Curve XXII by E.Kelly

The metal obelisk in this photo is a public sculpture known as "Curve XXII", by Ellsworth Kelly. It is located at Fullerton Ave. and Cannon Dr. in Chicago. While walking past in September of 1982, I was struck by how the afternoon sun reflection was banded across the curve of the sculpture. After much jockeying, I managed to catch the rays of the sun as they shimmered from the corner to the base. The photo was taken with a Ricoh Singlex TLS 35 mm SLR equipped with a 55 mm f/1.7 Prinz Auto Rexatar lens on Kodak Panatomic-X film. The negative was enlarged optically with a Beseler 23CIIXL enlarger and a 50 mm f/2.8 Rodenstock Rodagon lens on Agfa Multigrade Classic MCC111 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.

8" x 10" Print