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“Meet the Clayborns”
“Meet the Clayborns” portrays the illusion of the nuclear family. The Clayborn family is a campy, modern version of “Leave It To Beaver”. My inspiration comes partly from childhood memories of the Claymation TV show “Davey & Goliath”. Emulating these episodes relating to traditional values, the Clayborns examine an average family taking typical snapshots.
The Clayborns are miniature hand-sculpted characters made from colorful clay. Modeling clay is used, as it does not dry out or harden, allowing me
to move the characters freely for my stop-motion animation vignettes. The animations are created with hundreds of still camera images.
My goal is to photograph these miniature figures on location using “trick photography”. I love taking the Clayborns to the beach, the park,
camping and even the county fair.
The Story of the Clayborn Family…
The Clayborns live in a small beach town in California. Art is an engineer, born and raised in California and Sandy is a stay at home mom
originally from Rhode Island. They enjoy the simple life with their 7 year old daughter Charlotte, 2 year old son Max and their dog Cocoa.
The Clayborns drive a hybrid and Sandy volunteers at several local charity organizations. The family strives to live an eco-friendly lifestyle.
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"Est. 1782"
Ventura at Dusk
My work combines the photographic genres of historic documentation and color saturation. Ventura's disappearing period architecture and streetscapes provide interesting subject matter that explores color through film.
I create color illusion and fantasy within a realistic context using combined techniques of location photography and color darkroom development. With long exposures I am able to capture the natural light of dusk and dawn, and artificial light specific to neon, traffic lights, and fleeting automobile lights. This produces ultra color saturation causing the illusory affects that dominate the scene; these light reflections are often unnoticed by the naked eye. I arrive at the color illusion through purist techniques rather than manipulation. There is an undeniable human presence that exists within each scene, yet the absence of people creates a haunting contradiction.
I have a genuine love for the purity of film as a fine art product. I continue to study the many aspects of photography to enhance my keenness of the medium, which leads me in exploring the infinite possibilities of fine art photography.
I print each image myself in the color darkroom, using Kodak Metallic Archival Paper with a limited edition of 25. They are matted on acid-free, museum-quality archival matte boards
Technical
Each color film photograph is shot with long exposures at dusk. This captures the maximum amount of color saturation. With only a 10 minute window before light is lost, only one location can be accomplished per day.
Each chromogenic print is produced in the darkroom on metallic archival Kodak paper. There is a limited edition of 25 prints.
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"Succulent"
There is an alluring intricacy to nature; the sensual suggestiveness of plants and flowers has always intrigued me. By experimenting with close-up filters and cross-processed film, I am able to transform verdant foliage into abstract vivid color fantasies. Capturing seductive lines and form is my primary intention, as well as the quality of light and how it relates to the flora being photographed.
Cross-processing is the method of deliberately processing photographic film in a chemical solution intended for a different type of film. This process creates photographs that are characterized as having unnatural colors and high contrast.
Each chromogenic print is hand printed in the darkroom on metallic archival Kodak paper. There is a limited edition of 20.
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