Sonatas XII-26 (Homes)

A house, on a Victorian city street,
On the balcony, gingerbread-corbels beneath your feet.
Whimsical siding that looks like lace -
Clothing the house in Queen Anne’s grace.

Elaborate woodwork on Mayville, Wisconsin, Victorian. It’s Interesting how the first owners/builders valued such ornamentation on otherwise ordinary houses. Maybe not to modern tastes, but give them credit for their aspirations. The photo was taken in January of 2018 with a Minolta XG1(n) 35 mm SLR equipped with a 50 mm f/1.7 Minolta MD lens on Ilford HP4+ 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.