ABOUT C41SHAWN
ME
I GREW UP ON SKATEBOARDS AND BIKES AND BEACHES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,
IN A COZY LITTLE SUBURBAN CORNER OF LA.
BUT NOW, AS THE DENOUEMENT OF MY EXISTENCE IS TEMPORALLY MUCH NEARER THAN IS MY GENESIS,
NEARLY HALF MY LIFE HAS BEEN LIVED IN VARIOUS PARTS OF SOUTHERN SWEDEN.
THE PHOTOS
ANALOG FILM,
BUT YEAH, ON THE RARE OCCASION I TAKE A GOOD DIGITAL PHOTO,
I'LL EDIT THE HELL OUTTA IT, USUALLY JUST THE COLORS,
WHICH MANY OF YOU WILL HATE.
I WELCOME YOUR HATRED.
BUT
I HAVE SOME COLOR BLINDNESS AND THIS IS HOW I SEE THINGS,
OR FEEL LIKE I THINK I SEE THEM THIS WAY.
THESE ARE MY COLORS.
PROCESS
I ALWAYS PROCESS MY BW FILM MYSELF,
I SOMETIMES PROCESS MY COLOR FILM MYSELF,
I ALWAYS SCAN MY NEGATIVES MYSELF.
UNTIL RECENTLY, I DIDN'T EDIT MY FILM PHOTOS MUCH,
BUT LATELY, I'M EDITING TO CREATE THE MOST SATISFYING IMAGE.
THE "NO-EDIT" CROWD FEELS A BIT FETISHIST OR MAYBE FASCIST.
FILM IS STILL MAGIC.
BUT A GOOD EDIT IS LIKE REALLY GOOD DRUGS:
IMPROVES NOT REPLACES & CAUSES NO DAMAGE.
THE FILM PRINTS
A MIX OF UNNUMBERED OPEN EDITIONS,
LIMITED EDITIONS,
AND UNIQUE PRINTS (ONE-OF-ONES), EVENTUALLY.
GET IN TOUCH IF YOU HAVE ANY INTEREST IN A PHOTO OF MINE YOU SEE ELSEWHERE;
A SINGLE PHOTO CAN SHIFT THE VIBES OF A WHOLE ROOM.
BECAUSE
I WOULD PREFER,
OF COURSE,
TO MAKE MY OWN PRINTS (AND WILL DO SO),
IT'S JUST INFEASIBLE AT THIS TIME,
THUS, THE PRINTERS IN TEXAS AND GERMANY.
THE LIMITED EDITIONS OF 10,
TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY,
ARE EXCLUSIVELY PRINTED BY WHITEWALL,
LITERALLY ONE OF THE BEST LABS ON EARTH.
THANK YOU TO THE WIZARDS AT
VERBOSITY OVER BREVITY.
SEE YA OUT THERE, IN THE INFINITE.