Photography On Location: Liminal Space

[@PhilMakesThings]

I feel “the technician at the lab may have clicked the plus yellow button a few more times” needs to be the pinned post on every film-related forum. Outstanding work here. That wide of the X-ray room is just… beautiful.

[@ssfalk41]

Awe hell naw. We got Nick carver in the backrooms before gta 6.

[@matthewabaca]

Ya, I hope he made it out.

[@ssfalk41]

​@@matthewabacaphotographer always survives???

[@sepikometry]

@@ssfalk41 All the backrooms games I played so far would suggest the exact opposite lol.

[@dontshootphotos3372]

We on the uncanny Nick Carver arc

[@DeeDeeLecter]

🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭

[@CalebAllenPhoto]

The 6x17 shot is fabulous.

[@Professor_Internet_PhD]

Yes, and the square version is equally fabulous.

[@coreymagz3145]

No one will ever make Portra 160 look as good as you. The shot of the phone on the wall, the x-ray light, and the 6x17 shot will all make amazing prints. I'll have to get serious about my lemonade stand business if you ever decide to make prints of those.

[@TheSidewalk7]

The singing in the background is a beautiful touch. Not only do you capture images of liminal spaces, you integrate it into the actual film itself. Such an outstanding level of duality here. Amazing work!

[@leah.9999]

as someone who is in complete love with liminal spaces, this is incredible. you've done it again, nick.

[@rangotastic]

You nailed the background music on this one. I paused the video multiple times to see if it was coming from outside my apartment or my phone. Great atmosphere

[@petemc5070]

When you do these shoots I always think, 'now this is art'. A pleasure to see what you came up with. There's a late period Lewis Baltz vibe, from his time in Europe shooting sites of technology. 0:20 from the Mamiya would make a great book cover, and IMHO looks more compelling than the wide format alternative. Finally, the music was haunting, which left me imagining the patients who would have passed through these rooms receiving treatment during illness.

[@vincentlamoureux422]

The sub-liminal message of this video: Nick Carver is the best photographer on KZbin! Rest assured that all images looked great despite the YT formatting and your video/editing work made this video a true classic!

[@BriManeely]

Man.. That heavily reverbed opera music really puts the eerieness over the top with this video. Fantastic work, though! While, yes, I'm sure my TV is compressing THE HELL out of your images' dynamic range and colors, they're still impressive.

[@KyleBevis-u7j]

This. Was. Beautiful! No surprise the cinematography is so gorgeous because your eye for everything is just genius level. You're one of the best around Nick! I love your work!

[@mcgarnacle21]

The cinematography is just as good as the photography. Stellar video and photos.

[@weegreenblobbie]

Great video edit, sublime music, and I love how we can hear the buzz from the lights. Bravo!

[@JustinDoesTriathlon]

Man this is goooooood. A lot of liminal photography has turned into "I thought this place was a little strange." This is top tier stuff.

[@ThomasHolder-xx7qm]

I love a good liminal space photograph, and now I also love liminal space photograph BTS videos too. Nice work, Mr Nick Carver.

[@MeasuredLight]

Heck yeah!! Those squares are cool, but that 6x17 at the end... chefs kiss!!

[@jsimes1]

Oh man that last shot was amazing. I also loved the shot with the drawn curtain across the door and the shot with the window with the blinds casting a louvered light on the wall. Liminal Space is some amazing stuff!!

[@ericlutz9558]

"should trigger just the right amount of agoraphobia in the viewer". Sometimes you crack me up.

[@TreeMDTreatments]

This is some of your best work Nick! Looks like it might be an inspiration boost for ya.

[@clickred]

this radiology office is full of incredible pictures; I am sure nick was glowing with excitement. the final one is so good, it should be labelled as x-rated.

[@eddiecarrascojr]

Nope nope. Nick has officially start on level 1 of this own video game. So eerie and so great

[@badgerjuice]

Love the slow pace and long shots of this video. As a KZbin video editor, it's a refreshing departure from the "engaging edit". Great photos as well! Subbbbbbed

[@kathyjurgens7153]

Eerie yet compelling, the space I mean. Beautifully filmed video. The photographs are really unsettling - but that's because you captured what you were going for I think.

[@casperghst42]

They are great photos, no matter how bad the monitor they are great. Just the composition, oh man.

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

I appreciate you pulling the vail back and showing us the behind the scenes. This is a magical video my friend!

[@aps5150]

I'd never heard of this concept or what it means. Thanks for that trip, and for the effort it takes to film these videos and photographing at the same time.

[@TomPollardPhotography]

This video is the sort of thing I go on KZbin for. The endless gear videos or hype surrounding a camera that is marginally different to the last one do nothing for me. This sort of video reminds me why I love photography, and also reminds me how much I still have to learn.

[@Casey_Schmidt]

I had a TLR for a while and the 65mm was my favorite without question. It’s a 28mm equivalent (with cropped sides) which is one of my favorite focal lengths. I’m glad to see you’re able to enjoy it too!

[@tHaH4x0r]

Absolutely love the image set, almost every single one is great, especially the 'hole in the ground' shot is amazing.

[@ashleyhoff7561]

I love the reality check on "the film look" being more about the sins of the mini lab technician, over the genius of the film engineer. Great video as always.

[@HesselFolkertsma]

This series is perfection, big fan.

[@virokyu]

Honestly, I love the idea that the pictures you took aren't viewed the same by all of us. Yes, it's of the same space, but our screens and eyes aren't all the same, so all of us see the same images just...different

[@korbarb]

The shot at 9:15 is incredible!!!

[@nicholasbeck2649]

Using TLRs is so much fun. I love composing images looking down on the ground glass.

[@NealeSmith76]

Lynne Cohen vibes, first bit of your content I've watched in a while, need to start back tracking, really enjoyed this! Great images!

[@mattbibbings]

Love this. These should be the art on the wall of a Radiology office. The equivalent of a an X-ray of the space you are in.

[@radorgbits9183]

Ha! I never imagined the tight square frames will work that good. Adds up to the overall feeling of this project and enhances it. Thanks for sharing.

[@saveforth]

This may be the prettiest video from start to finish I've ever seen

[@TheKillingTreeTT]

Another great Video with a bit of a different feel to it. Love the photos and the little educational element in it.

[@ethankolojejchick3731]

This felt like watching a Wes Anderson movie and educational video about film at the same time and i didnt know i needed those two things together

[@byok.lighting]

My goodness, this quality in video and photography, you are one of the best, I mean that!

[@grantwellsphoto9779]

KZbin should have a 'love' button.

[@geoffhoward2171]

Particularly loved the Green Room, the mystery of wanting to know what was around the corner of that recess in the back corner, and the colour for it was perfect, yes my favourite shot of a fabulous set.

[@MARKLINMAN1]

That 6x17 with the object on the wall shaped like a chair was EXCELLENT. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@deliciousjammusic]

Instantly in love with that first shot. It's perfect

[@MrFoodieNom]

Never seen the channel before but just from this intro… I know this bout to be a banger

[@elliotrowlands3803]

Dude, I'm loving this, even on your digital camera with you setting up feels some what off. I also love how you sick to the old camera style and even bring in a proper stop watch instead of using your phone or something, just like the world is now trained to use. I wish I could get this opportunity to take photos of something so amazingly off.

[@sunsneezer]

I just love your sound work, every piece of gear from the cameras to the bags feel so tactile it's awesome.

[@WuchtaArt]

Im in love with the style of this video and rhe chill vibe of talking through

[@brandonwalker6800]

That last few gems about the color print films and their use was something crazy I truly didn’t know! Now that is real game!

[@bobsykes]

I love the "Dead Inside" series. Definitely looking forward to a big book! I guess I enjoy how your photography alternating from this series to the abandoned South West commercial buildings illustrates how man, and especially business, will build and subsequently abandon anything, anywhere.

[@tadrenfro]

Need to call my Mamiya and tell her I learned about print film today. Thanks for the upload! :)

[@lobajackson5495]

I just discovered you and, let me tell you, I’m already head over heels with your art. You really have a cinematic eye. Wow. Just, wow. Also, big Navidson vibes from this video. (House of Leaves, by Danielewski).

[@audiomoritz]

There is not enough liminal space photography on youtube. Thanks for reminding me to shoot more liminal photography.

[@jaytolbert7538]

"This camera went to the Moon tax" and "Trying to make them feel uncomfortable, but good uncomfortable", have been added to the ever-growing collection of Nick Carver Homilies. Maybe a Zine with such is in your future? As always, an enjoyable episode Nick.

[@AndyBanner]

Excellent film, Nick. I find myself getting so bored with youtube photographers these days and this was a breath of fresh air.

[@ChristineWilsonPhotography]

Love this , YT hasn't destroyed it thankfully the vibe is still coming through loud and clear to Melb

[@watermarker]

The colors in these photos are fantastic!

[@yermanoh]

i love the generic office shart thats on the walls, its so beige and effectively inoffensive

[@cloudrippr]

A great subject. I felt every emotion you mentioned. In my mind I heard "It's Alive!". Also made me Google 'liminal'.

[@AdhishMajumdar]

I got spooked watching those photos. Looks like perfect material for a liminal edition zine...

[@robbe4711]

Love this new genre of art.

[@andreasstein421]

This has so much „Severance“ vibes, excellent work!!!

[@waldorfo]

i just love square photography but man that last picture was proper beauty and insane straight.. thumbs up.. 👍

[@mallorybarry1961]

so glad i just found your channel!!

[@geoffmphotography9444]

ALWAYS a pleasure to accompany you on your journeys. That 6 x 17!

[@NJ1810]

Love the pictures! And the place and the way the video is shot really remindes me of the show severance. If anybody saw that. Great great show.

[@partypie1977]

i love that you left the draw open !!!!

[@NathanTrimbach]

Ahhhhh that phone shot at 5:10 is just perfect.

[@melvilib]

Cleanest 'vacated' office I have ever seen !

[@boristrouserkov]

Getting a massive Chernobyl vibe off these images ! Wow. Almost see the “ghosts” of previous users walking through. …. And then Nick says “Chernobyl”. ! Lol

[@happilicious]

I genuinely can't tell if its cg or actual office, I'm guessing its the latter. What a banger of a video, storytelling and photos.

[@wiqodinchan666]

Phew! Glad you found the exit

[@alexvanderpol]

Man - you could make a zine on this building alone! Awesome!

[@arildedvardbasmo490]

Really love these photos and the video about them! Thank you for making these! Note on colour balance of slide film for nerds: The old gang would indeed correct in camera, but they were shooting for the slide. Shooting for the digital file, it's true that it's harder to change in post processing than with print film due to the higher density and compressed range. However, with high-dynamic range cameras, you can easily scan with enough range to change the colour balance. Films like Velvia, with high density and sharp contrast curve will give less leeway, while low-contrast slide like E100 will give you plenty. I was surprised when I realised how much range there was. Haven't tested that on the output from Epsons.

[@xavierbeaudoux]

That is pure poetry, thank you so much for sharing Nick🙏

[@WilliamVerbose]

This video has this eerie vibe I can't explain. It feels like I was watching a Black Mirror episode for some reason. 2:33 made my heart skip when the opera music started playing. lol But as always, the video production is superb as well as the photos. Thank you Nick for sharing this with us.

[@brax.h]

those artworks on the wall were staring at me....... MENACINGLY!

[@PhilTaylorPhotog]

Just leaving a comment to make sure the algorithm tells you this was worth doing. Landscape as the main focus, but this is a really nice tangent.

[@morgwn2377]

Solid collection of images, Nick.

[@leokozsan8493]

This video was one of your bests ever, how intentional and beautiful

[@greylight501]

Thanks Nick. I think these are some of my favorites of yours. Lovely images (all of them)!

[@sdkgodeacs]

Inside or out, I love your 6x17 work.

[@joejohnson7914]

There is an old saying in photography circles: “He who makes it to the moon gets to levy the tax”

[@Bertzcommodities]

I love liminal spaces I actually shoot a lot of liminal scenes myself I really enjoyed this episode thoroughly !!!

[@yesiwashere]

I've been doing this for a long time myself, picturing places I find perfect for a Backrooms theme, and it's so lovely to see that the Backrooms could be around any corner, even if it's not infinite.

[@billbaker9623]

Thank you for this episode. I really like liminal photography and struggle to make interesting images. Your insights were helpful. It would be fun to darken the bottom of the hole in your last image to make it appear bottomless.

[@mcgarnacle21]

This gives me some huge vibes from the TV show "Severance".

[@ianrodenhouse5397]

Love it, already having such a nice body of work to date, I feel like your work is even still, always improving and growing in a creatively interesting direction. Very, very awesome and informative 😎

[@SatanSupimpa]

I thought more than once on taking the youtube route, but always had this feeling that the kind of photography I do works better without context. Still conflicted on how I could translate it to video. But your video definitely didn't ruin the "magic" for me, great pictures.

[@andrewjohnson4728]

Awesome photos Nick. Thank you for posting

[@pd1jdw630]

That previous x-ray room could be the next backroom mysterie story.

[@Black_Jesus3005]

Your best thumbnail yet! 🫶🏽

[@garvinkelly]

great photos once again! I've been thinking about getting that lens. This is the best video i've seen with it featured

[@magnusa.5599]

good lord these shots hit the spot. as a radiologist i can so relate to these photos. and they make me wanna rewatch Stranger Things…

[@Digzthis]

My favorite photos you’ve taken!

[@al0egarten]

that wide shot is insane

[@TheThomasites]

Its the familiarity that gets me.

[@photobizmethod]

fun! fun! Nice to see someone using film :)

[@nicolasdatiche5646]

Like the 6x6 shots.

[@Memoxor]

Dudeeee, that las photo! as soon as a saw it i started to ask those same question you posed afterwards!!! amazing work as always!