MIXED-MEDIA OILGRAPH // TRADITIONAL PHOTO, ACRYLIC, OIL PAINT AND BLOOD ON WOODEN PANEL // 24x32

Base image photographed with a Mamiya 645 on Ilford 400 and developed in Agfa Rodinal
-No digital work-
6/9 of the series

Created for the movie Magnum Opus which is the story of an ex-marine turned artist and cryptographer. I was tasked with making his series.

Private Sattler played by Dustin Ingram was the main antagonist. A soldier turned evil and who took the fingers of his kills as trophies.
It was the first day of production out at Blue Cloud Ranch www.bluecloud.com which was our location to stage the Afghanistan scenes. We only had one day.
One very long day. I had to create his necklace of fingers which for some reason they decided not to show because it gave his intentions away. Or something. Too bad because I was quite proud of it. Image below. I only had a few minutes to get the shot on a single roll of 120 film. It had to work because the actor was wrapped just after it. He's wearing the necklace but I don't think it reads all that well. If I had to do it again, I would have made it stand out more.