u/Skwiddensky

Original photo by Alfred Cheney Johnston of a most graceful pose by early American actress Clara Bow. I picked up an original 1937 copy Alfred's photography book "Enchanting Beauty" recently and I intend to take some high-res scans out of it to print and hang.

I'm going to rework my DIY UV exposure unit as soon as possible. Currently it shines downward through this thick, heavy glass. I use the weight of the glass in lieu of a proper vacuum frame to try and get a good seal between my plates and the positive transparency, but it's hit-or-miss, mostly miss around the edges. My idea is to flip the whole unit upside down, glue a thick piece of foam to a board, then use clamps to press the foam into the plate and transparency, hopefully mimicking the force of a vacuum while evenly applying pressure through the foam pad.

Not too disappointed in this one, but I've still got work to do.

Hope you're well ✌️

Print of a photo by Alfred Cheney Johnston, jazz-era photographer. Red accents added by hand. Still dialing in my digital process for images with delicate shadows, tough to keep them intact, especially without a vacuum frame for exposure.

I'll be doing a whole series of Johnston's work soon and will post them here. Hope you're well ✌️

11x14 two-plate photopolymer photogravure, black and sepia. Registration is my mortal enemy. I'll get it right one day.

Found this picture in the public domain and I think it says something.