Curiosities
Photographic Records Created as a Celebration of American Material Culture
During an Exploration of Still-Life as 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
Photographic Records Created as a Celebration of American Material Culture
During an Exploration of Still-Life as Self-Portrait.
These are portraits of the things I live with, objects that have been passed down through my family, items I've used everyday for years and recent finds.
Plus friends doing curious things (often with objects)!
Shot with Tintype or on film and then printed with Cyanotype, these hand-made photographs 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. Throughout my life, I’ve lived inside a series of Cabinets of Curiosities. I keep the items within them alive by grouping them in new ways and then photographing them. I do this to bing their stories to life. This is what drives my interest in objects, these techniques and this body of work: to create portraits of the items, which, if examined closely, are portraits of myself.
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All images and text © 2005-2023 by David Sokosh.