from "My favorites from the yearly vacation at the lake..."Lenscratch (c) Aline Smithson /All Rights Reserved
from "My favorites from the yearly vacation at the lake..."Lenscratch (c) Aline Smithson /All Rights Reserved
Henry from "My favorites from the yearly vacation at the lake..."Lenscratch (c) Aline Smithson /All Rights Reserved
SHADOWS AND STAINS series: "Shot with a toy camera (Diana), I set out to deconstruct images, overlap or cut my negatives, add thoughts that never get said out loud, add text and texture through traditional methods in the darkroom, add washes of oil paint to the surface, and discard the idea of making the perfect print. I want the shadows and stains of my photographic fingerprints as evidence that I was there, in a dark room." –Aline Smithson
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In December, Photographer Aline Smithson posted the following message on her blog LENSCRATCH: "Send me your favorite photograph of 2009 (that you have taken) and I will post it on New Year's Day." Readers sent images from as far away as India, Burma, Ireland, and Hungary, as well as many from here at home. The following are only a few of the almost 100 images posted:
