portrait

David Bruce Jones (1942–2024) by Nathan Jones

I made this portrait of my father in my parents’ home in Gaborone, Botswana, in late 2010. He was 68 at the time. I re-discovered the photograph soon after I began the long-overdue process of reviewing the 15-year archive of my negatives. The white balance was impossible to correct as the portrait was made indoors under a mixture of incandescent and fluorescent lighting using film that was designed for daylight. Even though the colours are irredeemably unnatural, I am very pleased with how the picture turned out—and to have found it at all.

I have added this photograph to a series called Candid, which is published as a gallery on this website. The collection contains colour shots of my family, friends, and acquaintances. You may also be interested in my black-and-white portraits.

Father and Daughter by Nathan Jones

Portraits of my brother, Adam, and my niece, Selma, shot on film in Gaborone, Botswana in January, 2024.

My friend, Kirk by Nathan Jones

Taken on a trip we made to Tofino in 2010, these photographs form part of a retrospective series of portraits I am assembling in celebration of Kirk’s upcoming 50th birthday. They were made with the inimitable Rolleiflex 6006 loaded with the long discontinued Kodak Portra 400NC, my all-time favourite colour negative film.