Found these photos from a project I was working on over the summer. One was taken with a digital camera and the other on 4x5 color film. Can you tell the difference? #flowers
It’s dahlia season. In 1926, the Board of Supervisors declared these beauties the official flower of San Francisco with this poetic resolution:
WHEREAS, the Dahlia has reached its highest perfection in and about San Francisco, and because Dahlias originated in San Francisco are grown in gardens all over the world; and
WHEREAS, the Dahlia partakes essentially of the character of our beloved city, in birth, breeding and habit, for it was originally Mexican, carried thence to Spain, to France and England in turn, being changed in the process from a simple daisy-like wild flower to a cosmopolitan beauty. It has come back to San Francisco like the sophisticated world traveler it is, to find its favorite home here, where it thrives in the cool summers and the moist air of our fog-swept, sandy gardens by the sea;
WHEREAS, it is a robust flower, generous and able to thrive in any reasonable soil, so long as it is not too dry, and has the primitive strength of our pioneer ancestors, together with the gayety and color that no other city nor flower can hope to equal, going, like our artists and poets, to carry color and beauty into far climes, but blooming best in our own gardens out of doors in our cool even climates;
WHEREAS, in its versatility, its beauty, its infinite variety of color and form, it is the very symbol of San Francisco life and of the spirit of her people; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Dahlia be and it is here designated the official flower of San Francisco.
#madewithkodak #flowers
Assignment 4: Self-Portrait
Maybe the hardest assignment of all—getting in front of the camera. I was thinking about what is the self. To me it’s all the different parts and what they do. Also if you haven’t picked up on this by now, I’m kind of obsessed with flowers. So, here are the parts of me looking at flowers, listening to them, and giving them to you. And a bonus freaky picture at the end. Was trying to do something cute, and ended up scaring the sh*t out of myself.
Loose Singles Volume 1: Happy Together. I take a lot of photos, spend a lot of time editing them, then let them sit in my lightroom catalog. I seem to enjoy all the parts of the process except sharing. Anyway, here’s me trying to change that.
1. Ben & Tegan
2. Sonia & Gwen
3. Stevie & Hannah
4. Abraham & Tegan
5. Simon & Andrew
6. Julian & Abraham
Assignment 2 (part 2): Directorial Photography (or making something from nothing)
I think this image was worth the struggle of the others. I like that I’m making images I probably wouldn’t have made otherwise. I’m hoping to find a voice or a style or a vision through this class and these exercises. I’ve walked down a lot of creative paths (architecture, furniture design, graphic design, even thought I might be a painter), but photography is the first where I finally feel like I can reconcile what I see in my head and what I put out into the world. There’s a deep sense of satisfaction that I haven’t felt from those other paths. I’m really excited to keep moving and see where this all goes.
