Print Release, January 2017 - No. 0430_25A

#0430_25A - Sonia And Brittany, Queen Anne Hotel. San Francisco, California. February of 2016. Leica M2, Zeiss 35mm f/2 lens, Alford HP5 film.

Occasionally, not often, things just seem to fall into place... having been invited to a party by a model I'd worked with some years prior, along with a few other creatives, a couple other models, a few more photographers, things got weird, and this image happened.

Digital proofs were printed on Canson Fiber Rag, 5x7 proofs were printed on Ilford Cold Tone Fiber. All prints should ship this week.

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If you're interested in purchasing this print you can find it in my shop... Here's the link: https://www.josephszymanski.com/shop/no-043025a

Happy New Year… and enjoy…

Flora, Take #1

For the record, models are pretty tough customers. Sure I've worked with a few prima donnas over the years, but they were the exception not the rule.  Flora was no different. We ended up shooting during the first big rain storm of the season. Thankfully it was somewhat intermittent...

#0480_16 Flora, San Rafael, 2016.

There were a few good breaks in the weather that allowed for relatively un-soaked shooting. The light was wonderfully soft, and It made for some interesting images to say the least...

#0480_20 Flora, San Rafael, 2016.

#0480_14 Flora, San Rafael, 2016.

#0480_11 Flora, San Rafael, 2016.

Word On The Street

Sonder: n. The realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines and worries - a story that continues around you and is connected to thousands of other lives.

#0469_27A - Sleeping Man, Muni Train. San Francisco, CA. September of 2016.

#0470_05A - Man With Gun, Market Street. San Francisco, CA. October of 2016.

#0470_03A - Sunbathing Woman, 3rd Street. San Francisco, CA. October of 2016.

#0469_22A - Cafe, Mission Street. San Francisco, CA. September of 2016.

#0469_31A - Museum Goers, 3rd Street. San Francisco, CA. September of 2016.

Amber, Take #1

After several false starts Amber and I were finally able to pull it together and shoot again in October. She's a wonderful model and just a lovely person... you can see more of her work at http://modelmayhem.com/ANudeMuse or at http://anudemuse.com/

All images shot with a Leica M2, Leitz 90mm f/2.8 on Ilford FP4 125 film.

#0472_31A - Amber, San Francisco. October of 2016.

#0472_19A - Amber, San Francisco. October of 2016.

#0472_17A - Amber, San Francisco. October of 2016.

#0472_27A - Amber, San Francisco. October of 2016.

Prints, Books, Etc.

So it's the holidays, again... and seeing as the buying season is already running full tilt, I though I'd remind all of you about all the really amazing stuff that you could buy (from me) that isn't from Wal-Mart or Target... so in turn, I can buy more film, bourbon, shampoo, you know, important things...

Fine Art Prints

I've updated and added a bunch of new prints to the shop... and I'll be adding more throughout the month. In addition to regular prints I'm putting up some framed finished pieces that I have on hand at reduced prices...

Books On Demand

All three books that I've put out listed in the shop as signed copies, limited to what I have on hand... you can find them here...

If you're not interested in a signed copy you can pick up any of them on demand through http://www.blurb.com/user/origin at the links listed below...

Fragments: http://www.blurb.com/b/6271657-fragments

No Particular Significance: http://www.blurb.com/b/4537424-photographs-of-no-particular-significance

Midnight: http://www.blurb.com/b/3425560-midnight