Film: Family Dynamic

"Family is full of color"

ARTIST STATEMENT

So this is my family, extended family that is. Huddled around the island in the kitchen inhaling cake. I've been told I'm not supposed to say this, but I'm not very fond of this image. I felt the need to color it because after development manipulation is favored, but this just went downhill. My first mistake was anticipating the print to dry down darker than it did obviously. It's a great picture I think, the printing it onto photopaper just wasn't in my favor. Up in the top right you can see where i was going to color the cabinets for a a color selection sort of look, although I forgot that the maker just covered it completely and you can't see anything through it. When I tried to wipe off the marker, it smudged into the bright white boarder. I then had to cover up that mark and the rest of the boarder, thus the disgusting and distracting red boarder. There is a lot going on in this picture between all of the people, the messy kitchen, and the cutting of the cake. This image had a lot more potential so I'm upset that I couldn't fulfill that potential. Out of all of my prints, including this one, I need to work on my darkroom skills overall. The same as with my Reflective Self Portrait project, I think I anticipated this would dry a lot darker than it did. Mistakes were made and i will do my best to fix them.