Sonatas XII-88 (Farms)

A little stone building – Oh! what can it be
It’s too small for a barn, but there’s a hayloft, see?
Could have been a smokehouse, with a chimney and a different roof long ago
Or maybe it’s a secure storage house, it would be hard to break in you know.

A nice little stone building in Ashippun, Wisconsin, it looks almost like a restored historical building from sites in the East, such as Pennsylvania. It’s almost out of place here. The photo was taken in September of 2016 with a Pentax 67 medium format SLR equipped with a 105 mm f/2.4 SMC Pentax 67 lens on Ilford HP4+ film. The negative was enlarged optically with a Beseler 23CIIXL enlarger and a 100 mm f/5.6 Schneider Componon-S lens on Ilford Multigrade FB Classic Double Weight Fiber Base silver gelatin photo paper. Processing was done archivally using Kodak chemistry, with a final toning with Kodak Rapid Selenium Toner, treated with hypo clearing agent, and washed in an archival washer.

All aspects of this print were handled in an authentic, pre-digital manner. Archival processing will ensure the maximum life span for this print.

This print (1/25) on 8” x 10” paper is available for purchase, mounted or unmounted. Please contact me if interested. Thank You.