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
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.
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
rest stop
If you’ve driven on any road you’ve probably stopped at a rest stop or pulled over somewhere to have a bite to eat. Along some of the state highways in
change in direction but not really
Over the past handful of years I have been making photographs at a variety of natural sites ––– lakes, ponds, rivers, shorelines, islands and suburbia, woods &c. I have always
waxing paper negatives revisited
If you have been here before you might have read a post I made a long while ago where I described how to wax paper negatives (https://www.nanianphoto.com/blog/how-you-make-waxed-paper-negatives/ ) .. I
Providence RI Office Buildings
I sometimes wander around with a graflex slr and make some exposures. These were made around 2006, I was searching for one photograph and I found others, it always works
Photographs tell a story
It doesn’t matter what photographic process it is, camera less, chem gram, with a camera whatever, they all tell a story. It doesn’t matter. The photograph is more than an
Eyes open
For years I have wondered what photography was. Is it an “art form”, is it a “craft” is it a “science” ? With the invention of consumer photography in the
Quebec revisited
A handful of years ago I went to Quebec. I wandered and ate and socialized. I brought a camera and photographed what caught my eye, and I have printed some
If you remember something, you probably don’t really remember it …
A couple of Fridays ago I was listening to Science Friday on the radio and I heard a comment that a Neurologist made about memory. I’m paraphrasing but she said
Continue reading…If you remember something, you probably don’t really remember it …
Just doing
I spend less and less time reading and going to photography forums. These places are filled with photographers or aspiring photographers, and a lot of cranky people. So much time
workshops and lessons
I’ve been making photos of one sort or another since I was 4 years old and was given a hand-me-down camera. When I was in high school began taking formal
self portraits
I don’t usually do self portraits but lately I have been making them. I’ve been reflecting a lot about the things I have been doing and what I want to
