Monday, February 26, 2024

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This is the most satisfying print I have produced in my dark room class.  It is the result of a happy film accident.  I was shooting with Washi Z film, which is apparently quite thin.  I was in a hurry to take the second shot, and apparently didn't advance the film properly, so on the contact sheet I noticed that these two photos had the merest whisper of a gap between them, and looked like a purposeful diptych.  Beth Trabue Gorham helped me find a negative carrier that would work with two side by side 35 mm negatives - and when we looked at the photo on the enlarger easel, we were both pretty excited.  I made about 5 prints, each with slightly different dodging/burning. They were all FINE to tell the truth, but this one is slightly better IN PERSON.  Digitizing the print loses a smidge of its values, but thought it was worth sharing. 

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