Solarisation

had a slight accident with the notes i made on the back of the prints. I wrote in fineliner and it was transferred to the print, but I think it looks ok on some of the prints. It's like its adding another perspective to the images, like how jim Goldberg asks the people he photographs to enlighten his viewer about the person in the picture.

After using the water on my image as a technique to add deterioration, I thought back to my first year of darkroom experimenting and the time I spent experimenting with solarisation.  I thought it would be interesting to see how it would change the image. I was also curious about how the image would change if I wet the paper first and then solarised the page again. First time few times I tried this method, you couldn't see this image very well through. It was suggested that I increase the time and contrast on my original image, because when you use the sabbiter process its better if the photo is stark in contrast so it become easier for the process to pick up on. The top image is an example of the experimenting I did with the photograph. I like how silvery and cloudy it is, and also how it looks like there is some kind of mist around the figure, concealing it, and adding an extra barrier of protection. I think this technique is something to explore at a later date, but as it is quite an extreme and uncontrollable technique, I don't think it's something i want to use right now. 

Darkroom Experiments Part 1

These were my first experiments in the darkroom. I wanted to give them a painted look. As if the images were coming to life, moving and jittering around the page. Watched the ring before I experimented with this image, so it's possible that the where Film was being stretched was to see what was at the edge was quite an influence.

In my first Critique it was suggested that I could put my digital images on to acetate and print them out in the darkroom. This is a reverse image from the acetate. I accidentally scratched the acetate before I printed this, but I thought it looked quite interesting, so I scratched alittle bit more into the image around the edges. The scratches and other subtle scarring in the image reminds me of Sally Mann's work. It's as if you were piecing together the image, the cracks and other imperfections are coming together to form the person.

To darken the area around the edge of the cloth I printed over the area twice, moving the position of the paper slightly the second time round. I wanted