Photography purists often scoff at the concept of video game photography, but interdisciplinary artist Sam Bulleit might change minds with his process that turns in-game photos into cyanotype prints.
“At the beginning of the pandemic, everything came out from under me. There weren’t any shoots, the studios were closed, my work dried up, my campus had shut down,” Bulleit explains. “Being stuck inside, I got pretty desperate for entertainment and I’d started watching my roommate play video games all day. He’s the one who showed me Ghost of Tsushima.”
“I’ve never been a big gamer, but I’d wanted to play that one. I was totally sucked in by the beauty of everything. Tsushima reminded me of the magic I’d once seen so easily in the world around me here in Chicago, and I owe a lot of very real experiences to that place,” Bulleit says. “The artists over at Suckerpunch Studios who develeoped this game really made something special here.
“That can give you control over all kinds of things, even the weather conditions or the time of day. However, I made it a rule to limit myself to basic controls like my focal length and depth of field. It’s just more fun that way.” “Then I’ll coat the paper with an emulsion, which is by far the most complicated part. I’ve spent quite a bit of time practicing different coating methods and studying different kinds of cyanotype chemistry which gives me a lot of control over the shape and texture of the print,” he continues.
“Some of these prints come out easily, but there are others I’ll put upwards of 12 hours into before I consider it ready. Each one is 100% unique and can’t be replicated either.” in the world. I’m not the first or last to do it, and I do hope to see it get more popular. These virtual parts of our life are becoming increasingly more intertwined with our ‘real’ world around us, whether they be our video games, social media apps, favorite podcasts, or whatever else,” he says.
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