The Story Behind The Prints – While studying at Pratt Institute in 1968-1969 I was heavily involved with learning all I could about printmaking. Hand Lithography fascinated me, but there was a big learning curve. One of the techniques, Hand Lithography, usually involved creating an image on either Bavarian Limestone or thin metal plates. Upon my return to British Columbia I began photographing the plates that are used on Wood Pilings along the Coast.

This Portfolio emerged from a series of prints based on photographs of the aluminum press plates which are still used by newspapers and printers. These plates are used to print the pages of newspapers and magazines and the like. Frequently, after the plates are used they are sold to the public for use as water-proofing the tops of pilings used in installing pilings for wharves and docks. I am intrigued by the fact that they are often hammered or stapled onto the piling with the previously used ink-side down. I am fascinated to know what story or stories and photographs lie hidden on the hidden side? Often as I process this series, I am thrilled to see subliminal (hidden) imagery emerge. What do you see?