Nick Fancher 3/30/21 Nick Fancher 3/30/21

Evanescence: The Bitter Truth Photo Shoot

Back in November I drove down to Nashville to photograph @amylee for her upcoming @evanescenceofficial album, The Bitter Truth. I set up a makeshift studio in her dining room and knocked out a broad range of images for the album art, various magazine spreads, and images for streaming platforms…

Nick Fancher 2/28/21 Nick Fancher 2/28/21

Remote Shoot with Marissa Nadler

Nick Fancher 11/13/20 Nick Fancher 11/13/20

Ho99o9 Shot Via FaceTime for Flood Magazine

Back in April I reached out to my friends in Ho99o9 to do a shoot over FaceTime. I hooked the call up to my projector, aiming it at a trash bag, which gave the images a fantastic texture, while also warping their features. I also shot through rubber cement and honey to get a range of results…

Nick Fancher 8/15/20 Nick Fancher 8/15/20

FaceTime Photo Shoot with Mrs. Piss (Chelsea Wolfe) for Revolver Magazine

Stoked to have photographed @cchelseawwolfe and @jessgowrie’s new project @mrspisss via FaceTime a couple months back. These are in the latest issue of @revolvermag. Design by @toddweinberger. Long live print!

Nick Fancher 7/21/20 Nick Fancher 7/21/20

Remotrait (FaceTime Photo Shoot) with Sara Lando

Sara Lando is my friend. She’s also a brilliant photographer, artist, and teacher based in Bassano del Grappa, Italy. Last week we hopped on a FaceTime call and she graciously sat as my subject for an hour-long shoot.

Nick Fancher 6/15/20 Nick Fancher 6/15/20

Remote Photo Shoots Featured in Better Photography Magazine

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Zoom Photo Shoot with Roarie Yum

I first met Roarie Yum three or four years ago at a shoot I was doing with a different model. The two of them had been on the road together, taking modeling gigs one city at a time, and while I was shooting with the other model Roarie hung out on my studio couch and caught up on her email. I wasn’t aware of her work at the time and when I later saw her incredible portfolio I kicked myself for not working with her when I had the chance.

Nick Fancher 5/8/20 Nick Fancher 5/8/20

Remotraits Vol. 3

After a month of experimenting with these FaceTime/Zoom photo shoots (which I call Remotraits) I’ve really broadened the range of techniques and materials that I work with, resulting in a big variety of styles. Just in creating the images in the gallery below I worked with mylar, prismatic window film, rubber cement, honey, water, and trash bags. I love the painterly results I’m getting and can’t wait to do more.

Nick Fancher 5/4/20 Nick Fancher 5/4/20

Marissa Nadler: Remote Shoot

I recently hopped on a FaceTime call with Marissa Nadler to shoot some photos. I’d been a fan of her music since 2006, so I was super stoked to be collaborating with her. I shot through a range of materials, covering five setups in the hour-long session. After I sent over the images she decided to use the above photo for the cover of her new covers EP.

Nick Fancher 4/27/20 Nick Fancher 4/27/20

Remotraits Vol. 2

I’ve been doing remote photo shoots (Remotraits) for a few weeks now and they continue to evolve. I began by projecting the FaceTime or Zoom feed onto a backdrop and shooting through different materials and substances. Then I moved on to projecting the conference directly onto different materials to change the shape and add texture to the projection. After that I started placing different substances on plexiglass over a horizontal computer screen, allowing me to shoot through different liquids. I’ve really been enjoying these experiments.

Nick Fancher 4/20/20 Nick Fancher 4/20/20

Remote Photo Shoot with Code Orange

This past week I had the pleasure of photographing one of my favorite bands, Code Orange. The band was about to perform their album release show for their latest album, Underneath, right when COVID-19 hit the US. Rather than leave their fans in the dark, they performed in the empty venue and live streamed it for their fans. While I not only appreciated being able to experience their performance myself, I also resonated with their quick thinking and willingness to adapt to current societal conditions.

Nick Fancher 4/13/20 Nick Fancher 4/13/20

Remotrait Session with Aleksa Palladino

In my last post I described how I’ve begun to do remote photo shoots, via FaceTime. By hooking a projector up to my laptop while I’m on a call with my subjects— who are often not just in a different state but sometimes in a different country— I can project their face onto a backdrop in my studio. Then I shoot through a range of different materials and substances, throwing the subject slightly out of focus, which takes the focus off the poor video connection and puts it on the texture, helping sell the illusion that the subject was actually in my space. I’ve dubbed these portrait sessions “remotraits”…

Nick Fancher 4/8/20 Nick Fancher 4/8/20

Remotrait Sessions

Because of the quarantines currently sweeping the country and world creatives have had to get especially creative to make collaborative art in spite of distance. I’ve seen photographers shooting portraits of people from the sidewalk and through windows. I’ve also seen photographers shooting via conferencing apps. I, too, recently conducted my own remote portrait sessions, which I’ve decided to call Remotraits. After exploring a range of different techniques I found a sweet spot when I began shooting through different substances and materials (a technique I’ve been exploring in my Strata series this past year). The resulting images look exactly how they would had the subject been standing in my studio.