Room at the Top of the Stairs
Shawn Dougherty

Room at the Top of the Stairs

6x7 silver gelatin contact print.

The print itself is a bit of a departure from the negative which has full detail throughout and prints 'normally' at grade 3. I envisioned a high key look with very little being black except the chair. Most of it was printed at Grade 4 with some burning at Grade 4 and Grade 0.

The print itself has detail everywhere except the center of the two window sections which are just off paper white.

My girlfriend and I were both a little creeped out by this room and it's lone chair when we moved into the old farm house... for me this portrays those feelings.
Location
Leechburg, Pennsylvania - USA
Equipment Used
RB67, 65mm C
Film & Developer
Kodak Plus-X, Thornton's Two Bath
Paper & Developer
Ilford MG Classic FB, Dektol 1+2
Is this print for sale?
  1. Yes
Shawn you don't have to mention the negative detail throughout. You chose to print it this way to convey your feelings and it works. It has a sort of magic in highlight details alone, with an interesting perspective and composition.
 
cliveh said:
Shawn you don't have to mention the negative detail throughout. You chose to print it this way to convey your feelings and it works. It has a sort of magic in highlight details alone, with an interesting perspective and composition.
+1, very nicely done.
 
hope you burned a smudge stuck, or at least had milk and cookies for the ship that landed outside !
like a film still, beautiful stuff shawn -
john
 
thanks fellows! I had to look up smudge stick, john. That wasn't what the beings from the ship called it when they lit up....
 
hey shawn ...
yeah, i'm not sure the aliens care too much for sage
... but the "others" in haunted buildings i lived in seemed happy afterwards
john
 

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