exploration – donsalvo.org https://www.donsalvo.org Art and Photography Fri, 24 Jan 2025 16:54:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 145766237 Explorations in Chemigrams (Part One) https://www.donsalvo.org/2025/01/24/explorations-in-chemigrams-part-one/ https://www.donsalvo.org/2025/01/24/explorations-in-chemigrams-part-one/#respond Fri, 24 Jan 2025 16:54:37 +0000 http://www.donsalvo.org/?p=3284 Read More "Explorations in Chemigrams (Part One)"

]]> Camera-less photography is another avenue to explore. Spending time in the darkroom experimenting with a mixture of ingredients and a variety of processing steps. Lab time photo-experiments. The paper moves between fixer and developer and back into the fixer. Or the other way around. Every result is unique. The possibilities of adding and subtracting are endless. Playing with tape resists, stickers, silver markers and other improv ideas.

Folding, spraying

Using silver marker.
Slim sticky tape
Heavy sticky tape
]]> https://www.donsalvo.org/2025/01/24/explorations-in-chemigrams-part-one/feed/ 0 3284 Berlin with a Voigtlander Vintage Camera https://www.donsalvo.org/2024/11/29/berlin-with-a-voigtlander-vintage-camera/ Sat, 30 Nov 2024 00:27:53 +0000 http://www.donsalvo.org/?p=3314 In mid-2023, I was able to travel to Berlin, taking with me the Voigtlander Perkeo II vintage film camera. This is a wonderful and impressive machine. The lens is excellent. Definitely a keeper.

Berlin Voigtlander Perkeo II
Kodak Gold 200 Unter den Linden
Looks like the 1930s.
Marx and Engels remain mute against the backdrop of Berlin’s catholic cathedral.
The Reichstag seen from the river.
Germany’s political headquarters are modern and a bit lifeless.
Berlin Dom Fuji Reala 100
Fuji Reala 100 Museum Island, James-Simon-Galerie. This is a new addition to the Museum island.
Alexander von Humboldt, Ukrainian Flag, Kodak Gold 200
City Hall and St. Mary’s Church, Kodak Gold 200
Volksbuehne Kodak Gold 200
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