The first installment of my large photo-documentary is online.
This was a several month project where I followed the progress of a Habitat for Humanity house being built by a coalition of women’s groups in Atlanta. The work took place in early 1992.
So far I have 143 images scanned, not quite half, as best I can tell. Some of them are pretty mucky and will need to be re-scanned once I get the waterspots and cruft off them. But I’m pleasantly surprised at the quality of the development and the density of the negatives. These were all done by hand and I had very little experience at it. They may lack the dynamic range of Ansel Adams but hey, you can see what’s in ’em.
For the cognoscenti, the film used was Ilford HP5 or Delta 400, most likely shot as rated. If memory serves, these were all shot with my Nikon FM2. Still have it. They were scanned on my Nikon Coolscan (LS-50) at 4000 dpi as 14 bit images.
The plan for all this is to clean it up and make a gift of it all to Habitat, the Junior League of Atlanta, and any other coalition members who want it. I have no idea if the homeowner on whose behalf this project was done still lives in the house, but I think a copy of it all would be nice to keep there. I think this is the place, as Joseph Smith said.