I went into Seattle yesterday. I went to the G. Gibson Gallery to talk about selling some of the photographs that I bought 30 years ago so that I can pay some bills and buy a printer and a scanner. I need to get into the big city more often. They took out all the parking meters! They were replaced by one meter that services the entire block. The meter takes coins and credit cards and spits out a receipt that you tape to the inside of your passenger's window. I felt like some country boy in the big city. I finally figured it out. I brought several photographs but the one that I had been talking to Gail Gibson about was a Brett Weston print.

Brett Weston
San Francisco 1937

She liked the print and is going to handle it. Brett Westons are going for more that I thought. I also brought my other prints and she gave me some price estimates. The surprise was that Minor White prints were going for as much as the Brett Westons. Unfortunately my Minor white print, Ritual Stones, had some surface damage from the glass breaking in the frame. Bummer! But she gave me a name for a paper conservator that works on photographs. I think I will restore the Minor White and that should finish off my studio and build a darkroom.

Minor White
Ritual Stones

Sad to leave the Weston with Gail but looking forward to finally being able to print like I want. I am keeping my Andre Kertesz and George Tice.