A Dark Room

Bowral, 2017

Reflections on Black & White Photography Continued…

Now that we are accustom to photographing the life out of everything, consider the time we once had to have faith in mechanical devices, in rolls of film and the many chemically induced processes that follow, to all align perfectly to reveal our pre-visualised image.

This state of delayed gratification (or anxiety, sometimes) was once common in the experience of making a picture and more aligned with ancient ritual, where skill and craft take precedence over grabbing stuff aimlessly and where a dark room was a sacred place for the artisan.