Manhattan in February

Last February, I took a day trip to New York before everything happened.

It’s strange to hear (and see) how empty the city has become within such a short time. That being said, I hope that all of you have been staying indoors and social distancing. Make sure to stay safe and healthy everyone!

Anyway, as many of you may well know, besides painting, I also do photography. Personally, i think it’s important to delve into other hobbies completely separate from your main passion. And sometimes, when I feel like stepping away from the whole painting scene, I usually fall into my other hobbies such as writing or photography. It allows you to take a step back and it’s good practice to keep yourself from burning out.

For some time now, I’ve been shooting film. I want to say that it’s been about two years now. And more recently, I’ve been developing my own film. Although it has only been B&W film and I was only able to process it at my university. But for my birthday last month, I just asked my family for developing supplies and it took a while to complete the things that I needed, but I finally got to develop my own colored film at home. And I honestly don’t know why I waited so long because of how simple it was.

So here’s a collection of my favorite shots from the trip.

Thanks for reading everyone.

Talk to you guys soon,
Francis