The project On Texas is in the unfinished stage. I still need to look over all of my negatives. Back when I had access to 12 feet of professional light tables I only looked through all of my transparencies and none of the negatives. Part of the reason I did not look over the negatives was the time required and I really needed a rest after taking three months to see all the transparencies.
At this time I do not have access to 12 feet of professional light tables so I will need to wait for that to happen again. There are a lot less negatives to look over than the transparencies but in the negatives are several images I know will add greatly to the On Texas project. One image that comes to mind is the black and white Haircut photograph made in 1974 in Huntsville.
I am looking forward to looking over all the negatives to see what else can be added to the On Texas Photographic Essay.
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Byron
I discovered when I started looking over the negatives I will not need the extra 8 feet of light tables. But I will need new contact sheets of the past work as I lost most of my contact sheets in 1993 to water damage. I have started making new digital contact sheets and they are working just fine. The Haircut image from a negative has been added to the website.
The new addition of a 1974 self portrait on the About page is from a new digital contact sheet made from 6X6cm negatives.
Byron
7-13-2014