CURATED PHOTOS | FEBURARY 22, 2016 | MICHAEL BEHLEN

This week's curated photostream features photography work that falls under the theme of "After Dark". I chose this theme specifically because of its vague nature in hope to spark the imaginations of the the photographers participating in this week's theme, as well as the viewers. Please enjoy the photos below that were captured by photographers roaming in the dark. 

"A cloudless night like this
Can set the spirit soaring;
After a tiring day..."
-W.H. Auden

There will be no theme next week, we want to see a variety of photographic works submitted to be curated by Amy Jasek! Submission guidelines can be found here! Submit your photos here!

Kyoto After Dark | Mamiya 7II /w 65mm Lens | Cameron Kline

After Dark | Minolta TC-1 | Frederick Chen

After Dark II | Minolta TC-1 | Frederick Chen

Untitled 2004 | Mamiya RB67 /w Sekor C90mm Lens | Jordan Urie

Play it again Sam | Hasselblad 500cm | Ralph Whitehead

Polaroid Vortex | Polaroid Land Camera 100 | Fuji FIlm FP-100c | Howard Sandler

Untitled | Leica M6 /w Zeiss 35mm f/2.8 Lens | Lilly Schwartz

Mandarinone | Holga 120 | Jocelyn Mathewes

There are other worlds, but they are in this one | 6x12 Pinhole Camera | Jesús Joglar

Nara Fire Festival | Mamiya 7II /w 65mm Lens | CameronKline

Michael Behlen

Michael Behlen is a photography enthusiast from Fresno, CA. He works in finance and spends his free time shooting instant film and seeing live music, usually a combination of the two. He has self- published two Polaroid photobooks--“Searching for Stillness, Vol. 1” and “I Was a Pioneer,” literally a boxed set of his instant film work. He exhibited a variety of his photos at Raizana Teas, a Fresno tea room and health food store; his work there, “Polaroid Prints of Landscapes and Strangers,” was up for viewing during the months of June and July, 2014. He has been published, been interviewed, and been reviewed in a quantity of magazines, from” F-Stop” and “ToneLit” to “The Film Shooter’s Collective.” He loves the magic sensuality of instant film: its saturated, surreal colors; the unpredictability of the medium; it’s addictive qualities as you watch it develop. Behlen is the founder and Publisher of “Pryme Magazine.” You can see his work here: www.dontshakeitlikeapolaroid.com