Every time I explore Stansbury Island on the Great Salt Lake, I feel like I could be out on the Northern California Coastline. But I do love when the tumbleweeds get caught up in shallow waters.
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Sprouse Reitz
Some frames from the first pack of 4×5 color film I shot. These were taken a few years back and just re-discovering them as I go through my negatives. Shooting film is my preferred medium especially because you always have the original, a negative that you can do so much with. I love going through the tangible pieces and remembering something that I might have forgotten about.
Welcoming
A warm welcome to an abandoned building complete with weeds growing inside.
Lost
One of my favorite mining towns ever. Superior Arizona is a really neat place. Tucked up into the desert mountains it keeps a bygone era alive. I have seen this car a few times and actually got to meet the owner once when I photographed the car driving and the owner stopped to ask what I was doing so we got a great portrait of him with his car. This time I was out photographing buildings when I saw the car drive by. I had some really slow speed film (Cinestill 50D) in camera that I was using with a tripod since it was evening light but I shot a frame handheld and hoped anything would turn out. I was so happy with the shot when I got the scans back from the lab. I was especially excited to get the negatives back and work it into some darkroom processes. Unfortunately I sent my film to be processed at The FIND Lab where they ended up throwing the negatives out. Such a bummer to have my originals gone forever.
Alone
As we travel around, I am constantly driving the back roads to explore the real American lifestyle. A common subject I find is storage units and they come in so many colors and locations. This one caught my eye placed so perfectly out on the flats against a mountainous backdrop.