Darkroom trays of Fame

John Cyr is documenting developer trays from photographer's darkrooms. The one featured above was my favorite from the group. The silver discoloration on the bottom is literally silver from the prints. I have always thought this was beautiful and really makes tangible the notion that it is silver that creates images. When I was a student at TCC we used to scratch our initials on the silver and see how long it would take for it to vanish... not long in a group lab.

Photo Credit: John Cyr, Silvia Plachy's Developer Tray