A decade or so ago John mentored me in the darkroom over the better part of a few months - after a few years away from the darkroom, it was a joy to get real instruction from a great printer. John also printed a handful of prints for me (a few large, a few smaller) that are absolutely beautiful.

I believe that he was with ICP during those days and is now teaching at a university.

Re trays, I am partial to big Paterson plastic trays. I have a handful of them now for my processing setup and hope to avoid purchasing anything else for a while. Everything squeaky clean and devoid of character - nothing like the "portraits" that John made!

Ps - I have one of John's tray portraits on my wall. I LOVE walking by it throughout the day - it's a beautiful photograph and serves as a reminder to DO THE WORK.