Chance

Inkjet print from a hand-painted silver gelatin print.

2018 Member's Show Purchase Award

Nothing comes from Nothing | Horizon
My interest in memory lies in the exploration of the relationships between the passage of time, repetition, and loss, including reappearance and forgetting. I work with both found photography and discarded Super 8mm film to reimagine personal as well as collective memories that challenge the photographic notion of truth and teeter on the possibility of fiction. The imagery is a diverse collection of composites, recreating layers and fragments of the past similar to the way memory is created, stored and recalled. I am searching for the balance between truth and fiction and seeking to reconcile that uncertainty.

The title of this series, “Nothing comes from nothing”, is referred to in many literary sources- The Bible, Shakespeare, Classic philosophy, theatre, film, and music. These varied references include the idea that existence is an infinite succession of moments, and even with no change, there is temporal change. I am keenly interested in the altering of memory over time, and the subsequent narrative that speaks hauntingly to the present.