Alternative Process: Solarization

As for my last alternative process I wanted to re-explore the dark room, I developed my old negatives from Toronto. This image is one of my favourites because everything in the reflection of the glass is in more detail than the actual street. I liked how you can see the other half of the mans face through the glass. This photo stands out to me because he was first staring inside the restaurant. Initially I planned to do a multiple exposure, though it being very difficult to burn and dodge images together so I decided to explore a solarization (Sabattier Effect). Working in the darkroom again has made me better at developing negatives. Working in their and being able to use more than one enlarger at the same time has been fun. As this effect was caused and created by over exposing the print by accident, I really like how it reflects the process of actually learning through trial and error in the darkroom. With a solarization, I like how the images we develop are set to an exact exposure, and then after being put in the developer exposed again to a white light. It is converse of what we are suppose to do with film and very fun!

All photographs taken with 
Canon EOS ELAN II E Camera
&
EF 28-105mm Lens