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developer made with coffee, washing soda, vit c

The overpasses

May 12, 2022May 12, 2022 by wp-admin

We pass this stretch of road every day. The road brings people on and off and down, and up and over. Concrete and metal and sometimes there is dead grass

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I was there but it was different

March 31, 2022March 31, 2022 by wp-admin

I visited the island and was there. I had memories on my mind of past experiences and used a box camera to record the time spent as I walked on

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Things you might do

March 28, 2022March 28, 2022 by wp-admin

It’s easy to get bored isn’t it? I know I’ll pick up a camera or my phone or recording device I have at hand and I just stare at it,

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landscapes ?

October 24, 2021October 24, 2021 by wp-admin

The photographs taken as “landscape photographs” really are not what was in front of the camera at all. Well, they are what was in front of the camera but that’s

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some of the buildings and structures in boston

September 2, 2018September 2, 2018 by wp-admin

i lived in or near boston for around 15 years.  and while it has changed a lot since i left ( 1998 ) it is still very much the same.

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boston cambridge

August 27, 2018August 27, 2018 by wp-admin

sometimes i drive to boston with a camera i stop at alewife station and take the T into the city about a year ago there were demonstrations on the boston

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ARAX60 !

August 26, 2018 by wp-admin

it seems that i have been asleep at the wheel for the past 8 months but i assure you i haven’t ! its been a really strange new year (

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late summer photographs

August 22, 2017August 29, 2017 by wp-admin

just a taste of what i have been doing lately. it includes using a cyclone #3 and empire state … as usual, i have been off the beaten path, i

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cyclone negative cyanotype

November 7, 2016August 30, 2017 by wp-admin

a couple of days ago i was making some more cyanotypes i loaded up some contact frames with waxed negatives to see if i could get a better print than i did

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hand tinted

September 29, 2016August 29, 2017 by wp-admin

this is a hand tinted image of a tree &c down the road from me.  it was made with either a 8×10 or 11×14 paper negative, i can’t remember which one,

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photo illustration sort of, PS colored photo reconstruction

June 13, 2016March 8, 2017 by wp-admin

a while back i made some paper negative from hand made emulsion the negatives were more like a collage of things, images, textures, brush strokes. i decided to scan big and crop

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hand coating xerox paper

May 6, 2016May 6, 2016 by wp-admin

i’ve been experimenting a little with hand coating a variety of different papers.  i have a stack of paper i was given 20 years ago that is slowly being  eaten

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new caffenol, new liquid emulsion

October 7, 2015March 8, 2017 by wp-admin

over the last 10 years i have grabbed the caffenol c bull by the horns and wrestled it to the ground.  soon after i was given the “teaspoon” recipe i

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quick and dirty processing for expired or ” no idea what kind of film it is ” film

February 6, 2015March 8, 2017 by wp-admin

as you might have read, if you have found this blog / journal i don’t typically use fresh film, chemistry or paper.  i am fond ofthe expired variety.  for the past

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last group of cups and plates

December 24, 2014August 29, 2017 by wp-admin

i had a mini project with cups and saucers and bowls and plates.  all taken with a large camera on sheet film, processed in coffee and print developer ..  scanned

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