I find Webb’s images of abandoned buildings to be interesting, especially seeing the similarities between Treece, Kansas and the buildings of Northern State Hospital in Sedro Woolley that I’ve been so interested in all quarter.

Kids are great. Just ask Helen Levitt. I would love to work more with children, or at least child-like imagery. Here’s some of my inspiration:

I might be a little bit obsessed with Platinum portraiture lately, but these are fantastic…

Cuzco Children, 1948

Gypsy Family, Estremadura, Spain, 1965

Artist: Paula Chamlee

Wet plate collodion is an alternative process that we aren’t learning this quarter, but it can look pretty cool in my opinion.

Garth suggested that I look up Anna Gaskell’s work and I totally loved it. I’m planning to continue with a similar theme from the Narrative project for our Death of the silver gelatin print? project. She does a fantastic mix of adorable, whimsical children as well as really creepy images where you can’t tell quite what’s going on at first glance. Here are some of my favorites: