Nick Fancher's Blog, page 15

The Great American Road Trip

A couple weeks ago I booked a shoot in Los Angeles but given the extremely high numbers of covid cases I decided to avoid the airports and turn it into a road trip. Though I had made a similar cross-country trip twenty years ago with a friend, this time it was a solo trip through...

34 West Theater Co. 2021 Season

This was my 11th season working with 34 West Theater, who are based in downtown Charleston, South Carolina. Over the years we’ve grown be be good friends and I always look forward to seeing what we create together. What I love about them is their willingness to improvise. Though ...

Plants and Plastic with Chyna

I’ve collaborated with Chyna a dozen times now, and we’ve since become friends. She recently came by the studio and we chatted about work, life, and plants, among other things. I had recently propagated one of my plants by splitting it into two pots, one of which I gave to her. B...

The Unmasking: Shoot, Print, Shoot

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The Thin Red Line

I met Maya several years ago when I was shooting her senior fashion show collection at CCAD. When she me post some images from my trauma series she reached out and asked to participate. As I did in the other sessions I asked her to bring a number of photos that represented her tr...

Elegance of Form

I kept it simple in this shoot with Angela. No fancy camera or lighting techniques. Just focusing on mood and form. I decided to use a fern and a piece of wood as props in a few shots. For the last setup we popped outside since it was unseasonable warm and sunny, and shot in a ne...

Print Sale

Print sale! I have a bunch of 8x10” prints that need a new home. $50 shipped (US only). Payment accepted through Venmo or PayPal. Comment below or email me if you want one (include a screen cap or description of which image you want). First come first served.

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Self-Portrait at 40

It’s taken me 40 years to find myself. Here’s to 40 more.

The Fort, From Above

Heres a short video I made just for fun. This is The Fort a sprawling warehouse on the south side of Columbus, where my studio resides. I love how its simultaneously a massive and impressive landmark yet still somehow modest and understated. For decades its sat vacant, just two miles from the city center, waiting to be re-discovered. Now its home to over 50 small businesses, including my own, all of whom celebrate the layers of history that coat the walls and windows within.

Music: "Planets"...

Traumatic Portraits: Integrating the Past and Present

Ive struggled with depression and anxiety for as long as I can remember, and Ive tried everything from medication to dietary changes to shake the issues. In 2017 my therapist suggested that I had survived an abusive childhood but I laughed it off, listing a number of pleasant memories as a counter argument. However, in the years that followed, the more I read about trauma and how the body writes that terror to our DNA, I began to accept the truth and reframe my history. 

One of the first...