Jay Boro Hall
SuzanneR

Jay Boro Hall

I was looking through some old work of mine today, and came across this picture that I made in 1982. It was the first b/w print I made that I thought was really good, I had been struggling with my printing up to that point!
Location
Brooklyn, NY
Equipment Used
Nikkormat with a 50mm lens
Exposure
not sure now...
Film & Developer
Tri-x in D76 (this may have been pushed to 800 but I can't remember now)
Paper & Developer
Agfa Brovira (remember that paper??) probably in Dektol
Inky noir shadows, headless amputated people, mysterious graffiti, more questions than answers, and plenty of room to maneuver for your imagination. Just the way I like it. If you can't spare a moment to stop and think some, then just keep walking, nothing for you to see here...
 
Beautiful print, Suzanne! Great visuals, and I love the person in the window.
 
And there's a face of another person in a newsstand across the platform between the train cars that I didn't notice at the time, but discovered when I was printing in the darkroom. Somehow, the things I miss, but the camera records that I discover later are part of the reason I love making photographs. Thanks for the nice comments.
 
I love the print; I didn't like the Jay St. station in 1982 though. You've pretty much caught it here.
 
Thinking further, a bit suggestive of a mental image cross between Conrad and Goetz.
 
Not sure there was much to like about the NYC subway system in the early eighties, except maybe for making pictures. Not sure I know those references, Joseph Conrad? Never read him, maybe I should, and Goetz? Do you mean Bernie? Anyway, thanks for the comments.
 

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