

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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 […]
Top Bar Bee Hive
By S.H. Johnson
January 31, 2023
Keeping bees in top bar hives is a practical and natural alternative to traditional, commercial beekeeping that is less invasive to the bees, and […]
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 […]
Garden Mural Genesis
By S.H. Johnson
May 15, 2019
At Project Prepare’s Summer Arts Camp, I collaborated with a group of twenty young artists to create public artwork for our community gardens. […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Old-Fashioned Photo Booth
By S.H. Johnson
May 12, 2019
Beyond the incredible innovations and creative possibilities of Polaroid cameras and their wonderful instant film, my most nostalgic photographic […]
The New Ektachrome
By S.H. Johnson
March 8, 2017
In a major development for film-shooters, Kodak announced that it would introduce a new version of it’s classic and beloved Ektachrome Reversal […]