The Last Library of Congress Darkroom Prints
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Etching the black specks that resulted from dust on the film for the Gordon Parks portrait of Ella Watson. For this step, the razor has to be at its sharpest, since you want to just barely scrape away the top surface of the emulsion.
For the first time since 1938, the Library of Congress has stopped selling silver gelatin prints of images in its collection. Earlier this month, freelance printer Franz Jantzen developed his final batch, including iconic images by Walker Evans, Gordon Parks, and Dorothea Lange.
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