Picher, Oklahoma – 2011
With a BAFA in the History of Photography, and MFA in Visual Art, I'm intrigued with the photographic process beginning in 1839 – the so-called birth of the photograph.
Pursuing alternative and historical methods of picture taking, I also yield to analogue tools available in digital formats. Reversing time in a modern image, creating 19th century outcomes with 21st century processes, may help us rethink photography from "right now" to "back when." Perfect focus, vivid colors, and three dimensional contrast give way to lens blur, vignetting, and dust spots.
Today's tools can also yield yesterday's photographs, and I hope remind us of image making before point and shoot.
Picher, Oklahoma – Superfund Site 2011
