ABOUT ME

Hi, I'm Erika. My day-to-day involves being a teacher but I've recently picked up photography again after a ten-year hiatus. When I was younger, I worked primarily with digital photography. While I had cheap toy cameras that I fooled around with, this feels like the first time I am intentionally working with 35mm film. I created this space to store and share my experimental work as I learn about this medium. This site will be updated as I continue to shoot, develop, and scan my work - all of which tend to happen sporadically as a result of balancing my other responsibilities.

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I love the mundane. The people you see in these pictures are often loved ones and the places will often be my home or the surrounding area unless stated otherwise.

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Photos before Spring 2021 were taken with a Minolta SRT 100 - a camera my partner bought for his high school photography class, which I borrowed and loaded with Fujifilm 400 Superia film. Photos around Spring 2021 were taken with a Canon A1 using Fujifilm 400 Superia film. The four-panel pictures are the product of using a Lomography ActionSampler.

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All photos were developed and printed at local labs, two small family-owned businesses. Most were scanned using an HP Envy printer. While there may be imperfections or warps from cheap scanning, I have not retouched or edited the photos otherwise.