Laura Campbell Fine Art

I’ve made it half way through summer. Temperatures this month are staying steady above 100F and usually hover around 110F. My efforts to keep the swamp cooler running cold have proven useless, however, the low fidelity water cooling system in my darkroom is maintaining a temperature of 75F. That’s an accomplishment, in my humble opinion, considering the cold water here can trickle as hot as 120F. With the heat of summer compounding the isolation here, I’ve done little things to take the edge off like fixing the air conditioning in my Landcruiser, getting satellite broadband to stay in touch with the rest of the world, and installing a small A/C unit in my darkroom.  Those little things have made all the difference in the world.  The next gadget I’m springing for is a personal locator beacon since there’s no cell coverage here.  While summer has been a challenge I’ve put my time to good use and have been keeping things rolling along.  I’m completing my testing for BTZS, and I’m looking forward to applying this new workflow. I’m celebrating with a trip north to Bodie in August. Can’t wait to shoot 8×10 there.

Badlands

We made it out to Shoshone, CA, where we’ve rented a little house while I work on my new series in gravure. Took the Agfa 8×10 to Rhyolite yesterday. It’s great being back in Death Valley…

Notes: Agfa 8×10, Goerz Apo Artar 19″, Efke Print Film negative and interpositive in HC110,  KM-43, Nuarc 15/15, Charbonnel ink on Rosaspina, Takach etching press.

Scan of negative: Agfa 8×10, Goerz Apo Artar 19″, Ekfe print film, HC110 1:175.

Technical notes: Agfa 8×10, Schneider 420/240, Efke negative and interpositive in HC110, Charbonnel ink, Fabriano Rosaspina, Takach etching press.

Gravure, Pueblo No. 1
Technical notes: Agfa 8×10, Schneider 420/240, Efke Print Film in HC110 1:175. Interpositive was made using Efke Print Film in HC110 1:175, exposed on KM-43 plate. I used sepia as the base color, then mixed in variations of black applied using the à la poupée technique.

Two more scans of negatives made at the Pueblo.  Agfa 8×10, Schneider 420/240, Efke Print Film, HC110 1:175, N+.

Scan of negative, Taos Pueblo.  Agfa 8×10, Schneider 420/240, Efke Print Film, HC110 1:175, 7 minutes N-1.

Aiming for an adobe series of 8 before I leave for Death Valley National Park in the spring.  I’m really looking forward to being in my home state again, and my favorite national park.  California, here I come!

Scanned negative from Las Trampas yesterday. Agfa 8×10, Schneider 240/420, Efke Print Film ISO 25, HC110 1:175 for 11 minutes.