THE ARTISTRY
About Nicholas A. Price
I shot my first roll of black and white film as a teenager and although I use color film for special projects, I have remained generally faithful to black and white. I have never strayed into the digital photography arena and maintain a full laboratory [darkroom] facility with professional enlargers and the associated equipment. I use three film sizes 35mm, medium format 6x6 and 6x7 along with large format 4x5 inch. My preferred option is medium format.
I have a large collection of cameras and each has its uses, I shy away from any automatic or predetermined settings and prefer heavy indestructible camera bodies and lenses. I have a collection of 35mm bodies and many lenses; on the medium format side I have four camera bodies and thirty unique Mamiya, Pentax 67 and Carl Zeiss lenses along with several rare and beautiful Russian lenses. My range extends from 15mm right through to 1000mm, although I predominantly work from 30 to 135mm. On special occasions I bring out my far from portable 4x5 camera! Everything is always film loaded, fitted with different lenses and ready for every project, studio or otherwise - I take photographs every day.
I have a large collection of cameras and each has its uses, I shy away from any automatic or predetermined settings and prefer heavy indestructible camera bodies and lenses. I have a collection of 35mm bodies and many lenses; on the medium format side I have four camera bodies and thirty unique Mamiya, Pentax 67 and Carl Zeiss lenses along with several rare and beautiful Russian lenses. My range extends from 15mm right through to 1000mm, although I predominantly work from 30 to 135mm. On special occasions I bring out my far from portable 4x5 camera! Everything is always film loaded, fitted with different lenses and ready for every project, studio or otherwise - I take photographs every day.
