Headless Chicken

Something about the images I used in the previous

two posts brought

this 1995 photo into my thoughts.

At the time I made a few silver gelatin prints

of this image.

I think that I've got one left,

in a drawer here in my studio.

I wish that I had made more, but at the

time I was put off by the amount of 'spotting'

that each print needed. Spotting involves poring

over the print for hours with a fine paint brush and

a bottle of ink touching up imperfections, or spots.

The print is largish, I have an idea that I made the

chicken as close to life-size as possible.

Another reason that I didn't make many prints

was that I predicted that it would not be an easy photo

to sell, not very suitable for the sitting room wall.