Sonatas XI-3 (Meeting)

Being children, they’d embraced it all;
Accepted it; they’d heard the call.
They played the games of the Faerie Kind!
Children have a natural ‘Seeker’s Mind.’

I smiled then, at the memory -
Of the first time they’d played ‘Faerie Dance’ with me
I hadn’t realized what they were saying -
Till my wife said, “It’s ‘Faerie Dance’ they are playing!”

I had to suppress a laugh - but never the smile -
For a short time - again - with all of them - I was a child!
I asked, “Where are we going? Are we walking for miles?”
“Uppo! Uppo!” called the smallest girl, (I carried her for a while).

“You don’t mind, do you?” she asked.
I replied, “It’s my pleasure”
Every one of them is my treasure...

The photo was taken in June of 2017 with a Minolta X-570 35 mm SLR equipped with a 50 mm f/1.7 Minolta MD lens on Ilford FP4+ film. The negative was enlarged optically with a Beseler 23CIIXL enlarger and a 50 mm f/2.8 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.