Revery - photogravure print - The Weekly Edition

Revery - photogravure print - The Weekly EditionAs I contemplate making portraits, often it is a symbol, or mood that I am after in addition to the likeness of the sitter. A universal gesture that we all can relate with when seeing the picture. It was the combination of the quiet expression, exquisite light and the linen shift that moved me at this moment. This hand pulled photogravure print is made with Charbonnel carbon black, raw sepia, and warm sepia inks with a dash of Charbonnel sanguine ink

My children tease me that most of my landscape pictures are titled " Tree and Fog" what can I say

" Dealing with you"

I feel a bit funny about using the word nostalgia to describe the feelings I have about things from the past I never myself experienced

I worked its way for around a year before I tired of cutting 8x10 sheet film down in the dark

17 years later I can still remember the session and the conversations we had

a first really in my journey as a printmaker

This hand-pulled photogravure print is made with Charbonnel noir 55981

10 x 12 on a 15 x 20 sheet

7" x 7" inches on an 11 x 15

5on an 11x15 sheet

4x5 platinum print:

I work far less in this genre now and make few new negatives like these