John Cyr: Developer Trays
Traditional printing tools
“Many photographers, printmakers, and photographers’ archivists have already discarded or thrown out their developer trays because they believed they were no longer significant or useful. Irving Penn’s developer trays have been thrown away, as have those of master printer Richard Benson. I am photographing available developer trays so that the photography community will remember specific, tangible printing tools that have been a seminal part of the photographic experience for the past hundred years. By titling each tray with its owner’s name, I reference the historical significance of these objects in a minimal manner that evokes thought and introspection about what images have passed through each individual tray.” – John Cyr
