Artica 2025
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What a weekend! Artica is a two day festival of art, community, music, and dance that culminates with the burning of a large wooden effigy, not unlike Burning Man. However, no money or commerce of any kind is allowed, it’s volunteer run and led, and family friendly—all of which sets it very much apart from the commercial, drug-fueled juggernaut Burning Man has become. This was my first year attending, and it’s now one of the events I will most look forward to. Below is a mix of medium format film and full frame digital.
105mm | f/??? | 1/??? | ISO 400 (Pentax 6×7)
50mm | f/5.6 | 1/1000 | ISO 320 (Canon R6ii)
105mm | f/??? | 1/??? | ISO 400 (Pentax 6×7)
105mm | f/??? | 1/??? | ISO 400 (Pentax 6×7)
105mm | f/??? | 1/??? | ISO 400 (Pentax 6×7)
105mm | f/??? | 1/??? | ISO 400 (Pentax 6×7)
50mm | f/2.2 | 1/16000 | ISO 1250 (Canon R6ii)
50mm | f/1.4 | 1/8000 | ISO 1000 (Canon R6ii)
50mm | f/1.8 | 1/800 | ISO 320 (Canon R6ii)
50mm | f/1.l8 | 1/640 | ISO 320 (Canon R6ii)
50mm | f/1.8 | 1/50 | ISO 500 (Canon R6ii)
85mm | f/1.8 | 1/80 | ISO 400 (Canon R6ii)
50mm | f/1.2 | 1/40 | ISO 6400 (Canon R6ii)
50mm | f/1.2 | 1/40 | ISO 400 (Canon R6ii)
50mm | f/1.2 | 1/40 | ISO 5000 (Canon R6ii)
50mm | f/1.2 | 1/40 | ISO 5000 (Canon R6ii)
50mm | f/1.2 | 1/40 | ISO 2500 (Canon R6ii)
50mm | f/2.5 | 1/80 | ISO 1600 (Canon R6ii)
50mm | f/2.5 | 1/80 | ISO 1600 (Canon R6ii)
105mm | f/??? | 1/??? | ISO 400 (Pentax 6×7, probably shooting at f/2.5 and 1/30 but I’m not sure. Also the cover image to this post, at a similar stage of burn shown here, is digital)
105mm | f/??? | 1/??? | ISO 400 (Pentax 6×7)
50mm | f/2.5 | 1/400 | ISO 51200 (Canon R6ii)
50mm | f/2.5 | 1/400 | ISO 32000 (Canon R6ii)
50mm | f/2.5 | 1/400 | ISO 32000 (Canon R6ii)
This was the exact moment the whistle blew, letting the crowd know they could run around the burning pyre.
50mm | f/1.2 | 1/400 | ISO 32000 (Canon R6ii)
50mm | f/1.2 | 1/400 | ISO 32000 (Canon R6ii)
50mm | f/1.2 | 1/400 | ISO 32000 (Canon R6ii)
50mm | f/1.2 | 1/400 | ISO 32000 (Canon R6ii)
50mm | f/1.2 | 1/400 | ISO 32000 (Canon R6ii)
50mm | f/1.2 | 1/400 | ISO 40000 (Canon R6ii)
