architecturaldistortion

Kentmere Fineprint VC Warmwith Golden MSA, (2019, 11%22x14”, etched gelatin silver chemigram print).jpg

Forte Polywarmtone FB Semi-matt + Gamvar.Tri, (2020, 11%22x14”, etched gelatin silver chemigram print).jpg

Forte Polywarmtone FB Semi-matt + Gamvar (2020, 11%22x14”, etched gelatin silver chemigram print).jpg

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Architectural Distortion is a medical term for a specific visual abnormality – it describes a hard to detect group of cells that present themselves without a definite visible mass. This seems impossible: to detect something “just more than microscopic” and “sonically invisible”, yet still significant.

Certain imaging technologies allow us to see through the body to the inside. Other methods penetrate the surface of the body to facilitate study of particular tissues or organs.

White, silver based photo paper turns a color when exposed to light for a significant amount of time. This color — a light-based reaction in the emulsion layer of the paper — varies greatly depending on the brand, surface and type. In these Chemigrams, my etched marks in the varnished surface of the photo paper become visible using developer and fixer. Switching back and forth between these chemicals creates the black and white marks that appear on top of the inherent color of the exposed photo paper. To retain the color in many of these photographs, I don’t entirely fix them. Because they are not fixed, the color can change, deepening or fading depending on their exposure to UV light.

We map temporal, shifting, unstable, errant, and transient corporal targets. In so many circumstances we need to view things from both the inside and the outside.