Shooting Old School Analogue with Photographer Jared O'sullivan

I miss the romance and the art of working in the darkroom. I spent many a nights printing until the wee hours of the morning. It was zen experience in a way. There's something magical about watching the latent image slowly appear on the photo paper.

Follow Jared as he shoots with his trusty old Pentax, loaded with Black and white film, around the streets of downtown Sydney and later when he heads back to his darkroom to make some prints.  Enjoy!

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In the Darkroom with Master Printer Toshio Saito

Toshio Saito is one of the last film printers in Japan and the only with a medal of honor. Saito San brought contemporary Japanese photography onto the worlds stage when he did the printing for MoMA's legendary 1974 New Japanese Photography show. He printed for the likes of Ken Domon, Shomei Tomatsu and Daido Moriyama.

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Photographer Profile ~ Jerry Uelsmann

Ultimately, my hope is to amaze myself. The anticipation of discovering new possibilities becomes my greatest joy. - Jerry Uelsmann

A pioneer in the art of multilayered imagery, photographer Jerry Uelsmann (born 1934) is best known for his seamlessly grafted composite images in black and white. His photographs combine several negatives to create surreal landscapes that interweave images of trees, rocks, water and human figures in new and unexpected ways creating dreamlike images

Today, with the advent of digital cameras and Photoshop, photographers are able to create a work somewhat resembling Uelsmann's in less than a day, however, at the time Uelsmann was considered to have almost "magical skill" with his completely analog tools. Uelsmann used the darkroom frequently, sometimes using three to ten enlargers to produce the expected effect. He was a true visionary and darkroom master.

 

 

 

“I am sympathetic to the current digital revolution and excited by the visual options created by the computer. However, I feel my creative process remains intrinsically linked to the alchemy of the darkroom.” ~  Jerry Uelsmann

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Tour of Ansel Adams' Home and Darkroom

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