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Bridge 2 is the current title of this next image I am offering. I have been trying to decide whether to offer catchy titles to these prints or to offer something more mundane. I guess by calling this particular one Bridge 2, I have made the latter decision.
This print falls into the abstract area of the bridges project on which I am working. That being the case, assigning a name that is suggestive of some of the things that I see in the image might distract the viewer from their own imagination. Different sections of this image are suggestive to me, but examining it now (and attempting to ignore the dust that was introduced by the scanner) I am seeing things that I had not previously noticed. For instance, from the vantage point where I shot this image it looks like the water that flows from the spout located in the middle of the top of the image must get caught by a funnel below and to the right of it. Of course this is not the case, but at this moment my eyes keep going to that area and wonder what is going on there.
This is “almost” a final print. I have been using cheap paper that has characteristics very similar to Ilford MGIV, though the base is quite different, that has allowed me to try a number of alternate versions of the print before creating a final print on the Ilford paper. (This cheap paper is actually quite nice, but I do like the Ilford better.) The final print will be very similar to this, but I see a couple of minor nits that I will correct with SpotTone.
The time since my last entry has been probably longer than any previous gaps, but it is time to begin posting again. I have been quite busy, which is a good thing. I have a show of current work at Slayton House in Columbia, MD and will have an entry in Maryland Federation of Art‘s next show.
The project on which I am working deals with bridges, especially in and around Baltimore. Over the past several months the idea has been percolating and has morphed into three general categories, strength, beauty, and the abstraction that lies between the two. This particular image is in that latter category, as will be the case with the next several images that are presented. For those who know Baltimore, these initial images were found under the Russell Street exit.
When one begins to think about what is required to allow a massive number of vehicles to remain suspended or transported over an area, it quickly becomes incomprehensible. Add to that the requirement that the structure needs to continue to funciton in all conceivable weather over a long period of time and I am amazed that it is even possible.
This is from a series of images that that were taken under the bridges that move traffic in and out of Baltimore.
It has been a while since I made an entry here, but that has not been because I have been sitting on my hands. I was one of 30 photographers out of more than 250 to be selected to show at FotoDC Flash and dropped off four prints for next month’s show. I also have a solo show coming up in April in Columbia, MD, about five miles from where I live, so that will be rather convenient.
I have been developing ideas for my next project and have been shooting test shots for it. The project can go in several directions but for now I am shooting under the bridges in Baltimore as a start. The test shots have been with 35mm film, but my guess is that I will shoot the project in medium format and print large (16×20″), something I seldom do.
The first image is of a drain spout on a somewhat rainy day. This was printed on Oriental Portrait Warm Tone paper, which I love, but I do not have as much of this discontinued paper as I wish.
