About eight o’clock, on a cold January morning, I found myself standing on the Via San Francesco in Assisi, Italy getting ready to take a photograph of this beautiful street in the early morning light. Just as I was ready to take the picture, a Friar walked into the frame and by this happy coincidence I captured one of my 10 favorite photographs…and, I think, one of my best.
The image, “Friar, Assisi” is one of which I refer to as my photographic trifecta. I like it very much, I feel as it’s an excellent image and collectors respond to it to the extent that I have almost sold out the edition of 150 and only have a few darkroom-printed photographs remaining in my studio. The light, wonderful monochromatic colors, the textures and the composition all combine to form an almost perfect photographic image (thanks to the Friar).
“Friar, Assisi” was taken with a Nikon FM2 using Kodak negative film and printed by Zeny in a traditional darkroom on FujiColor Crystal Archive paper. The 30×40 photograph is signed and numbered by Zeny, laminated with a UV protective coating and is ready to hang.
