Since April 2011, I’ve been working on my documentary of the Florida’s rivers, swamps, and coastlines. Perfecting the technique took several months, followed up by several months of shooting and traveling throughout the state of Florida, from the Gulf Island National Seashore in the Panhandle to the swamps of Big Cypress in South Florida. The adventures and obsessive study of light, weather, and water were both exhausting and rewarding.
For The Florida 67 Series, I used only black and white and infrared film, including both 6x7cm and 4x5inch film cameras. Film not only brings subtle tonal changes and finer texture than digital, it forces the photographer to slow down and study the scene, producing a line of work that speaks for itself.
The majority of photos I have produced in a short period of only two months; I’m happy at what a prolific summer it has been. Over the next two weeks, I’ll be adding more photos to the online store, but all of the current photos can be viewed on new flash slideshow.
