Victory Portrait Studio

08/11/2026

“Dr Hammond, the phones are working!”

08/02/2026

08/02/2026

24 March 1945
Robert Capa October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954
Combat photographer Robert Capa at an airfield at Arras, France just before taking part in a jump with paratroopers of the US 17th Airborne across the Rhine into Germany.

"Hungarian war photographer, photo journalist and also the companion and professional partner of photographer Gerda Taró. He covered five wars: the Spanish Civil War, the Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II across Europe, the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and the First Indochina War. He documented the course of World War II in London, North Africa, Italy, the Battle of Normandy on Omaha Beach and the liberation of Paris.

'Operation Varsity'
The first planes carrying the 17th Airborne took off shortly after 0700, with the last getting aloft just before 0900. The airborne lift included a total of 9,387 paratroopers and glider-borne soldiers, carried aboard 72 C-46s, 836 C-47s, and 906 CG-4A gliders. This, combined with the British airborne armada of nearly 800 aircraft and 420 gliders, carrying over 8,000 soldiers, stretched nearly 200 miles and took thirty-seven minutes to pass a given point. The two formations rendezvoused in the skies near Brussels, Belgium, before proceeding to the drop zones 100 miles away. In addition, nearly 1,000 Allied fighters escorted the transports. For those watching below, including GEN Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, it was an impressive display of Allied might. MG James M. Gavin, commander of the 82d Airborne Division, who had never witnessed a major airborne operation from the ground, called it “an awesome spectacle.”

(armyhistory.org)

08/02/2026

Work progresses at the Portrait Studio today!

07/30/2026

The first two pictures taken in our new studio space- testing the Lomograflok back for 4x5 Polaroids this afternoon while finishing up the ceiling work!

07/29/2026

I think film feels special again within society due to the rise of AI. People are going analog because they’re craving tangible things. Everything is digital, everything is instant, everything can be generated, and everything is perfect and polished. People want to go out and make something themselves again, something with imperfections, mistakes, and beauty- all things that we crave in our lives.

Film sales have grown 127% since 2020, with Gen Z (under 25) buying 41% of the analog film being sold in 2026. This isn’t just a phase, this is a whiplash moment against the AI boom.

Victory Portrait Studio is a space just outside Denver, CO where we can teach classes, shoot portraits, and develop in a traditional darkroom, and share this space with others who want to get into film photography!

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07/27/2026

Developed some more film this weekend! A few shots scanned by my iPhone from the Springfield National Cemetery in Springfield, MO.

Shot on a 1938 Contax II, Kodak Tri-X 400