LOVE your article - and the one from April 1st (where I can't seem to add a comment).

Amazing how humans from across the world can have such similar thoughts and experiences. No, I'm not doing all the wonderful brownie work that you are, but at 56 years old I share many of your childhood photographic memories. My mother was a photographer and her dad worked at Kodak. So obviously we had brownies plus at our house. Your words made me yearn for my old darkroom. There is one place in town where I can use their equipment, but it takes such forethought that it's hard to pull it together and impossibile to be spontaneous.

You have some incredibly beautiful photos from your brownie (and Brownie) cameras. I believe I see the way you say is needed to appreciate. I eat these types of photos up. Oh to live near you and come to your workshops! (I'm in Portland, Oregon - we do have Blue Moon Camera near us that processes and sells film of all new and old variety, but even it is an hour away from me so it takes concerted effort to engage with them.) I will have to suffice to see your online images and maybe connect on occassion about your works (and maybe in the future mine).

I own a number of brownies and a cardboard handmade pinhole camera my mother made years ago. I have taken photos with them but have gotten away from it in recent years. You inspire me to go back (in more than one way!). I've never worked with contact paper before. I suppose Blue Moon might have some, but I'm curious of your source - you say you have a stash, so maybe it's not being made by anyone anymore and I have to scavange?

Anyway, I just wanted you to know that I've joined your brownie group and that I am loving your photos.

peace fromt the (curently cold) pacific northwest,
raingirl

Thankyou RainGirl. I only just saw this. I will return after work and read. Appreciated. Graham