Thursday, August 23, 2012

Dubonnet Ghost Sign and the Magic of the Digital Darkroom

Here's a picture I shot on Ektachrome in the summer of 1983 of one of the last Dubonnet wall paintings. The slide itself is disgustingly moldy, the mold attracting dust, but I was able through the magic of the digital darkroom to get this lovely image:



Here's what it looked like when I scanned it:

4 comments:

  1. Love this photo and the first time I've seen the 'Dubo, Dubon, Dubonnet' execution on a wall. Great work, thanks for sharing. Would you mind if I shared on my Ghostsigns aite?

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    1. That would be great, as long as you post a copyright notice. I have some other ghost signs I've been scanning, too. Thanks!

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    2. Thanks Scott, this is posted here. I'll look out for any more photos and do feel free to add them to the ghostsigns Flickr group too.

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    3. Just in case you're not following it, the discussion that has started on my site as a result of your photo is revealing some interesting additions to the research I did.

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