Within my series facies simulacra scars, hair patterns, skin texture

and finger prints are amplified through proximity and concentrated resolution.

What began as a series of portraits has evolved into life scale figurative studies

created from a process that suspends the model over a flat bed scanner.

Thousands of one pixel line exposures are made in succession over several minutes.

The smallest movement is captured progressively, one thin line at a time.

The resulting life size images portray a certain fluidity through the collected panels

which can be seen as a static animation or as movement in progress.

Each interpretation eludes to the energy of the model’s attempt at holding

the gesture while suspended. This speaks directly toward my interest in the

transcending nature of life and the impermanence of the individual.

The prints are finished with several layers of purified beeswax melted directly

into the fibers of the rag paper. This use of beeswax, which dates to ancient

mummification processes, leaves a skin like patina on the surface and provides

protection for the pigment based ink.

The most recent components of the portfolio are multiple negative 4x5 images.

These address a similar idea of impermanance only it is the variations of

movement between exposures that elude to the sublime energy.

The space of time from the first capture as I extract, turn and expose

the second plate is recorded in absentia by juxtaposing the two

negatives and printing the composite as one. My plan is to finish the images with

liquid emulsion on aluminum.