Focal Points
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Driving across the United States is a life-changing experience, especially for us Europeans. There’s no grand story to these photographs. They were not fueled by a specific plan, but rather simple curiosity and an inclination towards specific types of objects and locations. The images are therefore not supposed to deliver an explicit message; they just happen to have been all captured during one awesome vacation.
The more I searched, the more people I found, the more stories that needed to be told. “The People Who Lived Under the Freeway”, is an on-going project. My friends who live under the freeway are the poorest of the poor of the slum. They are forgotten, kind, good-hearted, friendly people. Their stories need to be preserved and I am hopeful the photographs will help them.
For my 16th time being there, it never gets old. From meeting veterans, watching reenactments, and seeing warbirds take to the skies, it’s always the highlight of my summer. I just wish I had taken more film last year, but then again, June isn’t too far away now.
With the focus being on creating “believable” images, it was tough to get a moment where no regular visitors were in the frame. There were lots of images throughout the day highlighting the event as a whole and showing the broad picture, but I tried to capture images that would put the viewer back in time.
Shooting with my Pentax MZ-S, the intention was to experiment with a variety of lights, prisms, and mirrors. Inspiration was derived from the Italo-disco era neon lights, vintage colors, retro, and fashion scenes.
The SRT-202 is arguably one of Minolta’s legendary cameras, fully mechanical and built like a tank it was probably the best camera for a college student like myself to learn on my own. One of the first subjects to land a place on Tri-X was Bethlehem Steel’s former world Headquarters, Martin Tower. A nice gray and misty day added to the challenge of photographing the 23-story blue and white structure from behind the chain-link fences.
Shooting with the Nikon FE10 and Kodak Double X, we have been protesting since October 18, 2019. Even though we are in a democracy, the government has responded with brutal violence. The police shoot pellets in our faces. There are already 200 people who have lost at least 1 eye to riot control tactics.
The series was taken with the Hasselblad 500CM using the Zeiss 150mm lens. Using simple and available materials in the Still Life style, Luiz seeks to transform everyday scenes into art.
On this episode of Focal Collective we FAILED and over-exposed a roll of Provia 100f on the Canon A1 while backpacking around Banff, Alberta. This video gives a behind the scenes look at the photos taken with this camera and what the overexposed shots look like. The Canon A1 is a great 35mm film camera for beginners, though slide film still proves challenging to properly expose the highlights utilizing the camera's built-in light meter.