1/23/2006

Canyons of New York v2.0


Canyons of New York

It began with a shot from the Empire State Building. I began futzing with it in idiotic ways: first putting heads of people on the buildings in a Monty Pythonish way. Then I threw that away and forgot about the shot completely. In the middle of the night, I remembered the shot of the Grand Canyon and wondered how the two shots would look if they somewhat melded together.
Got out of bed - almost in a trance - made the adjustments - and went back to sleep. The next morning I looked at it again and thought - it is interesting in that sort of comic-book New Yorker magazine cover sort of way. But it's still pretty rough.

I've spent most of the day working with the roll of Museo Silver Rag. The stuff is beautiful but I'm still struggling with some issues that I think are related to it being on a roll. I'll discuss once they've been solved. No show-stoppers. If the paper was available for sale today, I would be the first to order a bunch.