I have divided my images into a few categories, mainly to spare you, the viewer, from having to see all of them in one giant gallery.
One major category of my pictures I call "Artifacts" (hence the name of the site). These are objects that were not necessarily intended to be art, but turned out artistic or beautiful, either because of some beauty in their design, or just because of a juxtaposition with other objects, or even just how the light hits them. Other categories are:
My earlier images were mostly taken with medium format cameras on Kodak T-Max film. A few were taken on 35mm film using Nikon F's or F2's. The newer ones were all digital, taken with series of digital cameras, from a Nikon D200 to most recently, a Nikon D750, and occasionaly an iPhone 14 Pro.
Photo by D. Kravitz
My name is Jeff K. Kravitz.
I have been using cameras since I was very young - many decades ago, alas - but I became more serious about photography in the early 70's. I did mostly black and white photography for about 20 years, and did wet darkroom work for about the same time. I really loved the experience of watching a beautiful black and white print appear in the developing tray.
A few years ago I decided to switch to digital photography. I had been playing with digital a bit for a few years, but was very dissatisfied with the results. The reason for finally switching was the advent of ink jet printers that were capable of black and white printing that came close enough to a gelatin-silver print. I obtained a good printer, discovered that it produced prints that met my standards and thus, decided to close down my darkroom (with a tear in my eye). I now work fully digitally, and have produced enough good prints to be happy. I also find that the digital workflow is much easier and more powerful than working in a wet darkroom (alas).
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