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Diptych Project #20

Black and white film photograph of dad and daughter using a ladder to pick apples in the fall.  Photographed on HP5 and home developed.

APPLE PICKING. October 2025. We bought our home in the dead of winter, and were pleasantly surprised when spring revealed two enormous apple trees. For years we have been saying that we will make something from them and this year we finally did.

Black and white film photograph of a girl holding rinsing apples in a large kitchen sink.  Photographed on Ilford Hp5 and home developed and scanned.

APPLE PICKING. October 2025. This kid loves nothing more then making a big mess in the kitchen.

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Diptych Project #19

A Cuban man wearing a straw cowboy hat and smoking a cigarette sits on his horse and looks directly at the camera.  Photographed on 35mm film with a Nikon F100.  Developed at home.

THE PEOPLE. CUBA, FEBRUARY 2025. I don’t think that I can begin to understand the nuances of living in a place like Cuba. The difficulties and joys are on an entirely different spectrum. One I keep trying to understand but surely never will.

I was told once that Cubans have three faces; one for the tourists, one for the government and one for their families. I don’t know how much truth there is to this. But it has continued to linger in the back of my mind as I work through the images I took there.

How many of the smiles were joy, how many were a platitudes to keep the tourists happy. We tried hard to leave more then we took from Cuba and it’s people, but honestly I am not sure that we succeeded.

I will never forget the warmth and resilience I witnessed. And recognize that they may not have the choice to be anything but.

Branches reach upward, covered in vines and washed in dreamy light.  Photographed on 35mm film and developed at home.

THE PLACE. CUBA, FEBRUARY 2025. A wild witness. To revolution after revolution. To trials and triumphs. A place of true magic, this I have absolutely felt.

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Diptych Project #18

I have been wanting a film point and shoot for ages, but every one I’ve tried has had some sort of issue. But last month my friend, Cori, sent me home with a bag full of them! So I picked out a little Olympus Stylus and gave it a try. And I absolutely loved using it. I found myself prioritizing composition, since that was one of the few things that I could control. I loved that it made me think differently, but was still so simple. Just point and shoot.

And despite having some developing challenges, featuring the flic film colour casts I have heard such sad stories about, I also adore the photos! Funky colours and all.

Two girls throw sticks and stones in the ocean on the edge of Victoria, BC.  Photographed on Kodak Gold 200 with an Olympus Stylus.

VICTORIA, NOVEMBER 2025.

Two sisters climb a fort made out of driftwood on a beach on Vancouver, Island.  Photographed on Kodak Gold 200 with an Olympus Stylus.

VICTORIA, NOVEMBER 2025.

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