Light, presence and narratives of remembrance | 2014 | Selenium toned silver gelatin photographs of varying size; 5 x 4" silver gelatin prints on glass (mounted away from the wall, installation shots also shown)
Some years ago I came into possession of a collection of early twentieth century glass plate negatives. These negatives were accidentally brought into the light by renovating builders; sealed between the walls of a convict built house. The material qualities of these objects led me to think about our relationships between past and present.
These works are part of a larger series that explores how the moments we experience everyday contribute to memory and refocuses on photography’s relationship with acts of remembrance beyond cognitive thought. These spaces, and moments, we pass through form part of our shared cultural social experience. I’m interested in ways that we collectively experience remembrance and construct memories and the role that photography plays in these processes. I photograph transient moments and reclaim photographic artifacts to show how the medium can transform these into tangible visual forms that triggers flows of tacitly felt understanding.
