DEVELOPING

Every frame
starts in
the dark.

ISO 400 · f/2.8 · 1/125
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A portrait resolving out of the dark, eyes emerging from deep shadow
FRAME
000 / 120
Latent. Fixing. Fixed.

Nothing is on the paper yet. Then it is. The image was always there — waiting under the safelight for the chemistry to catch up.

D-76 · 20°C · 8 MIN
CONTACT SHEET The exposures that made the cut.
Studio portrait of a woman against a dark ground
01
f/4 · 1/60 · ISO 200
Close portrait of a woman with both hands framing her face
02
f/2 · 1/250 · ISO 400
Low-key portrait of a bearded man in a hooded jacket
03
f/5.6 · 1/125 · ISO 100
Portrait of a man in a knit cap and round glasses
04
f/1.8 · 1/500 · ISO 800
A Zenit 35mm camera beside a hand pulling a strip of film
05
f/8 · 1/30 · ISO 200
Developed strips of 35mm negatives laid out in rows
06
f/2.8 · 1/1000 · ISO 400
The finished print — a portrait against a dark ground
EDITION OF 12 · GELATIN SILVER

We shoot on film so the moment has to be true.

BOOK A SITTING LATENT STUDIO · SINCE 2011 · SHOT ON 35MM