Interview with Austin Settle

What remains in the past, and what continues to shape the present? His solo exhibition “PAST: PRESENT” is opening on September 18th at Frei.Haus. On this occasion, Settle gave us a better look at his working processes and the thoughts behind Expanded Photography.

Interview & Photos: Kristina Deska Nikolić

Full Interview Here:

https://www.les-nouveaux-riches.com/interview-with-austin-settle/

“Every image is a fragment of lost time.”

Roland Barthes, Camera Lucida (1980)

Analog photography, vintage slides showing Montreal skyline in the 1950s

The Expanded Field of Photography

All of my work is analog, working directly with and on color transparencies (color slide film), and in some instances color negative film, 8, 16 and 35mm films. The film is scanned for enlargements, but is in no way digitally manipulated before the printed works are made.

C-Prints are on Kodak Endura or Fujiflex paper mouned on Dibond, set in shadow box frames, and most of the pieces are also available as Duratrans prints for lightboxes and slim-line LED panels.

A view of a vintage film photography kit with various Kodak, Agfa, and other branded boxes of photographic film, chemicals, and accessories inside a cardboard case, some labeled for specific film types and processing supplies.