Cultivate (2011-2015)
"Beauty & Burden" 6''x 6'' Silver Gelatin Print
"Restrictive Motion" 6''x 6'' Silver Gelatin Print
- We shot the portraits on Dec 30, 2011. It was freezing. We were inside of a barn, so that helped a little bit but even with the extra layers of clothes, socks, and shoes hidden under the dress, we didn't last longer than an hour outside.
"Suffocation" 6'' x 6'' Silver Gelatin Print
"Cautious Efforts" 6'' x 6'' Silver Gelatin Print
"Unsettling Reminders" 6'' x 6'' Silver Gelatin Print
"Kept" 6'' x 6'' Silver Gelatin Print
"Pit & Gut" 6'' x 6' Silver Gelatin Print
I started building the evergreen collar at the end of January 2013. I had hopes of shooting this collar in the snow, but unfortunately, the snow came too quickly and then I became to impatient to see if it would actually snow again.
"Understudy" 6'' x 6'' Silver Gelatin Print
"Forgiven by not Forgotten" 6'' x 6'' Silver Gelatin Print
"Seeded Certainty" 6'' x 6'' Silver Gelatin Print
"Take Root" 6'' x 6'' Silver Gelatin Print
"Cultivate" 6'' x 6'' Silver Gelatin Print
The succulent collar was constructed in May 2014 and in one weekend. I shot the images the next day so they I could finish the back of the piece. I was afraid that they dry out, and to my surprise, they stayed alive for weeks.
"Lasting Patchwork" 6'' x 6" Silver Gelatin Print
"Soft Footing: 6'' x 6'' Silver Gelatin Print
The collars were completed, initially, only in the front. The back was finish after the shoot took place, and was presented as a sculpture in the final exhibition.
