Much of my commercial photography career consists of making photographs with a crew of people. Make up artists, hair stylists, wardrobe stylists, art directors, creative directors, clients, assistant are often all on hand- not that there’s anything wrong with that. Even most of my fine art work requires, at least, a model. Hence, a need to always have someone else involved in making the images.
Being alone, observing the environment, being in “the now”, with no one else around is often zen like for me. This focus creates some quiet yet strong images. There’s something to be said for quiet simplicity.
All images were created with a fully manual camera from the 1970’s, the Rolleiflex SL-66.
More images from this series here: http://bit.ly/mark-colman-photos
