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BetweenStorms
Landscape studies, Dane County, Wisconsin — sky and land in the narrow calm between two severe storms.
Nikon D700 | Nikkor 50mm Ai 1.8 | Custom Kodak based preset
Paul Lackner is a visual author whose work begins where documentation ends — films, photographs, and motion built from light, time, and the weight of specific places. Wisconsin and Montana. One eye.
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Work
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DescendingBlueMoonshineTitleSequence
Color treatment and grading of archival film, editing, effects, hand drawn rotoscoping, layer blending
Adobe After Effects | Adobe Premier
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MontanaTroutClub'94
Sneak peak from an upcoming series using images taken in October 1994 in the Beaverhead valley.
Nikon FM | Nikkor Ai | Ektachrome 200
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Apollo11.Series
Motion design, treated archival footage, hand drawn rotoscoping, special effects, typographic design, layer blending and grading
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LindsayForesight&Stratagem2026
Motion, generative images, design, effects, typographic design, layer blending and grading
Client: Lindsay Foresight and Stratagem
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AmericanPlayersTheatre2026BookOfSummer
Creative direction, digital collage, illustration, graphic design heavy layer blending and typography combine with analog and generated imagery
Client: American Players Theatre/Planet Propaganda
Recognition
Annuals + Magazines
Lürzers Archive, Graphis Annual, Communication Arts, Society Of Illustrators, National AD Fed, AWWWARDS, Art of the West and Wildlife Art News
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