Matthew Holstein

35mm film Nikon F
Kodak portra 400

Aspen. Not plural. Not Aspens. Because they are one tree connected underground. The visible tree appears separate. Not so. Same roots shared.
In nature, the greatest illusion? Separation.
Nothing is separate.
All natural life, humans as well, is connected.

Runnin outta runway 🛫
and gittin hitched in Zion

We traverse this world in denial, creating an illusion of understanding, pretending that we are in control of our existence. We are no more than a leaf in the stream, carried downriver through our lives.

Sometimes I can't sleep so I grab my cameras and go

Moonlit Zion

Zion in the moonlight

Red Green Blue
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Kaibab.
Paiute tribe, loosely meaning 'mountain upside-down '
perhaps the best way to portray it.

photography

This effect is easily achieved.
Just open up the camera when you are mistakenly certain that there's no film in it.🤦‍♂️

Moonlit canyon

Monumental

Burn Scar

In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it.
Ernst Fischer

Zion National Park in autumn

Shot with dslr. My own preset edits created on Nikon program, then installed via SD card. Because life is too short.
The Grand Canyon in the carousel ▶️

Canyon critters 💕

This is shot with a dslr with my own preset edits installed. I also shot with 35mm film but those are not included here. Stay tuned.

Some Issues with this apparently. Needs to go to the shop for a look under the hood of this

Legal tender

The homeless reside among chess game tables in the shadow of the court of the fictional law of humanity. Victims in the game of self-imposed restrictions and artificial scarcity. Denied access to housing that is vacant and abundant. The monetary system defined by the resulting symptoms.

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Out of nowhere

..not playin games

It's too hot to sleep

Capture through the window of an antique shop of art.

These images are not very good, mostly because they are the first frame of a newly loaded film roll. Also they are not digitally enhanced or generated by artificial intelligence (AI). They are scans of 35mm film images developed in a local film lab.
The latest development in AI generated images is coming soon to a Meta app such as this one. This raises some concerns in the community of photography, both for camera manufacturers and photographers, for obvious reasons.
There is value in AI for use in areas of science and health care and the like. But not here. And not in the arts.

📷🍷outside looking in
capture with using

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capture with on

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capture with on

🕺🎙🎶🎷🎺 capture of by another Nikon F.. with 24mm wide angle on
I don't belong in front of the camera. DM me for modeling work 🤪