Soon after taking Allison’s portrait for my Faces project, I asked if she’d be willing to do a test shoot with me. I’ve been wanting to do a shoot at Cheekwood for months since I’d seen a photo by Kate Pulley on Flickr. Lately I’ve been inspired a lot by photos like that. Photos that are somewhat surreal, unsettling, eery, but also magical. And then there was something about Allison. It’s one of those things you can’t quite put in to words about a person. She had this look, this “aura” if you will, that I just felt like would go well with the photos I had been trying to develop in my head. And so I asked her to do this shoot. Allison was a pleasure to shoot with and was willing to go out in the cold and the threat of rain to get the photos.

Mamiya C33
Kodak Portra 400VC
Fuji Provia 100f

Polaroid SX-70
Polaroid “Fade To Black” Artistic Time Zero