Russel Kwan and Wendy Kwan Fine Art Black and White Photography 

Hi!

Thanks for visiting!

Our website features black and white film-based and darkroom-printed photography shot in our studio and around the world. We work exclusively in film, using a variety of equipment from small format to medium format to large format, and we especially have fun with toy (Holga) and vintage (Ikonta) cameras.

Our award-winning (Prix de la Photographie Paris, 2007) book, “Chasing Light Stranger” is a study in contrast in some of the disappearing cultures around the Pacific Rim, including Cambodia, Thailand, Japan, Australia and the American West.

Our award winning (International Photography Awards, 2008) exhibition, “Vanishing Silver”, is a composite story of abandoned silver mines in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming, presented in the also vanishing medium of silver gelatin printmaking.

Other works on our website include: abstract photographs of sand formations found on the Oregon coast, experimental one-of-a-kind photographs of a 19th century botanical herb collection from Paris, a study of Vancouver’s decommissioned and now rusting fleet of electric trolley buses from the 1940’s, photographs of the people and birds of the Greyhaven Exotic Bird Sanctuary, pictures of miniature architectural constructions, photographs of the moss-laden trees of Georgia, pictures of Amarillo’s Cadillac Ranch, scenes from Salt Spring Island, abstract photographs of ice and frost, and experimental photography based on homebrew chemistry and homemade cameras.

You will also find current news, an extensive blog of published reviews, technical information, descriptions of many of the oddball photographic techniques we are exploring, and day-by-day roadtrip logs from 2007 and 2008.

We are in the process of rolling out an interactive forum for questions and answers to all things photographic. Also, please have a look at our current workshop offerings. We are happy to help you in your photographic endeavours in any way we can.

Please enjoy!

Cheers,
Russ and Wendy