kodak tri-x 400

Osoyoos, 2013 /  by Nathan Jones

Rolleiflex 2.8F, Zeiss 80 mm f/2.8 Planar, Kodak Tri-X 400, Kodak D76.

From 2009-2013, or thereabouts, I carried a Rolleiflex TLR camera with me wherever I went. Almost invariably it was loaded with black-and-white film, which I developed in my bathroom at home. A few weeks ago, I began the process of re-examining the archive of my negatives with the goal of producing a photobook that seeks to make thematic sense of my relationship to photography over the last 15 years. The four photographs shown above may eventually be included in this work.

Here is my current selection of photographs for this project.

Here are brief descriptions of my current projects and a list of abandoned/defunct projects.

Springtime black-and-white diptych /  by Nathan Jones

Exposed on Kodak Tri-X 400 film using a Nikon F80 mounted with a 50 mm f/1.8D lens. Read my review of this wonderful camera.

What Something Looks Like As a Photograph /  by Nathan Jones

“I don’t have anything to say in any picture. My only interest in photography is to see what something looks like as a photograph. I have no preconceptions.”
— Garry Winogrand

My friend, Rob /  by Nathan Jones

I made these candid portraits of Rob, a fellow chemist, film photographer, and friend, during my visit to his home town of Toronto and our subsequent trip to Montreal, in 2017. Had it not been for my recent re-discovery of negatives marked “Not Yet Scanned,” these photographs would have been lost to history.

Rob also features in the Portrait section of this website. My favourite of the photographs I have made of him over the years is shown below. This one was shot with a Rolleiflex 6006 Model 2 medium format camera for which it is now impossible to find batteries. Sigh.