Lakeside Dream - photogravure print - The Weekly Edition

Lakeside Dream - photogravure print - The Weekly EditionI had been thinking of making this picture for some time, ever since I first came across the location. I went out one morning with a model and set about organizing the photograph I had been imagining. All was set, my 4x5 camera was ready, the model balanced on the rock, I made the picture. Later after developing my film I discovered a large bird had happened into my frame. I love serendipity. This hand pulled photogravure, print is made with

The doorman standing out front felt like a plus and I could not help to wonder what was inside

I make pictures along the way

Quiet light

it looks hand sawed from a sheet of copper plate

and another local photographer ( I rarely do this but this day was an exception)

A face I noticed in a Bordeaux alleyway

This book will be housed in a cloth covered slip case along with a folio containing a 13th photogravure print not included in the book

I distinctly remember moving to Portland in the Spring and being stunned by the trees and beauty of the leaves

on Rives BFK paper

the birthplace of the renowned Oban Distillery

I made the print small on a large sheet because it felt right for this

4"x 4" inches on an 11 x 15