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  • A nerdy rant on two of the processes that once dominated pre-digital color image production I’ve always found socialist culture interesting, especially a few years ago when I started toying with their film. The stark contrast of an economy and production being run by the state versus private companies such as here in the US…

  • Art is perceived as many things: entertainment, a job or lifestyle, a hobby. But one thing that tends to be overlooked is the power of visual art and its ability to communicate emotions, stories, ideas, and beliefs. Art therapy is integral to many artists & their practices, whether they recognize it or not. After my…

  • Since the Transportation Security Administration formed months after 9/11, the security process has put traveling photographers’ film at risk. Xray machines became apart of the standard procedure when traveling via plane, great for efficiently viewing a bag’s contents, but undeveloped film isn’t a fan of that ESP. Any film with a speed over 800 iso…

  • A painful realization that turned into a vital lesson as an analog photographer. Back in 2021-2022, I was avidly attending as many DIY and house-based performances from the underground punk scene of Chicago. I couldn’t get enough, going to multiple shows a weekend sometimes, always with my camera. My projects, From the Corner to the…

  • Learned a big lesson this weekend: not all cans of beans are made equally. This past weekend, some friends and I went to Death Valley Nat’l park for Halloween, just to explore and see some cool stuff. We camped Friday – Sunday, and as someone who had been camping dozens of times throughout my childhood,…