What Remains

shot on Kodak 125PX.

Ball of yarn and empty can of spraypaint at an abandoned trailer park in Detroit, MI.

This image is a scan from a print that I manipulated in the darkroom. First the image was printed in the darkroom. The image was then scanned. I then used Photoshop to manipulate the image to give it a vintage feel with scratches, grunge, etc. I made aninkjet transparency and used that as a digital negative where I then contact printed it onto Oriental glossy fiber paper.

I feel that the arrangement of two unlike objects creates an interesting scenario/composition. Like a yin and yang. You have the ball of yarn representing one force. It is positive. It symbollizes hope and creation. And then you have the empty spraycan. This object is a discarded tool of vandals. It represents destruction/decay and diminishing hope.