Experiments

Experiments are what allow us to grow, to see beyond what is, to what can be.
Many, though not all, of these images are one of a kind, done in the darkroom.
All images are links to larger presentations of the image.

. The Lonely River
Pinhole camera effects, but done with the enlarger, in the darkroom, from a "regular" image.

. Polaroid (tm) Transfer
The only one I have tried.
I believe the softness and texture adds to the image.

. Dancers at The Edge of Time
These are 2 inch tall children's toys, soldiers, cowboys, indians, animals;
re-assembled and placed on a window sill.
The "sun" is from a black and white sketch.
Multible exposures
Color is from painting with food coloring, then textured by dribbleing water onto the print.

. Far Shore
A double exposure onto the paper from two negatives.
The glow on the horizon is due to the overlap of masks. Serendipity!

. Non-conformal
Multible exposure from 2 negatives.
A figure study,
but more a social commentary

. Venus at Dusk
A pun.
The original was shot near noon. The image then printed to look like evening.
The moon and the "star" are from another slide.
The "star" really is the planet Venus.

. Shenandoah Moonrise
Made from three exposures onto color paper,
two from black and white negatives, the "moon"from a slide.

. Magic Forest
Double exposure, in camera, in and out of focus.

. Splash of Autumn
A double exposure, in camera.

. Aspen Violence
The explosive effect (visible in the larger image)
is from cranking the enlarger out of focus
during the last half of the exposure, spreading the image.

. Fire-tree
A half hour exposure at night to capture star trails,
the tree meanwhile "painted" by my flashlight.

. Snow Geese flying
Snow geese photographed at 1/8 sec to create a more abstract impression of motion and flapping wings.

. The Cherry Orchard
Another pinhole camera emulation.
though perhaps too detailed for presentation at low resolution.

Comments, questions, suggestions etc. to Rein Karp

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