#rodinal
#abandoned
#rustbelt
#monochrome

The people we met around town were all quite friendly and warm. The city isn’t dead, despite the hard blows it’s taken. I think a lot of us are going to have to find that cheerfulness in the face of hard times in the near future. We shall see.

#mckeesport
#filmphotography
#holga
#kentmere400

#kentmere400
#rodinal
#pittsburgh
#abandoned
#monochrome

So many places in America are on the knife’s edge of survival, and right now everything feels a bit precarious. I look at places like this, once full of dreams and promise, and remind myself that none of us are immune from the whims of circumstance.

#filmphotography
#holga
#mediumformat

This one and its neighbor are just particularly suited for pictures, especially from the vantage point of the decaying staircase I was perched on for this.

I usually don’t focus on decay in my work, but these modern times have changed my mood a bit.

That’s their district in the state

#filmphotography
#blackandwhitephotography
#lomolca
#kentmere400
#rodinal
#homewood
#pittsburgh
#pgh
#urbandlandscape

#rodinal
#pittsburgh

#cronenberg
#clivebarker
#pittsburgh
#pgh

The movie Nightbreed is a cult classic for many reasons and its conceit of an underground freak city beneath a cemetery is only one of its many joys. The finest onscreen performance by David Cronenberg is another.

#filmphotography
#blackandwhitephotography
#pinholephotography
#pinhole
#nightbreed

It’s a collaboration, and sometimes a duel, with physical absolutes. My kind of fun.

#blackandwhitephotography
#filmphotography
#pinholephotography
#pinhole
#tmax100
#expiredfilm
#rodinal
#landscapw
#scape
#pittsburgh
#pgh

Shooting pictures without a viewfinder is definitely a learning process. I’m into it though. I firmly believe that constraints make good art, you just have to figure out the right approach. I prefer cameras, film, and processing that leaves its mark on your images.

#rodinal
#bridge
#pittsburgh
#pgh