Aaron C Packard

I took a break from making paintings… so I could paint this skeleton! I used a combination of Black 2.0 and Black 3.0 to upgrade a pair of plastic skeletons. Are you decorating for Halloween too?

#culturehustle #blackestblack #halloweendecorations #PaintItBlack #halloween

Now’s your chance to compete against other art collectors to win this little painting!

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#wheresmymedici #bemisbenefit #artpatron #brodalisque #art

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If the Internet requires me to spin around my artwork like I’m a game show assistant, then I’m dressing up for the occasion! Bro Sketch with Gold Curtain is part of the 2025 Bemis Benefit Auction.

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#wheresmymedici #brodalisque #paintingreveal #artauction #art

This screen capture begins with the green In the Moment logo and includes the title “An artistic tour of South Dakota” plus credits Lori Walsh, Ellen Kirsten, and Ari Jungemann. The black text reads, “Aaron Packard of Vermillion created this award-winning photograph while in Pine Ridge. The sunset in the background radiates up from the horizon with a red glow, passing through gold tones, and fades to a dull blue night sky. To create the warm orange light glowing inside the teepee, Packard positioned an intense light source, powered by a hidden generator. This light was synced up to his camera.” The lower right includes the photograph.

It was my pleasure to chat with Lori Walsh on In the Moment for South Dakota Public Broadcasting about my photography.

#sdpb #inthemoment #apaawards

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A screen capture from the Vermillion Plain Talk with the headline of, “Packard Receives Top Photo Honor From APA,” above a photograph of titled Intense Illumination in a Tent by Aaron C Packard. The photograph depicts a family shown in silhouette in front of tipi glowing orange with warm light during sunset.

Thanks to the Plain Talk for sharing this exciting news!

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#apaawards #southdakota #photographer #newspaper

Did you see @aaroncpackard.bsky.social’s portrait of @badhandbooks.bsky.social yet?

A menacing little triceratops skeleton toy bears its teeth in a sneer as it stands on top of a single magenta box of film, which reads, “Black & White Photographic Film, Arista 400 EDU DX, 135x36.”

I’m tempted to state that we “dig” black and white photography at Fotolab No.7, but I’m afraid you won’t like my bonehead puns.

#believeinfilm #classicphotography #paleontology #fotolabno7

A small stegosaurus skeleton toy poses in front of two box of 35mm film and a tiny plastic triceratops skeleton stands atop another box of new film within a white photography space.

You’re not a dinosaur if you use film. You are timeless!

Come check out all the new black and white film and color film we have for you classic photographers in southeast South Dakota.

#dinosaurs #kodak #ilford #fotolabno7

In this mediocre selfie, a nerdy art patron with a red bandana peeks into the lower left corner of a white walled art gallery filled with nice artwork, as a more handsome nerd peeks into the frame in the middle ground.

I was happy to teach an oil painting workshop to several brave students at the Arts Education Institute, and as a bonus I got to see the current Midwest Nice Art exhibition!

#artssd #midwestniceart #southdakotaartists

A mighty, yet plastic, Tyrannosaurus rex stands atop a pile of boxes of 35mm film to bellow a terrifying roar as a banner of film drapes in front of her in this photograph.

When analog photography ruled the Earth…

Traditional photography is still going strong here at Fotolab No.7 in Vermillion, South Dakota!

#fotolabno7 #TyrannosaurusRex #JurassicPark #filmphotography

A group photo of plastic dinosaur toys in front of a white background included a blue dilophosaurus with a lolling tongue, a violet stegosaurs, a red triceratops sniffing the air, a blue-green brachiosaurus, a small green sauropod who probably works at a gas station, a miniature blue ceratosaurus, an exuberant orange pterodactyl, and a wee little green velociraptor.

A photograph of extinct animals rendered as plastic fossil toys starring a beige stegosaurus and triceratops, who are surrounded by a blue parasaurolophus, a green dimetrodon, a blue sauropod, a red hadrosaur, a green triceratops, and red Tyrannosaurus rex.

A group of plastic prehistoric creatures cluster together in this photograph taken in a South Dakota photo lab. The lineup includes a green ankylosaurus, an orange Tyrannosaurus rex, a sketchy looking little red t-rex, a tiny violet stegosaurus, a brown and yellow parasaurolophus posing in the center, a dark green spinosaurus with a vicious smile, a small blue and green Dakotaraptor, and a startled looking orange pterosaur flapping their wings.

If you think bringing dinosaurs back to life is impressive, just wait and see what Fotolab No.7 has in store…

#dinosaurs #JurassicPark #dinosaurphotography #fotolabno7

A photograph created with a wide angle lens shows a suspicious character standing in the doorway of Fotolab No.7 revealing half a dozen single use cameras pinned to the inside of a plaid trench coat.

Psst! Do you need a disposable camera? Drop by the lab the next time you’re in Vermillion.

#fotolabno7 #disposablecamera #singleusecamera

It looks like Aaron is making his own fun at the lab! What’s the best thing you’ve made with a roll of film?

#fotolabno7 #believeinfilm #stopmotion #filmphotography

Just another day at the office…

#bestpartyanywhere #sturgisbuffalochip #sturgis

A vertical portrait of actor Aaron Allen dressed as Romeo wearing a white shirt and brandishing a sword, lunging within a dramatically dark park.

A horizontal head and shoulders portrait of actor Caroline Borio wearing a pink Juliet costume and leaning up against the dark bark of a tree in a moody park.

A horizontal photograph that depicts a small feminine hand reaching over a stone wall to be held by a larger masculine hand emerging from the cuff of a white sleeve.

Here are some of the photos I produced for the South Dakota Shakespeare Festival’s staging of Romeo and Juliet.

#sdshakes #romeoandjuliet #shakespeare

A few images of the amazing Kelly Yazdi from Camp Zero 2024.

Resting upon a light beige wood-like desk, and bathed in white light from the out-of-focus window in the background, a set of four small green and gold boxes that contain film are printed with text that reads, “400 TX, TRI-X 400 Black and White Negative Film, Kodak Professional.”

If you’re feeling particularly artsy today, you might need some black and white film… (How sacrilegious is it that Aaron photographed this black and white film in color with a digital camera?)

#fotolabno7 #blackandwhitefilm #kodakfilm #blackandwhitephotography

A small stack of 4x6” prints sit upon the catch tray of an Epson SureLab D1070 printer, and the top photo features the text “Fotolab No.7” in white overlaying a small heap of film canisters resting on a white envelope.

How long has it been since you last had photos printed?

#fotolabno7 #photographylab #printingphotos #photoprints

The world is burning… let’s make art.

#sunsetphotography #dystopia #sodak

Standing in front of an outdoor exhibition wheat-pasted to an orange wall, an artist beams whist holding a large framed photograph titled Night Watch with Maenads, which features nine dramatically lit dystopian dames ready for destruction.

A product mockup illustrating both sides of a white ceramic mug printed with the Night Watch with Maenads artwork along with a bouffant-ed skull logo.

I adore this latest addition to the Thunderdomesticity series! Aaron C Packard and I were lucky work with so many incredible people to create this epic post-apocalyptic photograph.

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#thunderdomesticity #wheresmymedici #art

A photograph taken in the studio of photographer Aaron C Packard of an Epson Surecolor P9000 with tools and repair materials strewn about in front of it.

Hey friends out there, my printer might be dead! 🤬
I will make the final verdict today…so, in that case, a new one will have to put on order today.
Might be putting out a big ask to buy some art to help out…

Artist Klaire Lockheart’s gloved right hand reaches into the frame of this photograph with a paintbrush to add a wee bit of shadow to a depiction of a green Doritos bag, resting behind a yellow Lay’s potato chip bag within a larger composition of a dramatic man cave.

I bought Salsa Verde Doritos for this painting because I liked the color of the bag, but they disappeared from the store immediately afterward. What’s a snack you used to enjoy but can’t find again?

Photo by Aaron C Packard.

#brodalisque #PKFGrantee #doritos #chips

As always, thank you for the photograph, @aaroncpackard.bsky.social!

Photograph of cool dude wearing a cowboy hat and a striped shirt smoking a cigarette in the shade of a horse trailer.

Cowboy, Pine Ridge, South Dakota.

Hasselblad 500cm w/80mm f2.8, Ektar 100

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A photograph of an un-maintained dirt road cutting between two fields of sunflowers with the sun shining like a star just above taken somewhere in South Dakota.

A stop on the way to somewhere else…
South Dakota

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Who do you think I am asshole Batman? I want them on a pizza!