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I stopped by to visit your gallery today.  I don't recall how long ago I last visited.  Years maybe.

Dressed all in black, as I am wont to do, I clomp down the digital corridors of DA.

As I arrive the doors efficiently and silently open and then again silently close behind me as I enter.

I stand quietly listening for for the presence of other visitors, but all I can hear is the ringing in my ears that plagues me when my surroundings are too quiet.

I check the ledger and no one has signed it since my last visit.  Has anyone even entered since I was last here? 

I walk through the gallery and only glance at most of the photos.  They are not what I'm looking for.

I'm looking for you.

I try to open up that part of me that can feel your presence, but my throat gets tight and it becomes hard to breath.

Should I just walk away?

Maybe for now anyway.

Near the entrance to your gallery are a couple of tables surrounded by somewhat out of date, but formerly stylish, chairs.

On the tables I note a thin layer of dust has built up.

With my finger I etch in the dust, "I was Here", and then turn and leave.  

Well the results from the scanners at Creve Cour Camera are a mixed bag.  I'm getting sharper images, which is a good thing, but I am losing a lot more of the color variation than if I used my digital camera to take pictures of these old 35mm's.  Either way it is better than what I was getting at Kinko's.

I guess if you want better images, you'll just have to find someone else to go and take some shots (maybe you?).

And that leads to the second problem.  None of these shots are more recent than 2000 and the vast majority of the documentation has been destroyed (not my decision).  So I have some nice images I'd like to post, but I hesitate to because I don't have any details as to where they were they were taken.  I hate that.

Well, for the time being I'll note the images as being "Mystery images" for the time being.

Well, the results of scanning at Kinko's were somewhat underwelming.  I've tried taking digital photos of some of the prints and that has worked better in some cases, but it causes some distortion and additional loss of fine detail.  I'm planning on visiting a shop called Creve Cour Camera and using their scanners, with hopes that it will provide better results.

Okay, what we're dealing with here are boxes of 35mm prints.  All the negatives were destroyed so that's mainly what I be dealing with.  Scaning the pictures at Kinko's and I'll try to match up locations to the photo's if I can.  I'm sorry, but the quality has taken a hit in the transition.  If you'd like better images, the best way to get them involves hiking boots.