Unfinished Frames
Test frames, chemistry mistakes, and rolls left unfinished. A short archival series about the useful parts of what does not work.
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Current series · June 6, 2026
A short walking series in a stand of coastal pines north of the studio. Vertical trunks, filtered light, and the same three paths returning.
View the series →Test frames, chemistry mistakes, and rolls left unfinished. A short archival series about the useful parts of what does not work.
Half an hour at the desk, every morning, photographed as a slow diary for one hundred days. A cup, a book, the same window.
A study of hand-lettered index cards from an old library drawer, photographed against a single sheet of warm paper.
Three nights photographed from inside the studio, looking up at rain moving across the skylight. Long exposures on colour film.
Photographs of the reverse side of postcards — the writing, the stamps, the light coming through the paper.
Slow Water Atelier is a small photography studio led by Ellis Vandermeer. Prints are pulled by hand in editions of eight to twelve, numbered and signed on the reverse.
The studio publishes two to four new series each year. Long-term projects — the canal path, the pine woods, the cedar shelf — are extended slowly and shown in small formats.
Enquiries about prints, portfolio sets, or upcoming shows can be sent to [email protected]. Replies usually go out within the week.