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Why Coastal was shot on film

Medium format slows every decision down. For a series about waiting for the light, that was the point.

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Coastal is a year of dawns and dusks on the Pacific coast, shot on medium-format film. People ask why we did not shoot digital and fix the colour later.

Ten frames a roll

A roll holds ten frames. That limit made every walk to the water a decision about which hour mattered, and the series is better for the frames we did not take.

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