Last night I printed for 5 hours in the darkroom and I cannot imagine anything else…

Last night I printed for 5 hours in the darkroom and I cannot imagine anything else that I’d rather do. At night when I arrive home I lay my prints to dry on the wood floor in my bedroom. Fiber prints cannot go in the dryer and need to dry on a hard flat surface. The best thing about it is waking up in the morning to my last night's prints; what a great start!
I’ve been working for a few months now on a “rundown with a classic camera” series.
I think this one print in one of my favorites so far. It is a picture taken in South Central L.A. (recently renamed South L.A.) with a flipped-lens Brownie box camera on Arista 400 film. It is 10"X10” print on 11”X14” Arista fiber matte paper which I chose for this assignment as it has a nice warm tone appeal to it.
South L.A. (from the Rundown series) Camera: Brownie Film: Arista 400

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10 Responses to “Last night I printed for 5 hours in the darkroom and I cannot imagine anything else…”

1. Joshua Evan Powell says:

   December 2, 2011 at 10:17 am

   Really beautiful!
2. Matt says:

   December 2, 2011 at 2:22 pm

   This looks great. Thanks for sharing. I feel exactly the same way about spending time under the dim orange lights. The brownie is a great camera and it’s a lot of fun to carry around.

   I have this site in my RSS reader and I enjoy reading your posts. Keep them coming!
3. Pj McArdle says:

   December 2, 2011 at 5:31 pm

   Nice work. I love my Brownie Hawkeye and am having a great time rediscovering the real art of photography.
4. Matt Weber says:

   December 2, 2011 at 6:47 pm

   I agree!
5. Reina Elliston says:

   December 2, 2011 at 6:47 pm

   That photo is scary beautiful. It feels like it was taken about 50 years ago. Two thumbs up.
6. Nitsa M. says:

   December 2, 2011 at 6:50 pm

   its funny you define this rundown scene as "beautiful"
7. Joshua Evan Powell says:

   December 2, 2011 at 11:01 pm

   Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
8. katsoucy says:

   December 3, 2011 at 6:42 am

   Passion! I love it.
9. Sepia Prince says:

   December 5, 2011 at 9:15 am

   I have GOT to build me a darkroom. Serious thing…serious artwork, Nitsa.
10. Don Ciomei says:

    December 10, 2011 at 11:04 am

    Great! I must say you're better than most.