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Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 4:05
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Subject: Re: Vey quiet lately
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Do the rest of you have any plans for the
summer?
Marilyn
I'll be in France for five weeks, leaving
late June. See some relatives and friends. Tke lots of
pictures.
Prior to going, I'll be working on
another giant pinhole project. This time, I'll be shooting what is
essentially the last "Hot" building in the almost defunct Red Light district
of Montreal. The building will be torn down to make room for another
large building that will be housing - among others - the new international
photography center.
I'll be working from across the street,
in a corner room of what is now a respectable hotel but used to be a "by
the hour" place. The final image will be a tryptic - each part
consisting of two panels (4 feet by 8 feet) of a paper negative image
(Ilford Warmtone DW Glossy). Hence there will six panels altogether and
after cropping, the total width will be 18 feet.
Because the room points to the South
East, I have to wait for the afternoon to start expsosure. Each group of
two panels requires about 3 hours of exposure (of which two are spent dodging
the central area to allow appropriate exposure in the
extremities). Therefore I can only expose two groups of two panels
before the light becomes insufficient. Processing, washing, toning, etc.
requires about 1 hour per panel and my day will end somewhere around
midnight.
Since I plan to create 3 of these
tryptics, and factoring in the time to set up the room, make tests and undo
the room, I count a full week of work for me and 2-3 assistants.
Do I get paid? Not until I
have found somebody with a big checkbook to buy one of the
tryptics. Will I want to do more?
Of course... Its really fun...
Guy
