✹NICO'S LAB✹

Ladies and Gentlemen, if the world is a rose then I am the thorn. MOODBOARD / INSPO / PICS MEXICAN-AMERICAN, VERY MEXICAN-AMERICAN @zikohl

[nikotv]

long exposure self portraits giving major winter solstice vibes 🌀 // happy solstice everyone ✨ // shot on 35 in la jolla . . . . . . . #35mm #film #photography #filmphotography #nicolevalencia #kodakshootfilm #analog #analogphotography #filmisnotdead #AMWeeklyphoto #girlgaze #homedeveloped #kodaktrix #femalephotographers #id #bipocartists #staybrokeshootfilm #selfportrait #longexposure #blackandwhite #wintersolstice #capricornseason #blackandwhitephotography (at Torrey Pines Cliffs) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmc0O4mPAh4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[writingdotcoffee]

“Rule one, you have to write. If you don’t write, nothing will happen.”

— Neil Gaiman

[anoods10]

[nikotv]

@likehoneyfilm will pre-screen @baja_festival this weekend on December 3 at 1:17 PM in Salon Carlos Monsivais @cecut_mx 📽️ See y’all then!! 🎥🌼 BCIFF will showcase in its entirely with Q&A’s, workshops, and all of its festival programming in March 2023 ✨// bts polaroid of @dirtydreams art by me 📸 . . . . . . . #film #photography #filmphotography #nicolevalencia #kodakshootfilm #analog #analogphotography #filmisnotdead #AMWeeklyphoto #girlgaze #femalephotographers #id #bipocartists #mexico #mexicanphotographer #id #dazed #staybrokeshootfilm #femalefilmmakers #indiefilmmakers #bts #shortfilm #bipocfilmmakers #femaledirector #bts #filmfestival #polaroid #fujifilm #sq6 (at Centro Cultural Tijuana - CECUT) https://www.instagram.com/p/Clo1CuPShC7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[nikotv]

wherever you go, there you are 🖤 // @likehoneyfilm will pre-screen @baja_festival this weekend on December 3 at 1:17 PM in Salon Carlos Monsivais @cecut_mx 📽️ See y’all then!! 🎥🌼 BCIFF will showcase in its entirely with Q&A’s, workshops, and all of its festival programming in March 2023 ✨ . . . . . . . #film #photography #filmphotography #nicolevalencia #kodakshootfilm #analog #analogphotography #filmisnotdead #AMWeeklyphoto #girlgaze #femalephotographers #id #bipocartists #mexico #mexicanphotographer #id #dazed #staybrokeshootfilm #femalefilmmakers #indiefilmmakers #bts #shortfilm #bipocfilmmakers #femaledirector #bts #filmfestival #polaroid #fujifilm #sq6 (at Sala Carlos Monsivais Cecut) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cloiu7pJHRW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[chaoschaoswriting]

The only writing advice that matters is this:

Persist.

Against all odds, despite doubt and scorn, with joy in your heart,

Persist.

Fly in the face of common sense and refuse to grow old where it matters most - your mind and soul.

Persist.

[nikotv]

why the hell would anyone ever want to join a cult? // @likehoneyfilm bts on 35 by me 🌼 . . . . . . . #35mm #film #photography #filmphotography #nicolevalencia #kodakshootfilm #analog #analogphotography #filmisnotdead #AMWeeklyphoto #girlgaze #homedeveloped #kodak #kodakgold200 #femalephotographers #id #bipocartists #mexico #mexicanphotographer #id #dazed #staybrokeshootfilm #femalefilmmakers #indiefilmmakers #bts #shortfilm #bipocfilmmakers #femaledirector #independentfilm (at Playas de Tijuana) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj-1YgjJl_w/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[nikotv]

Stoked to share that LIKE HONEY will be having its very first screening @baja_festival on November 11-13 in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico baby!! 🎥🌼 This film is so very near to my heart and couldn’t have been made without all of the people in this post and many more. Deep thanks to everyone who helped make this baby come to life! Humbled to be embraced by my hometown that is Tijuana and screening this film @cecut_mx 🎭🎥 Starring: @ivethruso @camarenadel.toro @josemarlandia @joe.cbr @marzecastle Cult Members: @jessieistheboone @keziah.6 @edgomezsn @i.only.speak.cumbia @willheals #juanvalencia Writer/Director/Editor: 🌚 @zikohl Producers: @chollowa @infdv @soblurs DP: @minimumdayz Gaffer/1st AD: @justin_burquist Prod Supervisor: @bad__tenant Production Designer: @yolievaldivia1218 @yolieandco Costume Designer: #worthydye HMU: @valerianqueen Sound: @therealboomsta BTS Stills: @victor_jsts Production Assistants: @aobregon.d @nelylunagarcia @aileen.rosas Craft Services: utc #jjv #adrianavasquez Graffiti Artist: @dirtydreams Music Composed & Performed by: @shelleyburgon Post Sound Mixer: #nicolepettigrew Official Poster designed by #kristentobiason Shot in Playas de Tijuana, BC, MEX . . . . . . . #nicolevalencia #girlgaze #femalephotographers #id #bipocartists #mexico #mexicanphotographer #id #dazed #femalefilmmakers #indiefilmmakers #shortfilm #bipocfilmmakers #femaledirector #independentfilm #bciff #shortfilm #shortfilms #femalefilmmaker #femaledirector (at Centro Cultural Tijuana - CECUT) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj5sPF6JQCb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[nikotv]

one of my fav bts stills from @likehoneyfilm feat the amazing @ivethruso in between takes // this film has truly been a labor of love that’s taught me so much — more soon 🎥🌼✨iveth in playas on 35 by me . . . . . . . #35mm #film #photography #filmphotography #nicolevalencia #kodakshootfilm #analog #analogphotography #filmisnotdead #AMWeeklyphoto #girlgaze #homedeveloped #kodak #kodakgold200 #femalephotographers #id #bipocartists #mexico #mexicanphotographer #id #dazed #staybrokeshootfilm #femalefilmmakers #indiefilmmakers #bts #shortfilm #bipocfilmmakers #femaledirector #independentfilm #shortfilm #shortfilms #independentfilmmaker (at Playas de Tijuana) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj0eYwELdeC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[nikotv]

ya es hora // #cdmx on 35 . . . . . . . #35mm #film #photography #filmphotography #nicolevalencia #kodakshootfilm #analog #analogphotography #filmisnotdead #AMWeeklyphoto #girlgaze #homedeveloped #fujisuperia400 #fujifilm #femalephotographers #id #bipocartists #cdmx #mexico #mexicanphotographers#mexicocity #id #mymonthinaphoto #dazed #staybrokeshootfilm #movement #mexican @coloralamexicana (at Mexico City, Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/CifiG5krOUX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[nobrashfestivity]

Andrei Tarkovsky, Polaroid (With Dakus)

[rodrickheffeley]

hey god

[enderinlere]

[allblackerrthingus]

X

[kvetchlandia]

Tony Gleaton      Gina, from the Series “Africa’s Legacy in Mexico,”      1986

[vintagewoc]

Marpessa Dawn in Indiana (1966)

[flower-nymph]

[terminusantequem]

Inka Essenhigh (American, b. 1969), Untitled, 1995. Oil on canvas, 167.6 x 152.4 cm