Along the Road
_Along the Road is a series begun as a technical exercise in tri- and quad- color gum dichromate printing, registration, and color. I wanted to find a denser, darker, more saturated way to work after my working in desert landscapes for several years. All of the images come from remote areas of Western New York State. Abandoned farm gardens mix with natural wild flowers all along the roads. A Sense of forlorn melancholy mixed with exuberant life and joy permeate the place. The visual chaos and uncanny peace draw me back to it time and time again.
Gum prints, an alternative photographic process from the 1800’s, are photographs made from exposing watercolor pigments, gum Arabic and light sensitive dichromate. Each image is hand printed in multiple registrations from cyan, magenta, yellow and black (CMYK, quad tone), or Red, Green, Blue ( RGB tri-color) digital negatives on watercolor papers. The colors blend optically to produce full color images.