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Published: 2011-02-08 18:33:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 1552; Favourites: 32; Downloads: 0
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Steve Sandvoss photographed by Tom Clark in Desert Hot Springs, CaliforniaFilm
It seems strange to think back on film with any nostalgia, but after almost five years of working with digital I'm seeing film getting smaller and smaller in my rearview mirror.
For me personally, B&W digital is still a a world away from B&W film. So if I want to shoot B&W with any seriousness I still pick up my F3 and my Nikkor 105 1.8. For everything else the ease, immediacy and affordability of digital have made it a defacto part of my life.
This image of Steve Sandvoss was taken during a shoot one weekend in Palm Springs where I was dipping my toe ever so cautiously into the world of digital photography. I did most of the work on film and occasionally grabbed a digital camera just to see.
See what?
I don't know. I had a certain amount of disdain for all things digital then but I couldn't deny that a few of the digis I shot that weekend were working for me. From there on out I began to shed a little of my reluctance and little by little made my way out into the deeper waters of digital photography. This image of Steve however was shot on film in the shade of a veranda. I don't even remember for sure what kind but it was likely Tri-x from the look of the grain. It's not even so much the grain that I love but the broad spectrum of tones that B&W digital seems so hard-pressed to see and record.
Evolution is a tough mistress...
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He IS beautiful! The grain excellent, with a spectacular effect on the hair as well! I've looked at this Sandvoss shot so many times, and thought it was high time to give it the high praise it deserves.
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Thanks Steven. I almost forget these images exist anymore and yet at the time they were so relevant and important to me. Steve was one of the most amazing people I've ever worked with - wandering off into his own private world so seemingly unaware of me most of the time. I'm glad I photographed him in film over the years we worked together. It was kind of a swan song to my days of film and chemicals.
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These particular images you made of Steve will always be relevant and important to me. I can so believe he was a most amazing person to work with. At least, that’s the image of him I have constructed in my mind over the years. I tend to do that with people I’m really impressed with visually. So it’s nice to hear you thought so highly of him...serves to confirm my little assumptions, which I can only get from reading between the lines, and listening to the tones he makes when speaking, the body language, interviews, etc. Not too hard to tell he’s a personal favorite of mine.
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At last I see it is you the author of one of the best (if not THE best) Steve Sandvoss portrait set circulating on the web. The b/w or sepia photos are simply splendid. I think he should treasure this portfolio forever!
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Thank you! I'm sure Steve appreciates the work we did together. We had fun.
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