Saltwater & Stone https://en01.maplethicket.sbs/ A photo archive by Levi Rourke. en Walking the hills with a film scannerhttps://en01.maplethicket.sbs/photographs/walking-the-hills-with-a-film-scanner/https://en01.maplethicket.sbs/photographs/walking-the-hills-with-a-film-scanner/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 01:00:00 GMTLooking back, the grainy approach was the right call. A roll of patient frameshttps://en01.maplethicket.sbs/photographs/a-roll-of-patient-frames/https://en01.maplethicket.sbs/photographs/a-roll-of-patient-frames/Sun, 16 Aug 2026 02:17:00 GMTI shot most of this series on a single roll, half of it in fading light. It took me two attempts to see the pattern. A short guide to walking with a camerahttps://en01.maplethicket.sbs/photographs/a-short-guide-to-walking-with-a-camera/https://en01.maplethicket.sbs/photographs/a-short-guide-to-walking-with-a-camera/Fri, 01 May 2026 15:04:00 GMTThe soft part is seldom the hard part; consistency is. Small, repeatable steps beat big plans almost every time. Why street corners still mattershttps://en01.maplethicket.sbs/photographs/why-street-corners-still-matters/https://en01.maplethicket.sbs/photographs/why-street-corners-still-matters/Wed, 01 Apr 2026 19:41:00 GMTOvercast days are underrated; the light wraps around all of it. Things I got wrong about shooting filmhttps://en01.maplethicket.sbs/photographs/things-i-got-wrong-about-shooting-film/https://en01.maplethicket.sbs/photographs/things-i-got-wrong-about-shooting-film/Sun, 30 Nov 2025 10:49:00 GMTI shot most of this series on a single roll, half of it in fading light. Thanks for reading, and for the gentle observations that keep arriving. One lens, one springhttps://en01.maplethicket.sbs/photographs/one-lens-one-spring/https://en01.maplethicket.sbs/photographs/one-lens-one-spring/Mon, 21 Jul 2025 08:36:00 GMTA friend once described overcast days as still work, and the phrase stuck. I shifted my mind about overcast days twice while writing this. Small fixes for patient film stockhttps://en01.maplethicket.sbs/photographs/small-fixes-for-patient-film-stock/https://en01.maplethicket.sbs/photographs/small-fixes-for-patient-film-stock/Wed, 14 May 2025 02:27:00 GMTI shifted my mind about film stock twice while writing this. The best advice I got was plainly to slow down. A slower way to think about grainhttps://en01.maplethicket.sbs/photographs/a-slower-way-to-think-about-grain/https://en01.maplethicket.sbs/photographs/a-slower-way-to-think-about-grain/Sun, 09 Feb 2025 14:42:00 GMTI shot most of this series on a single roll, half of it in fading light. Shooting shadows on a light meterhttps://en01.maplethicket.sbs/photographs/shooting-shadows-on-a-light-meter/https://en01.maplethicket.sbs/photographs/shooting-shadows-on-a-light-meter/Mon, 14 Oct 2024 03:48:00 GMTIf something here is unclear, that is on me, not you. Field notes from the ferry terminalhttps://en01.maplethicket.sbs/photographs/field-notes-from-the-ferry-terminal/https://en01.maplethicket.sbs/photographs/field-notes-from-the-ferry-terminal/Sat, 17 Aug 2024 01:12:00 GMTA loupe helps, but it is not the point. What nine years of shooting film taught mehttps://en01.maplethicket.sbs/photographs/what-nine-years-of-shooting-film-taught-me/https://en01.maplethicket.sbs/photographs/what-nine-years-of-shooting-film-taught-me/Mon, 29 Jul 2024 12:33:00 GMTThe first seven weeks were chiefly about unlearning.