Over winter break, we decided to make the trek from Austin to Phoenix, and then too Nevada as well to visit family for the holidays. Shot on 120 and 35mm in expired stocks all over Texas, New Mexico, Phoenix, and Nevada - here’s to putting miles on your car and eating unhealthy amounts of diner food.
Over Thanksgiving weekend, Madi and I took a road trip up north to get away from all the distractions and noise in the city. The photos from our drive have become this photo book compiled of images taken along the road. Each of its 60 pages acts as a conversation between us and our different perspectives of the same locations, all shot on both 35mm and medium format film. We call it M&m’s (ya’ll get it). The book can be found and purchased in its entirety here.
As a natural light photographer, I’ve often shied away from shooting at night, and it has something I’ve always seen as daunting and unattainable. Recently, however, with the support of those around me I’ve started facing these challenges and pushing myself to learn the art of night photography. Here are some of my favorite shots, all taken on expired 35mm Fujicolor film.
The only place to be on a Saturday night turned one over the weekend! Super proud of the homie Joaquin. The rest of the images captured can be found in Nu Wave’s zine (coming soon!).
Ran around New York with friends as a farewell to my summer. Lots of photos, lots of love. Shot on 35mm and disposables.
Spent the week in Marfa for the Cherry On Top Festival. A week of inspiration, bad ass woman, and Marfa landscape. Shot on 35mm and disposables.
Been super bad at updating this thing so here a bunch of fun 35mm shots from nights out this summer. Feat. the Nu Wave (duh).
Encompassing 6 months of photography and dialogue, this showcase aimed to be the first (hopefully) of many more conversations exploring the gray area within our current society.
A compilation of the images from the show as well as others can be found here.
With the ideas of masculinity changing, “Boy; Pretty” started as a conversation stemming from the effects of toxic masculinity on the new generation of men. Through digital and analog photography, modern masculinity is explored from behind a female lens, allowing men from many different underrepresented backgrounds and ethnicities the chance to breakdown the walls society has placed around them, and capturing them in their purest form. As an artist, I am interested in what it means to be a man in today’s world, with the pressures of old-fashioned societal rules and a new era of men who are nurturing a new perspective. Focused on empowering instead of exploiting and creating a platform to expand the mindset on an important and ongoing conversation.
A digital/analog collaboration with Francisco Rosales. A closer look at the human condition of fashion and society through photography, collage, and word.
A mix of repurposed film scan, old light leaks, and overlaid doodles responding to their environments. Frankie’s work can be found here.
confront
build bridges
burn bridges
make you vulnerable
make others strong
comfort
agitate
have a voice
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A small analog and digital piece; made for and inspired by my one and only, who's living proof a little change never hurt anyone.
“We find beauty not in the thing itself but in the patterns of shadows, the light and the darkness, that one thing against another creates...Were it not for shadows, there would be no beauty.”
- Jun'ichiro Tanizaki ; In Praise of Shadows
Finding beauty in patience
acceptance
process
change
love
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A collection of images taken during SXSW Spring 2018.
Artists pictured (in order): Gus Dapperton, Snoh Aalegra, Topaz Jones, JPEG Mafia, Knox Fortune, Buddy, Mack, Injury Reserve
2 AM wake up call to Dallas; a day filled with art and creativity.
A long weekend in Phoenix with friends.
(Last image taken by Francisco Rosales)