Much like Artists In Film, Spaces In Film is focused around a more intentional and simple documentation of intriguing interiors and favorite vignettes found on the road.
Why Film??
Film is a format of photography that I increasingly fall in love with as the years go by.
Indeed, I often prefer it over its digital counterpart. While I shoot digitally for work most of the time, there is a mystical, etherial and nostalgic way about film that just can't ever quite be replicated with digital images.
For these reasons, as well as the often imperfect and one-time-shot aspects of the medium, I have come to treasure my film photos in a way i'm not sure i'll ever feel about any other kind of photograph.
Film is one of my favorite ways to create, to document. Largely because of the intentionality and slowness and care I have to execute in the midst of it, but also because it teaches me to appreciate imperfections.
Blurred edges. Out of focus planes. Light leaks.
Some would argue that these are the makings of a bad photograph, but I beg to differ.
Because they are real.
They are raw.
They are capturing exactly what it was in front of the lens at the time, unapologetically, with no filter.
This first space I am sharing with you is The Jupiter Flats, an Air BnB in Joshua Tree California that was a stop during The Wild + Wonderful American Road Trip.
My favorite spaces are the ones that incorporate the outdoors into their functionality and everyday living. They are the ones I find myself happiest in. Closer in routine to that which we came from. A natural invitation to rewild.
We spent the evening unpacking and repacking our bags, playing vinyl records, turning on the twinkle lights, making a batch of margaritas from our earlier-in-the-day purchased roadside tequila, and soaking our clothes and then ourselves in the outdoor tub.
As the day wore out and the stars grew more contrasted as the sun rotated further from our patch of sky, it was apparent that this space was not only a respite for our road weary bodies, but our minds as well.
Simplicity brings space which allows for open thoughts, concise actions and clear convictions.
This space was rich with it.
You can follow the jupiter flats on instagram and book your own stay with them on Air BnB here. Don’t have an Air BnB account? Follow my link here to get $40 off your first stay!
All images shot on Portra 400 35mm film and are in their original as-shot unedited state.
If you enjoyed this Spaces In Film essay, check out some of the Artists In Film essays!
Artists In Film | Anna of Experimental Vintage in Portland Oregon
Artists In Film | The Cowboy Prince in New Orleans
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Keep an eye out, because there are more film essays in the works!
Especially with coming home and getting all of the film developed from
Wild + Wonderful American Road Trip.
I would also really love it if you have an artist or space you’d like to introduce me to for the series.
Send ideas and intros to: agirlnamedleney@gmail.com or through the form on the contact page!
Thanks for reading friend.
This project is incredibly close to my heart and it means the world that you paused for it.
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