Yes, still working in the darkroom today. Yesterday I gave it a break though. I decided to look through ALL my negatives and pulled out some images from 1966, 1967, early 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2002-03. I even found negatives I *stole* from my father probably from 1952-53 of my brother and myself. Since my sister isn’t in those negs, it probably means she wasn’t born yet. I also have pics from being in Disneyland in the late 50s that I took. I also have pics of my sister and mom taken in 1959-60. I didn’t have any real interest in photography as something I wanted to do in my life at that time. I was more interested in science, oceanography (after moving to Calif.) and, geology. But, not having any schools that took little black boys serious about such interests it was just a personal thing. I have been interested in writing and the written word since the mid-50s because of my mother and grandmother.
Anyway, all of the images are nature oriented with most of them having been taken outdoors. Some were studio setups where all the plants were dried using macro lens. There are also some animals included again, all studio setups and deceased, and macro lens. One of the most interesting is a baby pigeon that was pushed into the wall of a nest that fell out of a tree. I carefully pulled the skeleton out and photographed it before it eventually fell apart.
What’s really interesting for me is seeing this as a body of work over 30+ years gathered under a thematic umbrella. I printed 3 images of each negative totaling over 100 (8x10in) prints to be mounted in a random order into a large grid onto the museum wall. When viewed from the main floor it should become a large abstract mosaic until viewed up close. This museum has ceiling easily 20 ft. high.
