On June 26, 2012, the We Are Family Foundation hosted “Night of Originals” with legendary photographer/filmmaker Bruce Weber and musician/producer and founder of We Are Family Foundation, Nile Rodgers, at the Norwood Club in New York. An intimate gathering of guests enjoyed a private dinner with Weber and Rodgers that was followed by a black […]
One of my former interns asked me to write a few lines on why I feel analog instant is still powerful in our digital world. I thought I would share it with you. Analog Instant in a Digital World When the instant 20×24 format was created in 1976, it was a different world in photography. […]
The 20×24 camera has seen its share of Presidents, Vice Presidents and First Ladies. Jimmy Carter was photographed by Ansel Adams in the White House in 1979. Chuck Close photographed Bill Clinton in the Oval Office in 1996 and later in New York in 2005. Timothy Greenfield-Sanders photographed George H.W. Bush after his presidency in […]
Still Life at New55 Lab Here is the latest experiment with the instant 8×10 negative prototype. The development coverage, or lack there of is due to the roller gap and spread characteristics of the particular pod. Those issues are minor, but the important issue is the quality of image produced by this process. Read more […]
On May 30, 2012 Nafis Azad, the new Director of Photography at the 20×24 Studio worked with Robert Crowley of New55 to experiment with a prototype 8×10 instant negative. Using reagent and sheet components from 20×24 film, Azad and Crowley were successful in creating a fully developed negative and positive. More experiments are to follow […]
