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Paris in the Fall

February 16, 2017May 31, 2017Posted in TravelTagged 35mm, B&W, black and white, blackandwhite, eiffel tower, eiffeltower, film, film photography, filmphotography, france, kodak, kodak tri-x, kodaktri-x, kodaktrix, Louvre, paris, Paris France, parisfrance, tri-x, trix25 Comments

Another autumn has come and gone, another year of memories with fleeting snapshots from Paris to add to my archive. I love Paris in the fall, the dynamic sky, the ease of getting lost in the day just wondering and watching, and the romantic nights when she beings to sparkle like no other. With each passing year I always reset my eyes on this city of photographic love.

“There is never any ending to Paris and the memory of each person who has lived in it differs from that of any other. We always returned to it no matter who we were or how it was changed or with what difficulties, or ease, it could be reached. Paris was always worth it and you received return for whatever you brought to it. But this is how Paris was in the early days when we were very poor and very happy.”

― Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast

A black and white film story by photographer Jamie Beck of Paris in the Fall...

Lake Como, Italy

October 30, 2015February 8, 2016Posted in TravelTagged B&W, black and white, blackandwhite, europe, europe2015, film, film photography, filmphotography, italy, lake como, lake como italy, lakecomo, travel, tri-x, tri-x 400, trix10 Comments

I have always known about the beauty of Lake Como. The way people talk about it is as if it’s this magical emerald place from a fairytale story book. Well, that’s pretty much how it looked. Taking the frequent and quick 1 hour train from Milan we made our way crursing the waters in no time. My imagination went wild looking at all the beautiful villas that climb up the mountain in an array of colors. Each turn of the boat reveals another small, cobblestone town shinning proudly, white sailboats bobbing at the mouth in a friendly wave hello. There is a calm to Lake Como. A retreat feel. Where hours are spent in a garden or at lunch with friends, the memory softened by the damp misty light. A long walk or a quiet boat ride from one little town to the next on the lake’s shore is the day’s biggest activity leaving you alone in your thoughts to imagine what it would be like to retire here and wake up everyday to sheer beauty.

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Caroline Ventura

March 28, 2014November 18, 2014Posted in BeautyTagged 4x5, ann street studio, annstreetstudio, B&W, beauty, black and white, blackandwhite, brvtvs, Caroline Ventura, carolineventura, film, film photography, filmphotography, jamie beck, jamiebeck, kelly framel, kellyframel, large format photography, pentax, pentax 67, pentax6718 Comments

As an artist there are some people who I LOVE photographing. I could photograph them everyday. There is something about their beauty, bone structure, and spirit I love to capture, that my eye finds fascinating and wants to study them over and over. This is the case for jewelry designer Caroline Ventura who is one of (along with Heather) my muses. I first met Caroline on a shoot for Cup of Jo three years ago and we have been friends ever since. Did you know she was the first cinemagraph we ever shot? We just never tired editing it until AFTER our first public one. She was the first person I photographed at our old studio and this shoot is our first together at our new one.

We are both artists and we have known each other as photographer + subject for sometime now. I’ve shot Caroline beautifully, I’ve shot her COOL, but as we have been getting older we are looking to find more depth in our work. I’ve been wanting to focus less on the clothing in my personal shoots these days and more on the beauty of the female form. Caroline and I were going to meet up for dinner and I said, hey, let’s do a shoot before we head out, which eventually turned into a night of film photographs, margaritas, girl talk, and these moments below.

… and just for fun I asked Caroline a series of fill in the blank questions just for a new take on an old friend.

I am most inspired by…

My friends. I’m so lucky to have an incredible circle of talented friends who all support each other and push one another to do/create beautiful things.

An ideal day for me is…

When I can see blue skies. As long as the sun is shining, anything can be thrown my way.

My favorite artist is…

Lia Chavez, who is doing really beautiful things in the art world right now. I am so fortunate to call her a friend. Her solo show, Carceri, just opened at Two Rams on the LES. She is one of the gentlest and most humble humans and a huge inspiration to me.

The best way I express myself is…

With my mouth. I talk a lot.

New York City is…

Home. No matter where I go in my life it always pulls me back.

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