I’ve always loved making photographs, and I’ve always loved the cameras that make them possible.
Yesterday, an envelope arrived in the mail. I set up a camera and opened it without knowing exactly what I was hoping to feel.
When I slid the book out, it came out facing the right way. Cover forward. Perfectly oriented. It looked staged.
It wasn’t.
That moment is what the video shows. A simple, top-down view of the book and my hands as I open it and slowly flip through the pages. No narration. Nothing added.
Such a relief! The weight felt right. The paper felt right. The photographs looked the way I hoped they would. The blacks were deep. The texture and grain were there. For the first time, this project feels finished.
This book, Vintage Cameras, Timeless Images, brings together photographs I’ve made over the years, along with reflections on the cameras that shaped how I worked and how I saw.