providence ri
the other day I did something I haven’t done in a long time, I rode shotgun and made photographs. the exposures were 7 seconds long,developed in sumatranol with the lights
Category: photographs
examples of latest photography i have been involved in
110 film
if you have 110 film use it. if you have half frame or one of those cameras that makes square negatives on 35mm film, use it. if you have something
powerlines
ive had a fascination with power lines and transmission towers since I could remember im not sure how old I was other than I was in grammar school, me and
moonlight
we walked and saw the fireflies liquid emulsion brush coated on window glass, 9 hour impression
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
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
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
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
at what point does light struck film or paper stop being a photograph? . this photograph was made using photographic paper, light and paper developer.
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
