Sinking, Whitby harbour
I find manmade objects being slowly reclaimed by nature absolutely fascinating. Whether deep in the woods or on a windswept beach, the forces that build and nurture can be found consuming and destroying. Here a picninc table – a mundane object of recreation – is slowly sinking and being covered by sand. The waves pound and the wind pushes. This object – meant to withstand the pressures of abuse by picnickers and vandals – stands no chance against them.
In a moment of reflection this poor table’s story seems allegorical, a mirror of our own journey: created, consumed, destroyed, forgotten.
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- Camera
- Mamiya 6 medium-format rangefinder
- Lens
- Mamiya 75mm
- Filter
- #15 deep yellow
- Film
- Fuji Neopan 400 rated at 320
- Developer
- Rodinal 1+50
- Development
- Small tank for 11 minutes at 20 degrees Celsius. Agitation was for the first thirty seconds, then five inversions per minute.
- Date
- December, 2011
- Location
- 43.850484,-78.922690
- Copyright
- 2011 Chris Jones. All rights reserved.