Under The Eiffel Tower

It's my birthday in a few days, so I bought myself a camera: Mamiya 645j. The body is beat up, true, but the camera has good karma, and that matters to me. I ran a role (Freudian slip, no doubt - roll) through it and it came up solid. It's always good for the work; get a new camera (format) and see things a bit different. I've been mourning the demise of Silverprint, and now have found a product by Rollei that so far is working just as well. Fantastic! I took a widelux shot I made in Paris a few years ago, and exposed it onto BFK Rives sheet and it looks good. This negative has a long story I won't go into. I recall the day under the Tower, it was crowded and cloudy as I reached the top of the Tower. I have images from there as well I will expose onto a large sheet with the hand-applied silver.

Imogen Cunningham

I stumbled upon what looks like a photographic print mounted on archival mat, with printing below: 9 American Masters of Photography...San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. l980-1981. I thought it was just a poster of some sort, but it actually may be a print. Two Callas. I'm reluctant to take it apart, but peeking inside I see it is actually a mat. It is a beautiful quality of print, and Imogen Cunningham is an influence of me personally. I found these great recordings of her on YouTube. You can find just about anything and anyone on YouTube these days, even old boyfriends. Who knew?

I love to search old junk stores and garage sales. I worked for a photographic art dealer for years, and that training helped me with what to look for in old photographs. I'm not always right, but sometimes I'm just lucky.