Sonatas XII-12 (Main Street)

Long ago, iron ore was discovered near this fine town
It gave work to the miners and The Place all around.
Making folks prosperous, they built houses, stores, and community spaces
Our Main Street welcomed families to shop and see friendly faces.

A section of the west side of North Main Street in Iron Ridge, Wisconsin. This area was the location of extensive iron mining in the 19th century, feeding ore to early local foundries, as in nearby Mayville. The photo was taken in July of 2019 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.