The last two days...

Jun 22, 2008 15:48


...have been spent joyously wallowing in Cyanide and Lavender Oil, breathing Ether fumes and staining my skin with Silver Nitrate. The end result is this:


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desiringmachine June 23 2008, 01:02:27 UTC
that is very cool

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simianiam June 23 2008, 18:24:39 UTC
Thanks!

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muy bueno! coffeeshakes June 23 2008, 05:26:46 UTC
this is a beautiful photo/ image/ print....
and i am SO very happy to hear that you are in love with photography again, that just made me smile really big.
((kick as shirt by the way))

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Re: muy bueno! simianiam June 23 2008, 18:40:27 UTC
It's a tintype - frickin' gorgeous in person! All the chemicals are hand mixed and poured on to the plate, the image is shot while the plate is still wet, and there's zero grain! You could scan that and blow it up to billboard size without a loss in image!

I figured you'd like the shirt - it's my way of pourin' one for my homies...

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merosen3 June 29 2008, 19:29:54 UTC
i don't know a thing about the technical aspects, and won't mention that i don't believe cyanide and ether are very good for inhalation, but the end result really is beautiful...

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Thanks! simianiam June 30 2008, 08:42:56 UTC
I can't wait to get into this more...

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