I did some running around yesterday but, got back into the darkroom for another session. I made about 30 prints. I still have another 30 or so to make on Friday. I went searching thru some old, seriously old, negs and found a couple worth printing. They are from 1966-67. I used to go out the SoCal desert north of Palm Springs on a regular basis. The pics are from one of those trips. They are also unusual because they’re 35mm negs and I don’t even remember what 35mm camera I had back then. Once I bought my 6×7 – 6×9, I never went back to 35mm except for making slides. Although I’ve had some of my major pieces done with my 35mm camera I always have to have internegs made (copy negs in 4×5 in.) so that a large-scale print can be produced from a small film source. I wanted to find some really nasty, scratched, dirty, negs from back then to make prints to see what they might look like. No time so far. I have some with water damage and scratches.
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