MODERN ART FROM VINTAGE FILM
Real Moments in Time Photographed on FILM and Printed as Negatives
In 2016 having grown tired of seeing the same trends in every gallery on the Vegas Strip, Bobby went an entirely different direction with his body of work. While his approach remained strictly analogue, his imagery would take a drastic turn towards modern minimalism, with abstract and reductive landscapes and in 2017 the birth of his iconic FILM NEGATIVES SERIES.
INVERTED ASPENS |
The Image that Changed Everything
In 2016 Bobby was at a lab in Flagstaff, Arizona called Hidden Light, making traditional darkroom silver gelatin prints from Negatives, and while he loved this negative on the light table, every time he made the conversion print to a positive image, it just didn’t seem right.
After a couple of days, it finally dawned on him to print the negative as he saw it on the light table. So he used a slide Film printing process, made a print, and his Signature Film Negatives Series was born.
“‘Inverted Aspens’ changed everything. The Film Negatives Series became the summary of my entire career. The rejection at the beginning of my career showing landscapes in an overly saturated landscape market, the constant striving to create something new, to make my own mark on the photographic medium - my legacy finally began to take shape with the Film Negatives Series. And it changed the way I looked at the world.”
Genesis
Laguna Beach, California
Single Exposure on Fuji Provia Film Printed as a Negative
Stars & Stripes
Las Vegas, Nevada
An Abstract Rock Formation Photographed Rock Climbing the High Peaks of Red Rock Canyon, Las Vegas.
Windows of Venice
Venice, Italy
6 Exposures on a Single Frame of Fuji Provia Film and Printed as A Negative
Dark Horse
Santa Ynez Valley, California
A Single Exposure on Kodak Portra Film Printed as a Negative offers a Modern Equine Portrait
October Rain
Upstate New York
Single Exposure on Fuji Velvia Film Printed as a Negative
Friday Night Inversion
Las Vegas, Nevada
Photographed on Fuji Provia 4x5 Film and Printed as a Negative
Blue Lake
Sabrina Basin, Sierra Nevada
Sunrise Over a Backcountry Lake While Backpacking the Sierra Nevada. Single Exposure on 4x5 Film Printed as a Negative
Midnight on 7th Avenue
New York, New York
A 45-Second Exposure on Ilford Delta Film in the Heart of NYC Printed as a Negative
