Curiosities
An ongoing project that includes cyanotypes and tintypes of 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!
Included in Time Lapse - Contemporary Analog Photography,
Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT
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
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
The Pause
4x3" wet-plate collodion on aluminum (tintype).19th century case
Megaphone
9x6” Cyanotype on 14x11” Hanemuhle Sumi-e
The Rope
9x6” Cyanotype on 14x11” Hanemuhle Sumi-e
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
Glove and Oar
6 x 9” Cyanotype on 11x14” Hahnemuhle - Sumi-e
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 includes tintypes of objects that belong to me, some that I use everyday, special gifts from friends and things that have been passed down in my family. They give the viewer a glimpse into my 19th Century, Vintage Technology, Analog World. Plus friends caught doing curious things!
Cabinets of Curiosities are collections of unusual items. They can 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 a room. They started in the 1500's with individual collectors and lead to modern day museums.
Tintypes and Cyanotypes created today look very similar to those from the 19th Century. The chemical mixtures are like those used 150 years ago. The subject matter and composition are hints that my pieces aren't vintage. Although the objects I shoot are often old, I approach them in a contemporary way. There's a cellphone in my pocket and I post on Instagram. But I live in a self-created, pre-modern world, full of period objects of all kinds that I love to keep alive by bringing them into the 21st Century.
These processes lets me explore the mindset of the early photographer/scientist/collector. This is what drives my interest in these objects and these techniques and this body of work. It means so much to me and I'm excited to be able to share it with all of you.
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