Film Photography - Documentary Stories, Weddings, and Long Form Work

Kelsey Smith

Turning the ordinary into something extraordinary.

Film photographs rooted in nostalgia, quiet social shifts, liminal spaces, and the beauty between moments.

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Over a decade of film photography. Honest stories, shot with feeling.

Based in Georgia and serving the Southeast

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Person in a lace dress holding a bouquet of white roses, baby's breath, and greenery, with visible tattoos on her arm and red nail polish.
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Recent Work

some interesting light 📷: Leica M6 🎞️: Lomography 800
some interesting light 📷: Leica M6 🎞️: Lomography 800
some suburban frames 📷: Leica M6, 35mm Summilux FLE 🎞️: Lomography 800
some suburban frames 📷: Leica M6, 35mm Summilux FLE 🎞️: Lomography 800
Surreal 📷: Leica M6 🎞️: Cinestill 400D
Surreal 📷: Leica M6 🎞️: Cinestill 400D
A day at the aquarium 📷: Leica M6, 35mm Summilux f/1.4 ASPH 🎞️: Lomography 800
A day at the aquarium 📷: Leica M6, 35mm Summilux f/1.4 ASPH 🎞️: Lomography 800
schools out
schools out
the game // the ghost
the game // the ghost
light // longing
light // longing
the sacred // the ordinary
the sacred // the ordinary
I felt like it was a good time to say hello and reintroduce myself! 💛☀️ I’m Kelsey, a film photographer and artist based in Georgia. My work usually leans toward the quiet and nostalgic. Small towns, fading light, and the kind of moments that
I felt like it was a good time to say hello and reintroduce myself! 💛☀️ I’m Kelsey, a film photographer and artist based in Georgia. My work usually leans toward the quiet and nostalgic. Small towns, fading light, and the kind of moments that feel both familiar and a little uncanny. I shoot mostly on film with my Leica M6, and I’m pretty obsessed with Lomography 800 (it’s almost impossible for me to use anything else tbh haha)! When I’m not out taking photos, I’m usually editing, writing, hiking, or overthinking something existential. I love exploring backroads, getting lost in small towns, and chasing that strange mix of melancholy and beauty that hides in ordinary places. If you’re new here, welcome! If you’ve been around a while, thank you so much for sticking with me and I mean this wholeheartedly when I say it truly means the world. (This was also an excuse to post some weird, experimental stuff I’ve been playing with lately, and also a cute video of my dog haha)! 💛
what remains // what was lost
what remains // what was lost
some interesting light 📷: Leica M6 🎞️: Lomography 800 some suburban frames 📷: Leica M6, 35mm Summilux FLE 🎞️: Lomography 800 Surreal 📷: Leica M6 🎞️: Cinestill 400D A day at the aquarium 📷: Leica M6, 35mm Summilux f/1.4 ASPH 🎞️: Lomography 800 schools out the game // the ghost light // longing the sacred // the ordinary I felt like it was a good time to say hello and reintroduce myself! 💛☀️ I’m Kelsey, a film photographer and artist based in Georgia. My work usually leans toward the quiet and nostalgic. Small towns, fading light, and the kind of moments that what remains // what was lost

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  • "Kelsey's warm, editorial-style imagery stirs up deep-seated feelings of nostalgia, capturing moments that reverberate with an evocative resonance."

    @Ethan.Uncurated

  • "Kelsey's work is straight up nostalgia personified. It's as if you're revisiting cherished memories you never even knew you had."

    @Amslebrun

  • "I'm a huge fan of how Kelsey sees the world around him. He has this incredible ability to turn the ordinary into something beautiful."

    @BriscoePark