Monday, May 16, 2011

Seeing Double (Sandwiched Negatives)

This project did not require a specific roll; rather, I attempted to take different negatives from different rolls (from this semester and last semester) and combine them to create a unique image. This was incredibly challenging, as the two images needed to compliment each other perfectly in order for the result to be effective. If one edge of one was lighter or darker than the rest, then it could create an abnormality in the overall image that could be very distracting. I tried multiple developing techniques to try and get them to work, but many of them did not turn out well.
This is an example of a negative that was too opaque. Because the flowers in the vase was so dense, it completely eliminated the lower half of the statue image.


I spent a lot of time working with this image. The problem was that the right side of the landscape was darker and therefore created a darker side of the image, which was very distracting. I tried developing the darker side of the image for less time, but since the change in lighting was gradual, this only created a solid line where I had pulled the paper partially out of the developer.

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