Silver & Water

There is an interesting story that goes with this picture.  What you are looking at is a giant photographic silver print, that has been kept in a water bath (seen in the foreground) for a long time, until it deteriorated. Then the print was lifted out of the water and hung up to dry. This is part of an exhibit of landscape photographs called "Silver and Water" presently at Eastman House. The photographs in this exhibit are giant pinhole photographs, taken from inside a shipping container that was driven across the United States.  The interesting thing about this photo is that the original subject of the photograph is not recognizable, but it has become a beautiful object with an abstract image on it.  It is surprisingly beautiful, and I would never have expected that, if you had described the process to me.  Please click on the image to see it enlarged.