When I was studying
photography at university there weren't a lot of women in the program. All the
guys seemed to be in a competition to have the biggest, baddest, fastest camera
possible. While I appreciated the shiney and new as much as the next gal and
had my share, my interests were otherwise. I was fascinated by the old and the
low tech and spent a lot of time experimenting with pinhole and toy cameras.
Today, they are all the rage but back then it certainly wasn't! My fave class
was Historical and Experimental Processes where we recreated the bygone
techniques of early photography, even making our own photographic paper. Most
of my work has continued in that vein.
Here is one printed
on hand coated platinum paper (most photographic paper used silver) and then
hand colored.
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