A Few New Scans

Again, here are a few new scans from an outing about 2 weeks ago. Have a look-see:

“Where the Tree Landed on the Chisel Plow Shed”


“House Plant”


“Windmill and Zinnias over the Well”


“Petunias by the Back Steps”

Any comments would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

And stop by again in about a week, because I have many more rolls that I’ll be dropping off to process tomorrow. I shot a lot this weekend, and I’ll get them processed, make some contact sheets, and scan some promising images shortly. I think I’ll have a few goods ones in that group. We'll see...

New Scans

I have some new Holga shots from my current project. I got the negs back yesterday, and I scanned some images before and after teaching at the U. Here are a few that I’ve been looking at:

“Clothesline”


“Hayracks Behind the Barn”


“Potatoes, Tomatoes, and Mom’s Lawn Chair”


“Dad’s Bean Field”


“Dad’s Corn Field”


“East Wall of the Baler Shed”

Any comments would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

More Daily Minnesota Publicity

Here are a few more photographs of mine that appeared on the website “Daily Minnesota,” http://www.dailyminnesota.com/. I was their featured artist all last week.

Sept 10th

It couldn’t have been an accident that on Sept 11, they chose to use a photo that I made in a Catholic School called “One Nation Under Bush” which shows 2 images of George Bush on the wall:

Sept 11th


Sept 12th

Please check a few posts below for some new work that I recently made. I’ll be picking up some freshly processed negatives soon, and I’ll be putting more work up here in the next few days. Please check back. Any feedback on my new work would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Daily Minnesota Publicity

Recently, some of my work was featured on a local photography website called “Daily Minnesota.” The address is http://www.dailyminnesota.com/. I had a piece featured yesterday and today:

Sept 8th


Sept 9th

New Images

Here are some of the newest images from the project that I wrote about in my previous post. I actually started working with a Holga. I’ve never really liked images from a Holga because I feel that the photographer is relying too much on the impact of the imperfect image (with how ethereal, out of focus, and vignetted it is).

BUT I think it’s working for this project. It’s about my childhood and my memories, and memories aren’t crystal clear. Please take a look. And any feedback would be GREATLY appreciated! Thanks!

“The Picnic Table”


“Mom's Gardening Sandals”


“Garden Tiles”


“Dad's Auger”


“Clover Field”

New Project

I started a new project a few months ago, and it’s already taken a big turn or two. For now, here’s where it started:

My parents are building a new home. This is their “retirement house” as they are about "that age." The old farm will be rented out and eventually sold. This is the farm where I was raised. It is the farm that my Dad was born and raised. Likewise for my Grandmother. It has been in our family for about 120 years. I’m the eldest child in my family, and I’m the only son. It should be my job to take over the family farm. But here I am in the “big city” working as an artist.

This is the final year that they will be in the home when I was raised. I wanted to create some photos based on childhood memories of growing up on the farm. Here are some initial images:

“The three oaks”


“Juiced oranges in the cornfield”


“Receding frost line”


“Dad’s workbench”


“Holding the freezer shut”

I’m not sure why I’m showing you these because the project has changed quite a bit (or at least a little bit), so these aren’t “usable” images anymore.

I took one roll of film with a Holga, and here was an image that came from that:

“Where Ginger died”

The project took a bit of a turn here. I’ll be back shortly with some new images.

“16 Days In Red Wing”

Here’s the finished book!

I have 48 of them in my possession right now. I’ll have 12 more shortly, and I’ll make the final 40 when there’s enough demand. The edition (if you can add) is capped at 100 books. All books are signed and numbered by me. Right now, I’m selling them for $45, which is a steal! (Add $5 if you’d like me to ship it to you.)

Contact me if you are interested in purchasing a book: stevestenzelphotography @ yahoo.com or 763.913.2977.

Also, in case you missed it, I had another piece in the NY Times Magazine this past weekend. That makes 3 pieces in the last 4 months.

Two Big Things

#1: So, as far as I know, I’ll have another piece in the New York Times Magazine this Sunday. So check it out.

#2: My book is being bound! Last night, I laid out 48 books. The total edition will be 100, but I don’t have all of those done yet. It’s a good thing we have a dining room table with 4 leaves:

I should have these books back by Tuesday. So check back mid-week and see how everything turned out. Have a good weekend!