Recent digital capture and scanning projects by Pivot Media
The animals in the paintings that Brattleboro (VT) artist Julia Bacon brings to the studio for digital capture seem to stare back at us through the lens. These portraits depict the character of each animal with such detail and understanding…
From macro photography to elaborate pumpkin carvings and snow sculptures, it seems like Dave Rothstein has the perfect project for every season. Lately this multi-talented artist has been working on a series of sketches of animals bundled up in nordic…
When scanning old film for clients it is always a treat to come across a familiar scene. Tad Malek's vintage view of Sheehan's Cafe in downtown Northampton circa 1975 was no exception. By digitizing images like these we are able…
At Pivot Media, we often have clients bring in old film from their family archives for scanning. It is always a nice surprise when someone comes to us with an unusual or interesting collection of slides, such as Len Glick’s…
Sally Lemaire came to Pivot with a large collection of 35mm slides shot by her uncle, Edmund Allison. Edmund, a self taught and talented amateur photographer, spent the later part of his life photographing in and around the Pioneer Valley…
Jane Lund’s artwork ranges from surreal to super real. Her pastel work, some of which is photo realistic, will stop you in your tracks, make you look twice, and leave you spell bound. If it’s not already obvious, we are…
“Fabricated Photographs” is the term Robert Cumming uses to describe his work, which is featured in the upcoming book Robert Cumming: The Difficulties of Nonsense / published by the Aperture Foundation (available online, here). Using our camera scanning workflow we…
Our relationship with the Williams College Museum of Art began in 2005 when we photographed artwork for the “Encounter Art” project. It was an extremely successful venture that produced a book and a set of images that are still an…