Nostalgia - Polymer photogravure print - The Weekly Edition

Nostalgia - Polymer photogravure print - The Weekly EditionI feel a bit funny about using the word nostalgia to describe the feelings I have about things from the past I never myself experienced. Still, this odd word best speaks to me about why I am so drawn to images and ideas from the time before I was born. My favorite model for this work Devon showed up with the hat and I had borrowed my mother's stole. It was perfect and I made this picture with my 8x10 camera and a petzval lens from the 1870s. This hand

you will learn how to take your original photographs and print them using etching inks and an etching press

Time plays a simple role in photography

6 separate hours for $ 500

and I am reminded of how vast the landscape is to this small being

I have printed this with an ink color and tonal range that reminds me of old albumin prints from the history of photography

7-1/2 x 9-1/2 on an 11x15 sheet

I simply could not resist these trees I noticed in a park in Copenhagen

I printed an edition of 8 numbered prints

7"x 7" inches on an 11 x 15

signed and dated by the artist

5" inches on an 11 x 11" sheet

This was a break from the canvas backgrounds I usually used at this time