PRINT SALE ! šŗšøUtilitarianism. September 2017. I took this photograph three years ago whilst on a road trip up to Pendleton, stopping whenever and wherever the light or subject happened to take me, a freedom that unfortunately isnāt afforded us right now. In the meantime Iām honoured to have been asked to donate this and two other film photographs to help support out of work filmmakers through @keepgoing.world who are selling prints like this and loads of other fantastic work by many a talented cinematographer and director, take a look, help a fellow filmmaker and get some art, win-win! #wecandoit #filmsnotdead #printsale #keepgoing #california #missyouguys
š¬š§Jack Bevan Nov.8th 2018. Excited to finally share these wet plates shot at @gasproductionhire studios in Walthamstow last year. Iāve been lucky enough to have shot music videos for the @foals with @thisisnotdavema canāt believe itās been over ten years since we shot āOlympic Airwaysā in London. To have been asked by @ynnsphilippakis to shoot the band was nothing short of a dream come true. Canāt wait for the new album. 8x10 Wet Plate Collodion Aluminium Type. #largeformatcamera #largeformatphotography #wetplatecollodion #wetplatedarlings #foals #portraiture #portraitphotography #deardorff
šŗšø Venice Fastback. June 2022. Been sort of shooting a little street photography of late, not really, as Iām driving around with an 8x10 camera , same but slower and more expensive. Consequently I donāt shoot much but when i do, people are excited to see the camera, come up to have a chat, speedway has a vibe up that end, cool in the shade, hot in the sun, people walking dogs, the sound of flip flops and seagulls, the smell of sea salt , jazz cabbage and a little gasoline, drifters, tourists, locals , a really rich mix of humanity most days you float through. #mustang #fordmustang #venicebeach #kodake100 #8x10camera #8x10film #largeformatphotography #patina #beachlife #filmisbetter #drivevintage #classicsmagazine
16āx20ā Matte Fibre Print from 4āx5ā Negative
Biggest Silver Gelatin Print to come out the darkroom to date, pretty stoked š#largeformatfilmphotography #darkroom #silvergelatinprint #4x5film #ilfordfiberpaper
They say the darkest hour is right before the dawn. Seems to be true from where I stand right now.
If you too have suffered with your mental health and are quietly trying to hold it down by yourself, I beg of you to please ask for some help, ask someone you feel safe with or even better someone you love that you feel will understand, but just ask. You will be surprised just how many of us have also walked the same path and can share a way out of its maze.
I believed I was getting by for so long I canāt even recall anymore when it actually started, this is itās inherent danger as itās onset is nearly imperceptible, you just continue to add coping mechanisms until you find yourself no longer being able to function, believing there is no way out and this is just how life has evolved for you. I assure you thereās so much more to life that Iām only just being able to perceive now, as if Iāve only just seen how each chess piece can be moved within the game of life. Itās quite difficult to explain a state of expanded cognitive function until you experience it, only to realise how youāve been unknowingly restricted in life. Far more than just feeling happier than you have prior.
Once again Iāve been shown I simply canāt do this thing we call life alone and why humans thrive better together.
Iād like to thank all the people in my life who have shown me love and offered help and open hearted advice as when youāre within that darkness you simply cannot see the light.
Iām very pleased to say after one month of anti depression medication despite a somewhat rough weaning on period Iāve now been gifted with enough clarity to see what Iāve been missing out on for so many years. Early days I know, yet very grateful to be feeling as I do right now.
Iād like to give special thanks to one very exceptional human that against all odds still believed in me when I had long ago given up on myself. In doing so revealing to us both the unfathomable depth that love holds. A life lived till now comparatively within two dimensions only to be shown the experience and wonder of a life lived within three glorious dimensions.Onwards & Upwards ā¤ļø
#life #love #light #filmphotography
Self Portrait 22.4.26
Self Portraiture as medicine . Not sure itās worked this time as Iām in whatās been described to me as a weening on stage of antidepressants and I feel in a drowsy forgetful state of mind that has me losing things like my glasses so now Iām looking at the world through a scratched slightly soft filter and using this overly complicated process to distract my frustrated mind from a multitude of worries my fuzzy head canāt resolve just yet resulting in this just missed focus self portrait, tired, big bagged eyes and unkept human.
In an attempt to normalise the truth and show something that is real, here I am late at night in my studio trying to put a pin in this moment in time so as to be able to move on from and hopefully look back on with understanding. Frustratingly Iāve woken to feel the same if not a little lower as all the problems werenāt able to be solved in my dreams last night and are still there and I donāt have the energy to try all the self help things my friends have shared on their healing journeys. Instead I just keep replaying this song as it seems to soothe through association, I love how music can do that, much like poetry and art in general, no one thinks about that until they find themselves on the rocks or in love.
Thatās all I got, this is my truth, potential self pity party somehow a micron lighter for sharing. Love, me.
#selfportraitureasmedicine #largeformatfilm #artforartssake #shadow #sittinginit
Ezra Freeman 20.4.26. 8x10 Silver Gelatin contact print from 8x10 @ilfordphoto FP4 Negative.
Yesterday @_ezra_freeman_ asked if today was a good day to take his portrait and within half an hour he was sitting before my 1950ās Deardorff camera as I started explaining the process of large format analogue photography. Two hours later I was scanning the negative and the next morning I was making a prints.
Itās taken me longer than anticipated to complete @halfartstudio as Iāve never done anything like this before, and at times I wasnāt sure if I could and Iām still not sure if I can make a living from this but Iāll never know if I donāt give it a go.
So thanks Ezra for inadvertently showing me my dream of making a studio to produce my own work and share this somewhat antiquated and nearly obsolete form of photography is complete, well, sort of, Iām not sure darkrooms and studios are ever really complete as thereās always some other piece of equipment you find yourself searching market place for to try another old process to make other types of photographic art and thatās fun too.
Iām not sure why the world is in such a hurry to do less and have AI do more but Iām happily going in the opposite direction with @halfartstudio and slowing down to create handmade one off photographs that you can hold in your hand and will last for years and require no digital intervention whatsoever and it makes me really happy doing so and without exception every single person I share this process with loves it too and that brings it all full circle for me.
If you donāt enjoy what you do and it doesnāt bring any joy for anyone else then how are you making this world a better place?
#largeformatfilmphotography #darkroom #silvergelatin #filmportraits #8x10
Self Portrait 13.4.26. Mental health , the elephant in the room, living a human experience that rarely, if ever, seems to fit , seldom feeling comfortable in your own skin. Spending years perfecting a social suit of armour to protect oneās self from the outside worlds judgments and feel safe behind.
Iāve spent years in denial of all this until recently when I walked myself into the mental health ward of my local hospital on the advice of someone very special to me and said I need help as I didnāt like the thoughts that were going through my head and right now all the things in my life Iām trying to hold aloft are simply too heavy and I must rest them down until I have a better understanding of whatās making life continually painful to endure.
The simple act of walking through that door helped me more than the conversations I had with the psychiatrist inside. Our public health system leaves plenty of holes to be able to slip through and simply turn into a statistic, yet Iām grateful for its existence. Thereās a freedom in no longer caring what other people think, if they find out or how it may affect me in the future both in my personal life or career, it seems more important to understanding this hidden dis-ease. This freedom allowed me to share with two friends Iāve known longer than anyone in my life, only to find Iām not alone in how I feel , this did help, yet this isnāt linear, this is different for everyone, this has no clear and defined cure, this only has other ears that are willing and able to listen IF you find the strength to share and all they can do is share their personal experience or education on the matter. Ironically many of those in the sphere of mental health enter that sphere to help themselves first and consequently others yet have the same fight to face swinging blindly with western medicines little pills that all have side effects and addiction risks and at best are the lesser of two evils.
Regardless of all the alternative healings, pills, therapy or advice when push comes to shove you can lead a horse to water but you canāt make it drink, that decision is for them alone.
#mentalhealth #life #endofmytether #sicktodeathofthisshit
Artist @_fumika_saito_art_ at home with her art. March 2026.
I still recall the conversation, not too long ago with Fumi at our local coffee shop when she first shared her love for and intent to paint.
In my eyes it takes a lot of courage to be an artist, I can say this as Iāve been trying for years now and had my fair share of fear, doubt, self sabotage and imposter syndrome, yet when I see people seemingly unfettered by such obstacles Iām quick to ask their approach as it can be a lot to wear all the hats at once, sales, marketing, production, inspiration, exhibition etc.
Iām grateful to have Fumi and a small handful of other friends to talk with in our little regional community that are following their hearts and turning creative dreams into reality.
Just one kind word of support can swing a mindset into the positive, can influence the next step toward a dream and the simple act of being vulnerable about your doubts can help another gain strength knowing theyāre not alone.
Iāve the utmost respect for anyone who is committed to call themselves an artist, an act in this country that can be swifty cut down as pretentious under the tall poppy mandate silently practiced here in Australia. So when the sweetest most genuinely kind hearted human takes the leap to follow her heart through her art Iām pretty chuffed to be able to help.
Thank you for our collaboration, I look forward to witnessing your assention , Iām very happy to call you my friend.
#largeformatfilmportrait #largeformatfilmphotography #art #artist #portrait
Tim Silverwood, Ortho Surfer Series. May 2025.
Most surfers Iāve met hold a deep respect for our oceans and coastlines and care about its maintenance. Some care so much they start organisations like @take3forthesea , pick up three bits of rubbish from your beach each time youāre there, that start a movement in a positive direction and @timsilverwood is one of those people and literally bubbles with enthusiasm about all things surf related. He actually disappeared whilst I was setting up the camera to shoot this portrait only to appear behind me grinning saying oh I just went and got another one right through to the creek!
Thank you to @atdusk for the introduction and thanks Tim for taking part in this series and more so taking such good care of our oceans āļøā¤ļø
āI grew up riding bodyboards, chasing sandstone slabs and short, sucky shore breaks. It wasnāt until I was 21 yrs old that a friend convinced me to put a longboard under my feet and join a āmates tripā to Crescent Head. The rest is history, and whilst I still love ālaying lowā on a mat or a boog I spend most of my time gliding or sliding on mid lengths. My happiest moments have been pulling up in the van at Crescent with a quiver of boards of all shapes and sizes and going through each one by one. I bloody love the place.ā Tim Silverwood, environmentalist & co-founder of Take 3 for the Seaā
#surfer #surf #surfing #largeformatfilmphotography #portraits #takethreeforthesea #ocean #ilfordorthoplus80 #8x10 #deardorff
Luke Purkiss, Ortho Surfer Series. 31.1 26
I first met Luke through the organic hemp oil he produces, sun grown with love on local soil at @getwellsoonaustralia biodynamic and regenerative. If youāve trouble sleeping, suffer with anxiety or arthritis do yourself a favour and give it a try, it works.
Next time I met him was firing out of a barrel at the point so fast I couldnāt get out of his way quick enough and his fin met my rail and sent him flying and cemented our friendship. Years later I finally got to visit him at his rightly proclaimed slice of paradise. Luke walked me all around his land and shared a deep knowledge of all that is growing , flowing and living there, tasting berries, figs and finger limes heās planted, swimming in the river, sharing with me whatās native, whatās not, what the floods have done, how the river banks have shifted and opened my eyes wide to the nature I stood within and how she moves. Something to nurture and guide to its highest potential after generations of wrong doing for future generations.
He shared too much wisdom to fit in this post, suffice to say he lives his āSurf n Turfā life with grace and style. Lukeās probably surfed more waves around the world than anyone else Iāve shot in this series and thatās saying a lot.
Hereās a slices of our text conversation we shared and a track he picked.Heās currently enroute to a far flung spot in Indo.
āTo think just how intricate the relations are in the landscape around us daily has me frothing. I love watching it change over the seasons after floods and during dry times, reading the future potential... kinda like reading an unbroken swell line and how it just might be the one to hit the reef just right and bring the stoke on but the land takes longer to bare the same reward.
Iāve been blessed to travel and glad I did it too. Itās hard to let it go... like it was then anyway. Camping, hitch hiking, boats into the forests, distant bars deep in the mountains and back packers hostels š and always back to the sea. ā
Thank you Luke for sharing your story. ā¤ļø
#surfer #surf #surfnturf #largeformatfilmphotography #ilfordorthoplus #deardorff #8x10 #hempoil #mothernature
Jin Moriyama šÆšµ 13.1.2026. So glad to be back shooting this Ortho Surfers series again, Iāve been busy / overwhelmed trying to put together a little studio and darkroom over @halfartstudio but when I heard @surfboardsbyjin will be leaving us again I couldnāt miss capturing him for this series as he is the personification of old school surfing culture in my eyes, 100% dedicated to the craft of shaping boards and the life style of surfing. Not the modern egocentric and aggressive world of locals only and dropping in but the all inclusive good times enjoyed with friends wrapped in all the elements of nature.
Thank you for finding the time to be part of this series @surfboardsbyjin , so good to have you here again. Here are some words from Jin and a tune from his dadās band, Iām not sure he could be any cooler if he tried.
āSurfingā¦every surfer is different with where they get a good feeling from. Some surfers get a good feeling from big waves. Some surfers love the small waves. Surfing for me is freedom.
We just have to respect nature, the locals and all surfing styles.
Surfing keeps me staying humble and the point at Crescent Head is special to me as Iāve met both good friends and teachers there.
This song is from my home in Japan and itās my Dads band.ā
#orthosurfers #largeformatfilm #largeformatfilmportraits #ilfordorthoplus80 #8x10photography #deardorff #surf #surfer #frother
