There are a lot of cornfields like this all over my area. This corn could go anywhere in the world to feed people.

The lens I used for this photograph was travelling all around the world. Each person would receive it in the mail and document their area for two weeks, then pass it on.

Camera: Minolta XD11
Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.7
Filter: Hoya HMC 55mm Skylight (1B)
Film: Fuji Neopan Acros 100 black and white 35mm film
Shooting program: Aperture priority
Aperture: F/8
Shutter Speed: 1/125th of a second
Date: July 4th, 2010, 7.13 a.m.
Location: Sacramento, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing info (chemicals at 75 degrees):
Kodak D-76 developer: 6 mins.
Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min.
Kodak fixer: 10 mins.
Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min.
Final water rinse: 1 min.

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