This is one of my favorite portraits that I have taken. It was part of my project called “The Things That Affect Our Lives Every Day”, a series about those individuals in Arizona working to bring about immigration policy reform.
This series of portraits was shot in 2012-2014 using an 8x10 view camera with black and white film. This was the first time I had extensively used such a camera. At the time, I wanted to use different equipment as a way to change the process of how I work and approach portraiture. Before I started the project I had a clear idea about the look and feel I was trying to achieve with the lighting, film and subject matter.
I ended up using the view camera to create a number of photos for this project. I experimented with traditional 8x10 black and white film and also the Impossible Project instant 8x10 film.