Sonatas IX-17 (Presto Appassionato)

We climb to the top of the ridge - find a place and peer through
The hawks fly above us; we try to see things as they do.
I tell my love to look “Out there! There is Cumberland Falls itself!”
She smiles at the view, sighing, “I’d never have made it up here by myself.”

“Of course you would have, with maps, if you wanted to –” I said,
“Maybe so,” she answered, “but by the Sun we were led.
We were touched by the Sunshine - it did guide us today.”
I held her hand - I had shown her the true Seekers way.

“Do you see the distant people, Love? Over there - on the left?
They’ll never have the view we have without serious hiking and treacherous steps.”

The photo was taken in June of 2019 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.