2022
Pigment Ink Prints
13.5 x 11 in (34.3 x 28 cm)
Edition of 4 + 2AP
In an inversion of function, 4×5 film holders are opened and placed in front of the view camera, becoming the subject. And rather than using the view camera to expose a photograph, a second camera pointed at the ground glass records the final image. This arrangement creates a visual puzzle, a stack of layers compressed into a single picture: the grid on the ground glass, the crumbling film holder, the dusty window pane, a glimpse of landscape beyond. Each composition is an image of and image and a contradiction. The damaged film holders are open and can no longer hold an image — instead they become accidental maps floating over glimmers of a real place.
This project was supported by the artist-in-residence program at Halsnøy Kloster in Norway.
