behind the bank
I photograph behind buildings, those are the last to be “renovated”. the sun was shining I pointed the camera and counted to 7 the box did it’s thing I emptied
Author: jnanian
I am a Freelance Photographer in Rhode Island. I make photographs using a variety of methods with and without a camera, and I teach photography online and in person. I make photo emulsions from scratch, I coat my own photo paper and make cyanotypes too.
I am a huge fan of Caffenol ( I helped write the Caffenol Cookbook ) and instead of instant coffee, I roast my own Sumatra Robusta beans. I sell them so you can make your own long lasting, film and print developer called Sumatranol. I also sell silver recovery products.
The escape route
Sometimes I make a photograph and in my head there is a background to it, not where it was taken or what it is but a story I create just
anything can be converted
I hate to say how many years ago but let’s just say 35 .. about 35 years ago I decided to do whatever I could to become a better printer.
etsy t shirts and prints
if you see something on my website you want a print of, let me know via contact form, or go to my etsy page http://etsy.com/ I’ll make you something affordable
paper negatives instead of film negatives
Im not sure about you but I tend to use paper in my cameras instead of film. Film is great and all that, but it’s so expensive I’m not sure
recent cyanotypes
if you have poked your head into my blog and website and / or instagram feed (@jnanian) you already know that I have been making cyanotypes for almost 20 years.
more 7 seconds
I’ve been making more and more 7 second impressions using both a graflex D and an old sears Delmar box camera. I set the camera on a tripod or hand
FOR SALE
If you see photographs on my instagram feed, contact me about purchase. Everything you see is for sale, signed and dated. go to instagram.com/jnanian sizes and prices vary
seven
What can happen in seven seconds? it takes about 7 seconds to tie a tie, to tie your shoe, pick a lock and if you’re good solve a rubik’s cube.
2024 new year new post
I try to keep this blog up to date but I am true to my 1980s roots as a slacker and have been slacking. I won’t bore you with the
Latest images
These are camera less photograph. It is made by putting objects in direct contact with light sensitive photographic paper which is exposed to light and the impression of the objects
light struck
photography is light striking paper, it is light drawings it is sun prints it is the paper or film’s memory of what was in front of it . I made
light struck
I am making more light struck photographs. They are atmospheric sun prints developed in an open tray in daylight
light struck
at what point does light struck film or paper stop being a photograph? . this photograph was made using photographic paper, light and paper developer.
periphery
neither in or out on the edge on the outskirts in a state of limbo almost forgotten half awake half asleep when I was photographing a local historic site I
