When you reach elder age, life gets really interesting in ways not even thought of earlier in life. I continue to make progress with the gum printing, which, at this time is about the only printing I'm doing at this time. Not that I have a definitive plan on it.
This image is one of my older ones, shot forty years ago while visiting an old building in central Oregon. At that time, I photographed subject matter that simply captured my attention. I was also mostly printing silver gelatin enlargements, and had only begun making gum prints. Also at that time, I was hesitant to print this image, wondering if it was an image worth printing. Same as now. Difference being now, I'm printing it in gum as I had originally visualized the setting at the time.
As Edward Weston noted, concerning viewing an image was to be "the strongest way of seeing" said print. The interesting part of that being that tends to be a bit subjective, leaving the photographer to interpret it the best way they can, at the time. That was mine.
Simple print image of an actual doctor's bag, in use at the time, in a rural setting. This print was eleven printings and even more color mixes, using split color print runs. The bag was not a doctor's 'black bag', but a natural color leather bag; as I remember it. What I had of the image was on a b&w negative.
Gum Dichromate Print ~ Unique
"Doctor's Bag" 8"x10"
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