Absence considers death and our own impermanence. After scanning a found nineteenth-century photograph and digitally removing the subject, I made a collodion wet plate from the resulting image. The shiny surface of the tintypes allows the viewer to see themselves reflected in the spot where the subject once stood.
![Absence #1. Greg Sand.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/65f9ce2e-4884-407e-87d3-fe3f6485ce96/a1101f7b-e1c6-44d0-8b15-a35ef1814b41_rw_1200.jpg?h=c1e5389e3d4e154224c5408b91e33823)
Absence #1
Collodion Tintype from Manipulated Found Photograph,
2013, 4.25" x 3.25"
![Absence #2. Greg Sand.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/65f9ce2e-4884-407e-87d3-fe3f6485ce96/366e350d-797c-4734-9488-aaf4b7682f2a_rw_1200.jpg?h=7a155b08a7e99fcbcd2f70150de7c672)
Absence #2
Collodion Tintype from Manipulated Found Photograph,
2013, 4.25" x 3.25"
![Absence #3. Greg Sand.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/65f9ce2e-4884-407e-87d3-fe3f6485ce96/60550e57-e0e6-4660-a51a-526cbd6e1b5b_rw_1200.jpg?h=6c229937d5a6c01e6f3e76e5edb4bbc4)
Absence #3
Collodion Tintype from Manipulated Found Photograph,
2013, 4.25" x 3.25"
![Absence #4. Greg Sand.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/65f9ce2e-4884-407e-87d3-fe3f6485ce96/a37f8675-b0e6-4537-9ef2-670eac83f9ee_rw_1200.jpg?h=509ef88e0da562ff9475bb77f9c49a02)
Absence #4
Collodion Tintype from Manipulated Found Photograph,
2013, 4.25" x 3.25"
![Absence #5. Greg Sand.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/65f9ce2e-4884-407e-87d3-fe3f6485ce96/db097c5e-c7cc-47d3-9304-5532dea65893_rw_1200.jpg?h=e4d9f54353e20375c8a4409305818a62)
Absence #5
Collodion Tintype from Manipulated Found Photograph,
2013, 4.25" x 3.25"
![Absence #6. Greg Sand.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/65f9ce2e-4884-407e-87d3-fe3f6485ce96/108cacea-0bd5-4d13-8011-93295531d661_rw_1200.jpg?h=bec6e96e5a2f7b893579d1cf97d23cf3)
Absence #6
Collodion Tintype from Manipulated Found Photograph,
2013, 4.25" x 3.25"
![Absence #8. Greg Sand.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/65f9ce2e-4884-407e-87d3-fe3f6485ce96/754302e9-f51b-41d9-b75c-e0ae6c1ecd73_rw_1200.jpg?h=5cb308f06a0b9e10ec562c1e4a690431)
Absence #8
Collodion Tintype from Manipulated Found Photograph,
2013, 4.25" x 3.25"
![Absence #9. Greg Sand.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/65f9ce2e-4884-407e-87d3-fe3f6485ce96/ad51cf5e-0577-4971-9c94-6a4fb6f5abee_rw_1200.jpg?h=34e8d4f758399deacb1c5a9bb7ff860d)
Absence #9
Collodion Tintype from Manipulated Found Photograph,
2013, 4.25" x 3.25"