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The Shining Path

It feels strange to know you are staring down a path that leads to uncertain things, uncertain times.

Everything you see and hear tells you to take the safe path, the one that most everyone else is on, but for some reason you can't move that way. You find yourself staring at the other path, searching for the footprints of others, and luckily, you can see a few, just enough. It might all sound simple, but it's not.

Far from it.

"Why are you here?"

"Don't know."

"What are you doing?"

"Not sure?"

"Where are you headed?"

"Couldn't tell you."



11x14, Foma, 25 min second bath,

Photos From The Sun

I'm not sure who figured out this process, but kudos to whoever it was. Odd, crumpled, IMPERFECT, grainy, dusty, off-color, what else can I say. Solar prints.
When I was making these prints another photographer was observing....a "modern" photographer we shall say. I messed up the first few prints, experimenting with times, exposures, exploring the options to get what look I was going for.
This photographer got fidgety and said I should start calling around or searching the internet for EXACT directions and options to master this process.
"Hey, relax, messing up is part of the process," I said. It bounced off. They left to race home and "duplicate" the look in the computer.
I used the print wash water to water my plants.
The images are from Polaroid Type 665 and are of the missions in San Antonio.The process is unpredictable. I did straight prints, unwashed prints, frozen prints, overexposed prints, underexposed prints. And by the way, these images are just straight. Scanned, uploaded.