Artist Statement: The Church Every summer when we go to Israel, my uncle takes my family and I on his boat, and every time, we pass a gleaming church in the distance. I decided that we had to go visit this church after passing it countless times. The beautiful myriad of shapes and colors seen from afar did not come close to the beauty and the detail which i experienced from up close. These Photographs were all taken on my medium format Argus 75. When I traveled to Israel over the summer of 2013, I decided to take my medium format camera with me. The Argus 75, however, only takes 620 film which is no longer in production; this meant that I had to re-spool all of the 120 film I had (which is the closest thing to 620 film) onto a 620 spool. There are many risks with doing this, including the film being ruined from light exposure so I had to make sure that my environment was pitch black when I did this process. Since i did not have a portable darkroom with me, and because I don't know anyone with a darkroom in Israel, I found the next best thing: a compound. Whenever I had to change the film in the camera, I put on my hoodie, went down into the compound, and locked the heavy door behind me. Not being able to see a thing, I put the film into my hoodie's pocket and re-spooled it in the attempt of avoiding light damage. Most of my images unaffected; however, there was one image that took on an interesting effect from unwanted light exposure (the last image on the page) which ended up giving it a unique twist. So without further adieu, I present to you, my medium format photographs of the intriguing church in Migdal, Israel.
Artist Statement: The Church Every summer when we go to Israel, my uncle takes my family and I on his boat, and every time, we pass a gleaming church in the distance. I decided that we had to go visit this church after passing it countless times. The beautiful myriad of shapes and colors seen from afar did not come close to the beauty and the detail which i experienced from up close. These Photographs were all taken on my medium format Argus 75. When I traveled to Israel over the summer of 2013, I decided to take my medium format camera with me. The Argus 75, however, only takes 620 film which is no longer in production; this meant that I had to re-spool all of the 120 film I had (which is the closest thing to 620 film) onto a 620 spool. There are many risks with doing this, including the film being ruined from light exposure so I had to make sure that my environment was pitch black when I did this process. Since i did not have a portable darkroom with me, and because I don't know anyone with a darkroom in Israel, I found the next best thing: a compound. Whenever I had to change the film in the camera, I put on my hoodie, went down into the compound, and locked the heavy door behind me. Not being able to see a thing, I put the film into my hoodie's pocket and re-spooled it in the attempt of avoiding light damage. Most of my images unaffected; however, there was one image that took on an interesting effect from unwanted light exposure (the last image on the page) which ended up giving it a unique twist. So without further adieu, I present to you, my medium format photographs of the intriguing church in Migdal, Israel.