[Leica] Re: Ed Kowaleski

[Jim Brick <jimbrick@photoaccess.com>]

Ed, you just brought it home. This is what, for me, photography is about.
Everything you said brought back deep rooted memories. All of the stuff you
talked about, I've done, almost exactly the same way. Throughout the 60's,
I shot Pan-X and KB14 and developed in Rodinal 1:100. I had a Valoy, a 1C
and a D2. I used to make very large prints from roll paper as you did.
Developed in a shallow, long, tray. I rolled the print from one side to the
other (rolled it up one way, then back the other way.) There is indeed a
mystique and poetry about this kind of  darkroom work (and photography.)

Thanks for the memories Ed,

Jim


At 12:53 PM 2/15/99 -0500, you wrote:
>I still remember hanging 
>a Valoy II base from a ceiling joist in my darkroom, projecting an image 
>on the floor then unrolling Medalist paper from a 60" roll, holding it down 
>with masking tape, and making an exposure wit the Valoy II and the 
>older Focotar len.  I used to develop those prints in a trough I made 
>with epoxy lined plywood and broomstick stock to act as a holdown and 
>roller.  What a mess!
>
>One of these prints was made from a time exposure I took at night in 
>London in the early sixties with 50mm Summicron at f.5.6 and an M3 
>mounted on a table top tripod and set on a brick wall in Parliment Square 
>in London.  I even remember sthe expoures of 15, 30, 60, and 120 
>seconds on Panatomic X which I recall developing in Rodinal (1:100, 11 
>minutes at 72 degrees!).  There is a mystique and poetry about this kind of 
>darkroom work my words cannot eloquently express but I'll bet there are
still a lot of 
>darkroom workers on the LUG who have felt the same way.
>
>Regards to all, Ed Kowaleski