Dinosaur Stefan's photostream

I began photographing in 1989 with a Pentax K1000 and I still use that same camera to this very day. I believe in the art of film and chemicals, glass and metal mechanical cameras. I'm not yet sold on digital, sorry.

With no real photographic area of concentration in high school or college I simply photographed whatever felt right. In 1994 I became heavily involved with concert photography, mostly in Michigan. In 1999 I expanded my concert coverage beyond my home state, outside the USA even. I relocated myself to Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota for several years where I was able to further refine my printing skills with the help of the Independent Film Project (IFP) public darkroom facility. IFP is an incredible place for artists. I also became an active member & volunteer at IFP Twin Cities. I left the Cities to study photography in Sweden for a year, which has helped me even more in my creative development. From Sweden I returned home to Michigan.

In my wildest dreams LIFE magazine would still be publishing and I would be shooting photos for them. With a film sponsorship from Ilford. Ahhhhh, a guy can dream.

I shoot with a Pentax K1000 pretty much all the time. But I have other cameras that I have been known to use: Argus C3, Pentax Spotmatic, Olympus 35RC, Hasselbald 500C and a Rolliecord.

Just in case anyone is curious, the photographers that have influenced my thought process the most happen to be Brassaï, Andre Kertész and Endre Friedmann (AKA - Robert Capa).

Long live analog!!!