Sanctuary
Shawn Dougherty

Sanctuary

6x7cm silver gelatin contact print

Another from a series photographing in the old farmhouse my girlfriend, and now both of us are renting.

This was made on our window porch where we have a couple of small, two seat church pews, a little iron bistro table and quite a few plants. We call it the sanctuary, take most meals there (when it's not too cold). It was during dinnerwhen I decided to make this image. It's a window to the outside opened across another looking into the dining room. Given those the things and the obvious cross created in the foreground and I thought the title appropriate.
Location
Leechburg, PA - USA
Equipment Used
RB67, 90mm C
Film & Developer
Tmax400, Rodinal 1+150
Paper & Developer
Ilford Classic FB, Dektol 1+2, selenium toned 1+100
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Mondrian in black and white. Beautiful with religious overtones.
 
Sweet, Doc. I'm really drawn to the luminosity of the highlights. It's beautiful and peaceful.
 
Love this one, Shawn. I'd also like to say how much I admire how you contact print all of your work. I think contacting small negatives takes guts. Requiring the viewer to get intimate with the work (rather than going large) shows a lot of confidence in your image making.
 
your contact prints are something to behold, and THIS is no exception !
i love the graphic nature of this ...
i agree with clive, but too many rectangles, de stijl'ers theo van doesburg and piet mondrain would be happier if everything was pure-squares ...:wink:
 
Lovely work Shawn, there is a great sense of depth created between foreground and background and the cross element is very eye catching.
 
Thank you fellows. =) I'm committed to the small contacts. In person they have a jewel-like quality and a certain presence which has a way of inviting the viewer to look closer... occasionally I make small enlargements of my favorites but contacts are my primary medium.
 

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crosswindows_500hc.jpg
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Date taken
Thu, 14 August 2014 6:05 PM
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407px x 500px

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