The Machete Man Print

You remember Casny’s Merc, right? I shot it back in 2022 when the family and I were holed up at his place on Maui. There was this one photo that always stuck with me—moody as hell, deep and rich, the car cloaked in black and surrounded by a riot of Hawaiian foliage. I loved it, but I never had the guts to print it. Too tricky. The exposure, the contrast—it’s a damned shadow game. And I’m no magician.

But I gave it another go. Twenty test prints later, I finally coaxed it into something that hums off the paper. Not perfect, but close enough to make the hair on my arms salute.

I now have five of them to give away. Signed and numbered. You just have to pay shipping.

Shot with a Leica M7 and a 35mm Summilux on Portra film.