Sorrow
Selenium Toned, Silver Gelatin Print, 1995
Self portrait, and the first photograph that I ever sold. Sold at a small gallery in Rock Creek Park that was in a house. Each one is unique because it is so hard to print a super high contrast image like this consistently. That one was my favorite, so I had trouble letting go of it.
No manipulation of image here. This is Kodak TMax 3200 film pushed to 12800 (2 stops). Very hard to print but I printed with contrast in mind while still retaining some tonality.
This image is called "Sorrow" but I wonder if it should actually be called "Shame."
Side Note - this image is actually painting with light as I kept the shutter open for about 16 seconds and moved the light under my face and shoulders. I had to "imagine" how the light might look. This was film too, so was many hours before I knew how this came out.
TMAX 3200 pushed to 12,800
Sorrow
Selenium Toned, Silver Gelatin Print, 1995
Self portrait, and the first photograph that I ever sold. Sold at a small gallery in Rock Creek Park that was in a house. Each one is unique because it is so hard to print a super high contrast image like this consistently. That one was my favorite, so I had trouble letting go of it.
No manipulation of image here. This is Kodak TMax 3200 film pushed to 12800 (2 stops). Very hard to print but I printed with contrast in mind while still retaining some tonality.
This image is called "Sorrow" but I wonder if it should actually be called "Shame."
Side Note - this image is actually painting with light as I kept the shutter open for about 16 seconds and moved the light under my face and shoulders. I had to "imagine" how the light might look. This was film too, so was many hours before I knew how this came out.
TMAX 3200 pushed to 12,800