Category Archives: large format

Ornamental

Ida Noyes Hall, Spring 2010 Once upon a time, nearly a year ago now, I returned for a brief period to The University of Chicago, camera in tow. I visited a few of my favorite cavernous spaces, still packed to bursting with memories that grow older every day. Some of the massive panoramic images I...

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A library is a dangerous place

The Cecil H. Green Library at Stanford Libraries are dangerous places. You step into the stacks, pick up a book and you never know what you’re going to learn. Fujifilm RVP 100, Sinar F1, 90mm f/8, 3:30 exposure, pulled 1.0 stops. I had to sign a release and speak with the administration to be allowed...

A library is a dangerous place

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Violet hour and fog surround the Golden Gate

The Challenge I recently posted about the decline of analog in the same week that I made a handful of 4×5 exposures and ran a roll of slide film through an oldie-but-goodie 35mm camera. Why use film when digital is so much more versatile, so much more of a pure medium? Precisely because it is...

Violet hour and fog surround the golden gate

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