I had toned all of my silver prints with selenium. This brings out the blacks and whites and makes them pop as well as extending the grey-scale throughout the image. Unfortunately something happened and I eneded up having fingerprints all over them. Disaster. Calamity. I was all set to re-print 10 pieces in one week, a job that has taken me all term to accomplish. Then an excellent fellow photographer told me to take a small step first. Bathe the images in water for 5 minutes and them rub off the prints with my fingers. She’s an ace that one. Worth emulating if only for her humility and modesty.
Success! Now all I have to do is spot my images, matte them and I’m done. My digital work is finished as well.
There is bad news, however. A fellow student’s family member has died in America and he has to leave to attend the funeral. This is a big blow to our small community and it is more of a shock coming as it does so close to the end of the term. He’s an excellent sort–a poet–young, full of piss and vinegar and a devotee of Jean-Paul Belmondo…that he knows French New Wave cinema at his age is a credit to him. I wish him god-speed, safe travels. May he write dangerous poetry forever. Write when you get a chance Johnny. I’ll keep an eye for your name in the press.
More to come…
JDCM
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