Revenge? Spite? A Photo - Mural Somewhere in Morocco, Working with liquid Emulsion [edited Repost]
Travelling Morocco for 3 months brought me close to (and over) my limits. I thought I'm that tolerant guy who can handle anything... Out of spite (and what's a better source for creativity than spite?!) I decided to leave a huge mural on one of Morocco's tourist attractions. And to top it up, I choose 3 self-portraits, two of them aimed to be a bit in-the-face of local culture: Me quite naked, and me wearing the traditional Chellaba like a Jedi.
Sorry if I step on someone's toes with that. But I tell you,
after these 3 months my toes were a bloody mess!!!
So I coated the wall with light sensitiv emulsion , exposed the b/w negs
using my large format camera as a projector, and sprayed the chemistry
for developing and fixing, plus a lot of water onto it.
A rough picture in a rough surrounding: How appropriate!
Close Up. On the right side you can see me as the mayor (old story). In the middle you
have me showing a lotta skin. On the left, barely visible, me as a Jedi (with a light sabre).
The set up; I needed a huge dark-tent for that one. Due to it not being
100% light proof, I still had to work during the night.
Everytime I apply the base-white, I feel much like a painter prepping the canvas.
Stones left over from the probes positioned around the building.
This is an edited repost of a story I published quite some time ago; I hope those new to my feed will find insight and inspiration in this post!
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