Too Provocative ?

  I was recently invited to be part of an exhibition of work from photo alumni at the University of Rhode Island, Three to four framed works to be hung in Green Hall, the admin and presidents suites, great. I thought perhaps some older work that conflates science and art, my Body, Soul and Science portfolio. I should had paid closer attention to the phrase " send work that is not too provocative" which to turns out for anything that involves the nude figure. 

So now it's work from the R.I. coastal landscape series, I'm sure the president will love them.

5x7 contact from portrait shoot with Sharon

 

New white lighting set at the studio

 

Eclipse Portraits with Sharon

 

More from 2004-2024 portraits

 

2004 revisited

 

I guess part of my getting older is to document the passage of time and how we adapt to it. These photographs are from a shoot I did in 2004 and the other from 2024-3 just last week.

First photo nude photo shoot of 2024

 The studio is still too cold to work in, so I did a location shoot at my friend Russell's house this week.

Portrait of Aimee at the Spillway

 The weather was perfect and Aimee was game so I took advance of the chance to do some partially clothed portrait work of her along the Mississippi River at the Bonett Carre spillway.

Mardi Gras portrait

 Every Mardi Gras, I try to do a special Mardi Gras portrait of A, this is this years masked portrait.

Back in the wet darkroom

 Got in another 4 hours printing 5x7 and 8x10 negatives today.

Scanning 4x5 negatives with the Epson V850

 I have to say, with the new Epson glass film holders, they scan pretty sharp, and the software is way easier to use.

Scanning negatives on the IMACON

 

I have not done much scanning on the WU IMACON flex tight scanner in a while. I have an Epson V850 and have been using that. I was interested in comparing the two scanners and although the IMACON makes crazy sharp scans there were for me, lots of issues with excessively contrasty scans.