Brandon Burkley

brand archive / 35mm field study

FIELD
NOTES
001

OPEN / CLOSED

35MM ARCHIVE / SUDBURY, ONTARIO / 2026

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A city is full of instructions.
Open. Closed. Stop.
Keep out. Keep moving.

Shooting film again changed the pace. The difference is time. The patience. The things you notice.

film / waiting / evidence / ordinary light

01 / OPEN SIGNAL

001

colour frames / off white archive field

chapter 01

Colour Signals

Bird perched on roof — 02 / PERCHED

Bird perched on roof vertical — 03 / WATCHER

Scotiabank street scene — 04 / INSTITUTION

We are open neon sign — 05 / OPEN

Old Pepsi sign — 06 / OLD SIGN

Green downtown structure — 07 / GREEN STRUCTURE

black and white frames / black archive field

chapter 02

Black Evidence

Rolls Royce hood ornament — 08 / OBJECT OF DESIRE

Black car hood — 09 / CHROME KEEPS RECORDS

Vintage windshield and dice — 10 / ONTARIO 1963

People walking downtown — 11 / WALKERS

Railings downtown black and white — 12 / THROUGH BARRIER

Downtown sidewalk black and white — 13 / EMPTY WALK

Moon over glass building black and white — 14 / MOON OVER GLASS

field note

Black and white makes the city feel less like a place and more like evidence.

colour frames / after light

chapter 03

After Light

Road with headlights at dusk — 15 / ROAD STUDY

Green illuminated structure — 16 / GREEN LIGHT

Bench and green structure — 17 / PUBLIC FURNITURE

Emergency lights downtown — 18 / BLUE SIGNAL

Street lamps at night — 19 / STREET LAMPS