at work

I’ve spent the past few days manically printing images of Japan, swimming, and teaching art. With all that’s been going on, both with travel and with family, it feels comforting to be back into a routine again.

The Japan portfolio should be available for viewing soon. I have a few more days of making work prints, and then I’ll be in the editing process. This may be on of my last ventures into the darkroom.

Yesterday, I was told by a photo store salesman that Kodak has stopped making black and white paper. I took a look at the shelves, and they were indeed barren. Everything has been moving over to digital or some time, but now the stead-fasts , like me, are being driven by crisis to re-evaluate putting anymore energy into traditional photography.

I’d be okay with transferring over to digital. I’m not concerned so much with quality, as I feel that the medium is a means to an end. It’s the cost of a digital slr, and a quality printer and inks, and the worries over backing up data and storage of digital files.

It seems that every August I get inspired to make art, and am brimming with ideas. This year is the first year in many that I don’t have something new beginning to preoccupy me. I feel wonderful that I have this time, and I am supposed to be spending it making work.