Death Valley Dust Storm – 2010
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Death Valley National Park
Tag: lensculture
“When I make a photograph, I want it to be an altogether new object, complete and self-contained, whose basic condition is order.” – Aaron Siskind
This image was photographed on the property of Kipu Ranch in Kauai.
Dreaming
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Salton Sea
Although I’ve been able to make some appealing images with my Zone VI 8×10 view camera, there were a couple shortcomings that began to bother me after about a year of use. First, because it’s made of wood, I always felt that it was a bit imprecise, and this goes against my nature. Next, since my 4×5 camera was made by Toyo, I couldn’t easily share lenses between the cameras unless I swapped out lensboards. Therefore, when a Toyo 810M view camera came up for sale, I jumped at the opportunity and purchased it.
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Interestingly, I purchased this camera from Chris Jordan, an artist and photographer who is well known for several projects: “Midway”, “Intolerable Beauty”, and “In Katrina’s Wake”. I highly recommend you check out his work at www.chrisjordan.com
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For this particular image, it was made at the Salton Sea in 2007 with a Toyo 810M view camera on Fuji Provia. Who says you can’t shoot directly into the sun, especially on transparency film?
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Point Mugu State Park
Here’s another image made in Point Mugu State Park with a Zone VI 8×10 view camera on Provia. I’m not sure why I never scanned and printed this image until now. Like the two previous images, I feel that this B&W version is better.
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Los Angeles, California
Women’s March Los Angeles. This image was photographed with a Minolta X-370 on Kodak Tri-X.
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20th Century Fox
Reflecting infinity. This image was photographed with a Minolta X-370 on Kodak Tri-X.
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Los Angeles, California
I’ve always loved reflections in glass buildings. This one especially caught my eye due to the abstraction created between the building and it’s reflection. This image was photographed with a Minolta X-370 on Kodak Tri-X.