photography and its discontents

1930's studio photographer

gelatin on glass negative, printed 1970′s, Don Friedman

found photograph, rescued from the trash bin of a 1930′s society photographer’s studio. a relative was cleaning out the store and Don retrieved and restored a few of the gelatin on glass plate negatives. at the upper left the damaged gelatin shows up as a trace of the original process. this print was a gift to me and became one of my treasured stories. here the scan reveals the bride in her glory, though the original print is so dark that she and her calla lillies are barely visible. who was she? was she happy?

-a scan of a platinum print of a photographic negative of a gelatin negative on glass of an original bride

wall, costa rica 2004

thought this was an old movie poster until I enhanced the text. olimpia is an indoor tennis club with 3 locations – who knew – probably named after ping-pong became an Olympic sport (1988). what I thought was a Spanish cowboy hat is a ping-pong paddle.