On February 24th I returned to the darkroom and continued printing for the Apparitions project. This time around I worked on a couple of different negatives. The prints of the priest's collars and duffel bag are from the same negative. These were taken in an abandoned train station at the abandoned Shandro Museum. This building has since been relocated to another historic site in St. Paul.
I couldn't decide if a tighter crop was better than the wider view. The wider shot includes some empty spaces, that add to the feeling of desolation, but I'm not sure if they add anything to the image. I will consider both of these prints for the Apparitions project. However, I understand that my colleague Arturo has printed a similar image, so perhaps his ends up included, and mine end up being passed over. So be it....
The other image was taken on the same date, less than an hour prior. One can only imagine why a child's doll would be left lying on the floor, together with a hatchet, in the upstairs room of a train station. Or perhaps we can not imagine why...? In my mind that is why this image holds some intrigue. It is destined to be included in Apparations, while the others, perhaps not.....?
Keep in mind that these snapshots were taken with the images in a tray of water, being held in advance of further processing. The reflection of the safelight is visible in some of the snapshots. At the point that these snapshots were take I had not yet toned the images, or done any localized bleaching. The final prints, in my mind at least, are a little better than these snapshots suggest.
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