Dante's Inferno on Hasselblad & Hahnemuhle Signing Pen Duo set.

Photo : Inferno test prints, shot on Hasselblad SW/CM. Guy Little © 2026

Inferno 1992

Here is print run of an image I took in 1992 at Cobar western NSW of a mining abandoned slag heap. The title comes from the entrance to hell in Dante's Inferno. One of the things I like about this, is the ambiguity of scale. the cave entrance is many stores high.

Back to doing a new print run of a photo I took in 1992. Just working on opening the shadows a bit more from the proof on the left. Whenever I do a print run, it's done in blocks of 5 at a time. My tests become artist proofs until I am happy with them regarding print quality and then I print 5 in one go. So, If I sell 1 I immediately have another 4 to sell. When I get down to 2 left then I do another print run of 5 again. Using the Hahnemuhle Signing Pen Duo set, and as I’m printing on matt paper I'm using the graphite pencil. 

Having good quality light to make accurate assessment on print quality, density and tonality is critical. I use the Ilford Ilfolux MKI colour viewing lamp. A beautiful light from Ilford. I can change the colour temperature and brightness. Well made and well priced, I highly recommend this as a light. I have 3. One for printing viewing and 2 used as copy lights for my copy stand.

I find it interesting that so many photographers don’t understand what tonality is, what to look for, how to light for it, how to expose, post and print for it. And that is for another talk, another time. And this is also what many come to me to appreciate and learn more about.

Reading : Meditations by Krishnamurti

Watching : Furious

Listening : Back to Beethoven

Eating : hardboiled eggs

Drinking : soda water