Jen Matson Photography  

 

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All photographs are processed in a traditional darkroom and hand printed on archival paper by the artist. They are all originals--none are digital prints, and none have any digital manipulation. All images were taken with available, existing light, shot with Fuji film and a very basic 35mm Minolta SLR camera body. All color images are printed on Fuji Crystal Archive photo paper, and all black and white on Ilford.

The night photographs are long exposures, taken using a tripod. There are people walking through all of the pictures (The Faneuil Hall picture was shot at 5 pm on a weekday). In a long exposure, anything moving doesn’t show up. You will notice the light trails from headlights and taillights, but you will not see the cars. (The lights are bright enough to register on film, but the cars, like people, are not bright enough.) If you look closely, you will see a few ghosts—people who stopped briefly, so as to vaguely appear.

 

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