Affirmation #2: Fine Lines

varnished watercolor on aquabord

When we hold a photo negative up to the light 

all objects are reversed. 

Black is white, 

white is black. 

Moreover, the character lines of any face in the picture are not clear.

Once placed into the developing solution, 

what photographers call
 "the latent image" 
is revealed in the print -

darkness is turned to light; 

and, lo, 

we have a beautiful picture.

-Catherine Marshall

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