Cash Erikson

Burning old pastures to make way for new grass

Quite an eventful summer! Worked on movies, worked in various places in western Missouri, and spent time with friends & family along the way.

I got to hold the camera negative of the Wizard of Oz, I got to work a jib on an incredible concert, I got to do incredible things with incredible people.

Anybody know how to test a vacuum tube tester?

Two features, a few commercials, and some fun stuff in between. First photo taken by @sappy.ghoul , last photo taken by @madison.torrez !

Summer so far! Friends, Steadicam, 95 year old cars, working on new films, working on old films, and a new old film camera. 1. Emily’s 22nd birthday! 2. Flowers on campus 3. Practicing Steadicam work with Scott & Casey. 4. 1929 Ford Model A in my family since 1940. 5. KU Campus 6. Ruby ❤️ 7. Crew photo for Em’s capstone! 8. Casey trying to coerce a cat from a roof 9. My new Graflex, made in 1945 10. A collection of 16mm films I’ve been inspecting & archiving.

I just got back from a trip to Rochester, NY for the Nitrate Picture Show at the @eastmanmuseum ! It was such a cool experience, we all got to see tons of great old movies projected from the original (or close to original) nitrate prints made 70+ years ago! 1. The beautiful gardens of George Eastman’s mansion 2. The Nitrate Picture Show was held in the Dryden theater at the Eastman museum, shown here 3. The opening presentation was a 1938 print of D.W. Griffith’s 1916 film Intolerance, with live piano accompaniment! Photo courtesy of @jackiephotographyroc 4. I kept looking back at the projection booth for most of the screenings, this video comes from the very first night where the chief projectionist saw me and held up a reel of Intolerance for me to see! 5. Me in the Dryden theater, courtesy of @jackiephotographyroc 6. The grounds of the Eastman mansion at night 7. Live pipe organ concert in George Eastman’s mansion 8. I got to put my hands on an original 1937 nitrate print of A Star Is Born and talk with some really cool people at the Selznick School of film archiving. 9. My favorite screening of the festival, an original technicolor print of Meet Me In St. Louis from the @librarycongress , photo courtesy of @jackiephotographyroc 10. One of the coolest pieces of merch from the festival, a matchbook. Huge thanks to all the people from the @thenitratepictureshow , I hope to be back next year!

This graduation was a lot more fun than the last one, thanks in no small part to all the amazing people in my life, including the lovely folks in these pictures.

Old & new, film & digital. Friends, steadicam, Portra 4x5. I’ve been having a ton of fun lately!

We have officially wrapped filming on my capstone project, Your Wildest Dreams. I cannot possibly give enough thanks to everyone who worked on this project. We waited in a grassy field for distant gunshot sounds to pass, we threw our backs out dancing to The Vengabus in a ballroom, we endured the trials and tribulations of shooting on 16mm film, and above all, we made this dream a reality. Your Wildest Dreams, coming fall 2024.

YOUR WILDEST DREAMS - Days 1-4! Massive thank you to everyone who’s lent a hand on this project so far! Everybody on this crew absolutely crushed it. Love you all!

“Let me go, I don’t want to be your hero.” That’s a wrap on one of the most fun semesters of my college career so far. Winning two Tensies, seeing another awesome concert, and bringing my Victrola to Wescoe beach, among other things. I’ve also included a sneak peak into my next project on the last slide. Huge thank you to everyone for being a part of it!