News flash… Walking up to someone and saying, “excuse me, you have an interesting face, can I take your photo?” and then cracking off a few shots while they stand there with that dull and meaningless look on their face…
Grit Street Photography Tip: Stand Development For B&W Film
I’ve had multiple requests for a video on my Gritstreet method for developing black and white film. In this video, I summarize the process for preforming a 120 minute “stand development” using Adox Adonal. This method is fantastic for street…
Doing what I do best – Gritstreet Agitation
ag·i·ta·tion 1. a state of anxiety or nervous excitement. “widespread agitation for social reform” 2. the action of briskly stirring or disturbing something, esp. a liquid. The end result, four rolls hanging to dry…
Undomesticated Spirits
I want to sit here in the now, in the Sun, in the air, in this eternal now. Flags of cultural icons crackle in the breeze. Could it be true? That this day will never end? I want to sit…
End of the Line: Long-Term Heroin Addiction Abscess
“With heroin, it’s a fixed fight, and you’re gonna lose.” -Ali When I arrived on Hepatitis Boulevard this morning, I discovered two gentlemen taking a few moments to let the morning spring air hit their open wounds, wounds acquired after…
Shadow Nod – Heroin Addiction
I just finished scanning four rolls of film from a shoot I did the other day on a heroin addict called Shadow. I’ll have a full photo essay on Shadow in the days to come. I just wanted to post…