i opened up my last box of Polariod Chocolate film and tried out some double exposures with Erica while she was here. for whatever reason, the emulsion on this one didn’t hold up too well, half of it was left on the backing paper. but sometimes accidents like this make me really happy. model: ericaContinue reading “Hereafter”
Category Archives: film work
Everglades
Katlyn, Peter, and I headed out to the Everglades when I went to visit her in Florida last month. I found an interesting spot where I could contrast some of the endless overhead power lines with Florida’s attempt to preserve the natural ecosystem. In the end we didn’t get eaten by a crocodile, which isContinue reading “Everglades”
on the brink
“My heart is on a budget. It keeps me on the brink.” -Anne Sexton, January 1st scan of an ilford fp4 negative ©2013 scott nichol unauthorized use prohibited
Direct to Positive
a while back i bought a bunch of Ilford Direct Positive paper. This is photo paper that you can load into a large format camera and shoot just like film, however when you process it, you do so in traditional black and white paper chemistry and the result is a positive image instead of aContinue reading “Direct to Positive”
(Un)Clothed at the Center for Fine Art Photography
Just submitted these photos to the (Un)Clothed Exhibit at the Center for Fine Art Photography.
Incident Projection
first art nude shoot of 2013. shot 18 frames of Ilford FP4 4×5 at a slow, studied pace. i’m feeling like the results speak for themselves. scan of the 4×5 negative. model: Vdb Nudes ©2013 scott nichol all rights reserved no unauthorized use
Leave Me Something
natural light coming in through the double doors on my balcony. maybe i should make some prints of this over the weekend. scan of a 6×7 negative from 2010 ilford delta 400 model: Lili Adonia © 2013 scott nichol all rights reserved no unauthorized use
we were wrong
pretty sure this was hand-held, 1/2 second. scan of the 4×5 fujiroid negative, inverted and color corrected a bit. © 2013 scott nichol all rights reserved no unauthorized use
radiant
from an abandoned industrial complex this past summer when the days were almost unbearably warm. model: candace nirvana scan from 4×5 negative. Ilford HP5+ at ISO 800, developed in XTOL 1+1 © 2012 scott nichol all rights reserved no unauthorized use
Nude and Chair – Polaroid
working in the studio near the end of our stay there, i’d found an old Polaroid 250 camera on eBay that i bought for $17 and started trying to use it with studio lights. the results were usually unpredictable, but often interesting. if i remember correctly, this was old, expired polaroid sepia film and iContinue reading “Nude and Chair – Polaroid”