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Julian Vance at potter wheel in north light
● FEATURED SHOOT DOSSIER · SERIES 01

Julian Vance: Ceramic Studies

Location: Reynoldstown, Atlanta GA Date: Spring 2026 Deliverables: 48 Frames on 120 Negative & 35mm
CAMERAS: Hasselblad 500C/M & Leica M6
FILM STOCKS: Kodak Tri-X 400 (D-76 1:1) · Kodak Portra 400
LIGHTING: 100% Available North Diffused Window
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The Narrative

Three Hours in North Light

Julian works without music in a 1920s brick warehouse bay in Reynoldstown. The morning light spills through steel-frame casement windows, turning clay dust into suspended gold particles.

We agreed on zero artificial strobes and zero pose coaching. Over three rolls of 120 medium format film, we documented the complete lifecycle of four stoneware vessels—from weighing raw pugged clay to wire-cutting wet bases off the wheel head.

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Shot List & Contact Notes

  • Roll 01 (Tri-X): Wheel mechanics, clay throwing, hands covered in slip slurry.
  • Roll 02 (Portra): Ambient studio portraiture, tool arrangements, drying shelves.
  • Roll 03 (Tri-X): Macro details of trimming tools, pottery wheel foot pedal, and final vessel silhouettes.
✓ All 48 frames scanned at 4800 DPI on Noritsu HS-1800
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High-Resolution Frame Studies

Julian centering 12 lbs of Georgia stoneware clay on the Shimpo wheel. VANCE-01 // TX400

Julian centering 12 lbs of Georgia stoneware clay on the Shimpo wheel.

Hasselblad 500C/M · Planar 80mm f/2.8 · 1/125s @ f/4 · Kodak Tri-X 400
North-facing diffused daylight revealing clay slip textures and hand tools. VANCE-02 // PORTRA

North-facing diffused daylight revealing clay slip textures and hand tools.

Leica M6 · Summicron 50mm f/2 · 1/60s @ f/2.8 · Kodak Portra 400
Finished bisque-fired vessels drying on cedar drying racks before reduction glaze. VANCE-03 // STUDIO

Finished bisque-fired vessels drying on cedar drying racks before reduction glaze.

Hasselblad 500C/M · Distagon 50mm f/4 · 1/60s @ f/5.6 · Kodak Tri-X 400
Detail of wire-cut bowl foot and iron oxide slip banding. VANCE-04 // DETAIL

Detail of wire-cut bowl foot and iron oxide slip banding.

Leica M6 · Summicron 50mm f/2 · 1/125s @ f/4 · Kodak Portra 400
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