Thursday, September 15, 2011

when a NEGATIVE is a positive


gentle reminder
negatives are not what they seem
when softened with stillness


(that is the 5"x7"negative propped in the window...)

9 comments:

  1. Very cool ... The backlight really adds depth to it. Is that printed on vellum? Gorgeous :)

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  2. that's the actual negative propped up in the window...i'll add that above. thanks kimmie and valerianna.

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  3. It's funny to think of negatives since I mostly do everything digitally now. It gets sent right from my camera to my computer and sometimes to a storage device but I rarely use a negative at all. It is kind of a wonderful thing to look at and see. Everything is reversed...black becomes white when printed, white becomes black. A bit like life when you think about it and "The Shadow Effect" that I have been reading of late.

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  4. I think negatives like this are pretty scarce unless one works in the darkroom and I think you do - and placed in the window for the light to shine through really does make this a positive- shine a light- moment... and the crystals in front help too.

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  5. Negative or positive, sometimes it is hard to tell.

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  6. Seth took the words right out of my mouth!! Love old negatives.....

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  7. What an amazing negative, I am surprised your photo is the actual one. Beautiful, and your words to ponder as well. Roxanne

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