POSITIVES 'N NEGATIVES

This week, as part of the POSITIVES 'N NEGATIVES series, NYC-based photographer Alicja Zak (@alasfilmlog) shared two photos with me: the one of whi...

"The only way to learn is to take the double exposure. Like I mentioned before, it's an experiment every time and you're going to learn as you take more."

"Doing film photography is what works for me. Before I started with film, I shot digital for a while but I hardly ever thought about what I was shooting. I just shot whatever I wanted to and I ended up having way too many photos!"

"I think the continued self-reflection and analysis of my work is a necessary component to growing as a photographer and an artist."

"Sometimes shooting the same shot on a different camera makes a huge difference."

"I’ve come to understand that shooting film should never, under any circumstance, be a rushed process. It’s taught me to take my time, breathe, relax, check and double check the settings, play with angles without worrying how you might look to those around you."

"On one hand, the photo (even if it didn’t come out the way I planned) reminds me of these weird times, and on the other hand, it makes me smile because for me it really marks a point in time where I changed the way I think about creative photography."

So... what is this series all about?