Dry Earth (1990-1993)
These images are from my younger self, a medium format camera, and traditional darkroom methods commonly practiced prior to the “digital revolution.” My roots are seen here.
At the time of producing this work, my primary exploration focused on the landscape and how it has changed and is being changed by human activity. At the time, I felt the landscape could not be photographed in an imagined pristine state and remain “truthful” to modern time. Back then, I wondered if nature wasn’t as dead as a diorama at the California Academy of Sciences or as alive as a rockfish at the Monteray Bay Aquarium.
All photographs are silver gelatin original prints. The first four images (dated 1990) are created from multiple negatives combined in the darkroom.
