Camp Rambynas

St. Casimir’s Parish in Los Angeles is home to many groups, including the Lithuanian Scouts Association. Every summer, these scouts travel to Camp Rambynas, located in Holcomb Valley at an altitude of 7,000ft, just outside of Big Bear Lake in the San Gabriel Mountains in Southern California. The camp typically includes approximately 100 scouts and a team of parent volunteers who live among the pines in tents for ten days. 
 
As an artist in residence, my goal was to capture the spirit of this place and include it in my series St. Casimir’s Parish. I converted a small storage space into a temporary darkroom and developed approximately 40 glass plate negatives. Subjects held their poses with long exposure times ranging between 10 and 45 seconds. Some scouts could “freeze” for the duration. However, many excited children could not.