1987–1994 · 34 frames
River Towns
Small cities along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, caught between what they were and what they were becoming. Grain elevators, diners, Friday night football.
Gallery — Frank Sanchez Photography
Through the lens
Gallery
People and places...
1995–2003 · 28 frames
Working Hands
Portraits of people who make things — welders, bakers, mechanics, musicians. The hands tell the story the face won't.
2004–present · 51 frames
Last Light
The hour before dark. Landscapes, mostly — but sometimes a street corner, a kitchen window, a parking lot at closing time.
Why I shoot film
I picked up my first camera the same year I picked up a bass — 1976, give or take. Both were accidents. A friend left a Pentax at my apartment and never came back for it.
Film slows you down. You get thirty-six frames and then you have to stop and think. That constraint turned out to be the whole point. I'm not a photographer who shoots thousands of frames hoping one works. I'm a bass player who takes pictures — I wait for the groove.
Most of these were shot on Tri-X or HP5, developed in my bathroom, printed in a darkroom I rented by the hour from a community arts center in St. Louis. The digital stuff came later. I still prefer the grain.
Want to talk about the work?
I'm not selling prints right now, but I'm always up for a conversation about photography, music, or the places where they overlap.