Aaron C Packard

@aaroncpackard.bsky.social

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Fine Art/Commercial Photographer who is now opening an artisan photo lab. https://fotolabno7.com https://aaronpackard.com

This vertical video clip begins with the cover of the 2026 Collector’s Edition of South Dakota Magazine, which has the title printed over the top of a green riverscape backdrop. A human hand opens the magazine to an article titled “Photos to Last Millennia” as the view pans down to a platinum-palladium portrait of John Banasiak created by Aaron C Packard.
A vertical video montage, including paved and gravel roads, documents a photographer’s commute to work, which requires him to stand on top of his transit van along with traipsing through the countryside.
A vertical video montage beginning with flat scenes in eastern South Dakota, moving toward the topography of western side of the state, culminating in a photography setting up a tripod atop his transit van.
A video montage of gas prices posted on gas station signs and pumps across South Dakota.
A copy image of a monochromatic platinum-palladium print featuring photographer John Banasiak wearing his trademark white cap and posed with a camera in front of the Vermillion Civic Council thrift shop.
This copy image of a platinum palladium print shows artist and art historian Carol Geu in grayscale, with the Missouri Valley Basin in the background.
A video that flips between four photographs by Aaron C Packard of dramatic, post-apocalyptic Shakespearean actors behind text that reads, “Heiresy, April 17, 5-7 pm, Le Mars Arts Center.”
A collage of four photographs by Aaron C Packard of dramatic, post-apocalyptic Shakespearean actors, illuminated by artificial light, standing amongst trees during the South Dakota Shakespeare Festival’s production of Othello.
A copy image of a platinum palladium print featuring a black and white portrait of printmaker Dennis Navrat seated in front of the Missouri River.
A black and white photograph of a large American flag billowing over a crowd of protestors in downtown Vermillion, South Dakota.
A copy image of a Platinum Palladium Print, showing photographer John Banasiak posing with his camera in front of the Vermillion Civic Council thrift store.
A photograph of photographer Aaron C Packard heroically posed in front of Central Camera, the oldest camera store in Chicago.
Photograph of palladium prints hanging to dry in a photographic darkroom.
A vertical poster centers on a red raised fist below black text that reads, “closed in solidarity with Minnesota,” and the bottom edge reads, “January 30, 2026.”
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.
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.
A vertical video montage beginning with a photograph of a model with blonde hair billowing in hero wind, sitting on a motorcycle backwards, parked in front Bear Butte underneath a blue sky; then a video clip of photographer Aaron C Packard using a Sony a7R V camera outdoors at the Buffalo Chip on photoshoot; and finally the 2025 Buffalo Chip poster, which includes a photograph of a model perched on the back of a motorcycle under the text “Sturgis Buffalo Chip,” alongside a vertical list of bands in a white font, and above a horizontal row sponsorship logos.
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 vertical video clip begins with photographer Aaron C Packard behind a Sony a7RV at the Missouri River documenting the smoky sunset caused by Canadian wildfires, and then the video switches to his bright red sunset photograph over the water.
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.
Photograph of cool dude wearing a cowboy hat and a striped shirt smoking a cigarette in the shade of a horse trailer.
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 screen capture from Fotolab No.7’s website includes a horizontal photograph of a stack of rolls of film standing in front of a camera above the text “Old and Expired.”
An achromatic animated gif of a surly photographer wearing serious glasses and leaning on his elbows, as the background bounces from side-to-side.