Curiosities
An ongoing project that includes cyanotypes and tintypes.
Visual records created as a celebration of American Material Culture,
during an exploration of still-life as portrait/self-portrait;
Images from this project were included in Time Lapse - Contemporary Analog Photography,
Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT
Opera Flowers
19.25x12.5” Cyanotype image on
22.5x16” sheet-Hahnemuhle Sumi-e
Edition of 10
Shadow of her Former Self
19x13.5” Cyanotype image on
22x16.5” sheet-Hahnemuhle Sumi-e
Edition of 10
Bowl of Cherries
19x12.5” Cyanotype image on
22x16” sheet-Hahnemuhle Sumi-e
Edition of 10
Oakleaf Hydrangea
19.25x12.5” Cyanotype image on
22.5x16” sheet-Hahnemuhle Sumi-e
Edition of 10
Image on Banner
TimeLapse at Shelburne Museum
Installation Footage
TimeLapse at Shelburne Museum
At the Artists’ Panel
TimeLapse at Shelburne Museum
Installation Still
TimeLapse at Shelburne Museum
The Circle
9x6” Cyanotype on 14x11” Hanemuhle Sumi-e Ed. of 10
Grandmother’s Corset
12x9” wet-plate collodion on aluminum (tintype).
Hercules
6x4” wet-plate collodion on aluminum (tintype).
The Oarsmen
9x6” Cyanotype on 14x11” Hanemuhle Sumi-e Ed. of 10
The Pause
4x3" wet-plate collodion on aluminum (tintype).19th century case
Megaphone
9x6” Cyanotype on 14x11” Hanemuhle Sumi-e Ed. of 10
The Rope
9x6” Cyanotype on 14x11” Hanemuhle Sumi-e Ed. of 10
Tantulus
5x4" wet-plate collodion on aluminum (tintype).19th century case
Nine Thanksgiving Wishes
Collage of 9-6x4” wet-plate collodion on aluminum (tintypes).
Bicep
4.5 x 9” Cyanotype on 11x14” Hahnemuhle - Sumi-e Ed. of 10
Glove and Oar
6 x 9” Cyanotype on 11x14” Hahnemuhle - Sumi-e Ed. of 10
Wings
12x9" wet-plate collodion on aluminum (tintype).
Wing Collar
4x5” Cyanotype on Arches Platine
Pence Nez
4x6" wet-plate collodion on aluminum (tintype).
Pence Nez Sunglasses
4x6" wet-plate collodion on aluminum (tintype).
Expecting
4x5” Cyanotype on Arches Platine
Curiosities An ongoing project that includes cyanotypes and tintypes.
Visual records created as a celebration of American Material Culture
during an exploration of still-life as portrait/self-portrait;
These are the things that I live with.
Objects that have been passed down through my family, items I've used everyday for years and recent finds are all included.
Plus friends doing curious things (often with objects)!
These hand-made images give the viewer a glimpse into my self-created, pre-modern world, full of vintage objects and intriging stories.
Cabinets of Curiosities are collections of unusual items. They include art objects, antiquities, strange scientific apparatus and natural history specimens. These can be displayed on a shelf, in an literal cabinet or the collection can fill rooms. They started in the 1500's with individual collectors and lead to modern day museums. For most of my life, I’ve lived within a series of my own Cabinets of Curiosities.
Tintypes and Cyanotypes created today look very similar to those from the 19th and Early 20th Centuries. The chemical processes are the same as those used over 150 years ago. My subject matter and composition are hints that the pieces I create are newly made. Although the objects I photograph are vintage, I approach them in a contemporary way, I live in a self-created, pre-modern world, full of period objects of all kinds. I keep these items alive by grouping them in new ways, to tell their story, my own story or a fictional one and then photograph them to bring these stories to life. This is what drives my interest in these objects these techniques and this body of work. To create portraits of them, which, if examined closely, are portraits of myself or people in my life.
This project mean so much to me and I'm excited to be able to share it with you.
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All images and text © 2005-2023 by David Sokosh.