BRENNANCOLE

Here is a collection of photography moments in various formats. I primarily use film cameras, especially my beloved SX-70 Polaroid or Mamiya RB67.

Quintessential to its core, photography is the art and science of capturing light to create an image: “drawing” with light.

I believe film, particularly instant film, captures a moment more honestly and emotionally than digital photography methods; however, I do use digital photography where it is more appropriate. With instant film, you can touch a moment and continue to hold it from the moment you press the shutter button. You are closer to breeze combing grass blades and trickling through the leaves. Light and temperature are pulled into the image, and depending on the speed of your capture, the gentlest of movement could preserve a completely different frame of reference.

Once you press the button, the following moments and environment shape the development of the image, acting as a record for what was put into the frame beyond just what you see. The image you saw through the lens may not be the same you receive along the way. You will also never hold exactly the same image or moment again. You get what you get while exercising a release of control, and I enjoy engaging with that sort of exploration, therapy, and creativity. For those reasons, I tend to lean more toward the Polaroid for my photography tool of choice.