Nicole Caldwell Photo

Boots in the Salton Sea, 35mm film Day at the Beach

Two people standing in shallow water with a third person further behind them, under a vast sky 35mm film photographer nicole caldwell orange county

Call it Wessy in the Wild.

A swing in the wind. A door half open. Then the boots, in the water, at Bombay Beach.

We let the place be the portrait. The desert was already strange. The 35mm just kept it that way. Grain from 1992 film stock, printed as it was shot.

The shot between the shots is the one where they stopped arranging the frame and stepped into it.

Shot with the 1992 film stock- grainy radness.

Two men in suits standing on sandy beach near a wooden swing set, woman in teal dress swinging 35mm film photographer nicole caldwell orange county
Three people standing under a wooden swing set on a sandy beach at sunset. A woman in a green dress is sitting on the swing, and two men in suits stand on either side. 35mm film photographer nicole caldwell orange county
Three people walking on a beach with a dog shaped like an alligator 35mm film photographer nicole caldwell orange county
Wooden sign reading 'Grey Bar' with three people standing on rocky terrain in the background under a clear sky 35mm film photographer nicole caldwell orange county
Three people wearing sunglasses standing near a wooden sign that reads 'Waterfront Bar' on a sandy beach with a clear sky 35mm film photographer nicole caldwell orange county
A man opens a doorframe with a door standing on a sandy beach, a woman in a teal dress adjusts a mailbox, and another man poses beside a wooden sign reading 'The Open House' 35mm film photographer nicole caldwell orange county
Three people standing on a sandy beach beside a large curved metal sculpture 35mm film photographer nicole caldwell orange county
Three people standing apart on a sandy beach beside a large pyramid-shaped structure made of interconnected wooden poles with fabric panels 35mm film photographer nicole caldwell orange county
A woman in a teal dress wearing sunglasses walks near a man standing behind a bathtub with another person lying inside, outdoors with a barren landscape and clear sky 35mm film photographer nicole caldwell orange county
Three people posing near a rustic wooden bar in a desert setting with string lights overhead 35mm film photographer nicole caldwell orange county