We’ve had our fair share of protests in Charlottesville and rather than photograph them with a digital camera or one of my portable, lightweight film cameras, I have been lugging my Graflex Crown Graphic, a post-war era large format press camera, around town. The process of preparing film (putting each individual sheet into its own film holder, in complete darkness), preparing the camera (measuring light, setting the shutter and the aperture) and actually taking the photo (standing fairly still, using a shutter release cable to avoid any shake), is extremely cumbersome. But the results are good and I want to share them. Let me know what you think.

Production notes: The film is Ilford HP5 Plus and it was developed by Dodge Chrome in Washington D.C.