_See __Cables_
“Cables” is the pictorial result of several months’ study of the Brooklyn
Bridge towers. When I found the composition I wanted, the rest was easy.
Except for the police. To a Bridge policeman anything on a tripod is a
movie camera, and that means: “Some guy’s gonna jump! Where’s he at?” I
evaded, not the law, but the majesty thereof—and with an 8×10 view camera.
The light was bad. (My lens would give an optical savant brain fever; I
designed it myself.) I used the rising front to the limit, and stopped
down to F:11 to cover the plate. Result, under-exposure, at one-sixtieth.
I developed first in Rodinal, 1:120; then finished in Rodinal 1:30.
Stanley plates can endure much cruelty. The print for reproduction is
made on matte Azo, soft, using strong M.-Q. developer.