Sonatas XII-23 (Main Street)

An old building, bricks laid simply in a running bond design -
But the colorful patterns create such hypnotic diagonal lines.
Once “Louis Beck Motors”, a Willys Knight and Overland dealership
This building looks rather modern as you pass by on your trip.

I find the brickwork on this local electrician’s shop in Theresa, Wisconsin, to be almost hypnotic. It was originally the Louis Beck Motors Willys Knight and Overland dealership, selling cars, and offering tourist cabins to our earliest automobile travelers. The photo was taken in August 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.