Photography by David Ondrik

And that means there’s a new Print of the Month! This month is a return to film-made silver prints. Check it out on the Collect page!

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“When I was a younger man, art was a lonely thing. No galleries, no collectors, no critics, no money. Yet, it was a golden age, for we all had nothing to lose and a vision to gain. Today it is not quite the same. It is a time of tons of verbiage, activity, consumption. Which condition is better for the world at large I shall not venture to discuss. But I do know, that many of those who are driven to this life are desperately searching for those pockets of silence where we can root and grow. We must all hope we find them.” – Mark Rothko

Mark Rothko, Black on Maroon 1959, © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko ARS, NY and DACS, London, Oil on Canvas

Today I spent the better part of 3 hours in a color darkroom, trying to remember how to make chromogenic prints. It was a mixed bag. I certainly got better as the day grew longer and the stack of photographic paper smaller. I was even told by a good friend that knows about such things that my whites were dingy, and that this meant the chemistry was bad, which could be why the colors were so…strange. It was an interesting experience, that’s for sure. I’m hopeful that the next couple of hours will be even better. Then I can really throw that R2400 in a river.

Organ Mountains, originally uploaded by davidondrik.

According to Flickr, this is my most interesting photo. Yikes.