First New Mexico Prints

The darkroom is finally up and running. Drying racks are not completed yet so I’m using the old school clothesline and wooden pins. It works. My goal on this day was just to break the ice. Was talking with another photographer yesterday telling him I had finally started printing and he said, “It takes me about three days before I’m in the right mental space to make a real print. (He is a master printer.) He said he starts with small work prints and several days in he begins to make larger more important prints. I totally get it. When I mention the darkroom I get a lot of photographers who make comments like, “Can you get paper anymore?” or “I bought an Epson,”…