Let me take you back in time… it was 2001, and I was a young college student spending more of my time in kickboxing gyms and darkrooms than classrooms. I had no money. Just dreams of being some sort of hybrid kickboxer/filmmaker/photographer/rock and roll band singer. Being a photography-obsessed starving college student, I used to spend A LOT of time at bookstores reading entire books and magazines for free over time in my many visits. One photography publication always stood out to me: Lenswork. It wasn’t Popular Photography, Photo District News, or any other magazine that was focused on gear and technique. It felt like with every printing I found some sort of black & white religious tome. A fine art gallery in magazine form, accidentally placed on the news stands every quarter. I decided that with my last roll, I’d try my hand at that Lenswork look, that modern tin type duo tone print look. Did I get there exactly? No. But like, a boy can dream right?
That dreamy burnt and not dodged look.
Kodak Tri-X 400, pushed to ISO1600, with a 4-stop ND and a 1/4 Black Pro Mist filter. Leica M-A, 50mm Summicron.
Reinventing the broken wheel.