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
Collodion Tintype from Manipulated Found Photograph,
2013, 4.25" x 3.25"
Absence #2
Collodion Tintype from Manipulated Found Photograph,
2013, 4.25" x 3.25"
Absence #3
Collodion Tintype from Manipulated Found Photograph,
2013, 4.25" x 3.25"
Absence #4
Collodion Tintype from Manipulated Found Photograph,
2013, 4.25" x 3.25"
Absence #5
Collodion Tintype from Manipulated Found Photograph,
2013, 4.25" x 3.25"
Absence #6
Collodion Tintype from Manipulated Found Photograph,
2013, 4.25" x 3.25"
Absence #8
Collodion Tintype from Manipulated Found Photograph,
2013, 4.25" x 3.25"
Absence #9
Collodion Tintype from Manipulated Found Photograph,
2013, 4.25" x 3.25"