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This image is of an abandoned electrical panel at the site of a former coal mine.  Some friends and I were out exploring in the late summer of 2019.  Several members of the Monochrome Guild are involved in this historical documentary project exploring the remains of the coal industry in Alberta.  This project has been somewhat delayed due to the Covid pandemic.  We've been out several times, to numerous locations and have amassed a sizeable body of work.  There are a few more locations that we intend to visit together.  Then, once the shooting is complete, the selection process will begin.  We will cull the selection down to 20 to 30 of the best images, and then print them for exhibition.  We may also self publish a book.  

This image was taken near East Coulee, Alberta.  I used a 90mm wide angle lens on my 4x5 view camera, and shot on Kodak Tri-X Pan film.  Development was in PMK, a staining pyro developer.  That wonderful Tri-X grain structure is visible in this image, particularly in the sky.