Field Study, 2004-2006

I worked on Field Study during a residency at the MacDowell Colony. Each studio had its own empty field and this seemed a metaphor for creative potential itself. The final work, 2 1/4 inch Polaroid collage, was the technical answer to having no darkroom. I was 8 months pregnant and unable to work with darkroom chemicals. Scissors, pens, and glue became my tools as I began to re-make the photographs as I wished them to be in a perfect world. When the skies came out underexposed I taped on a darker sky. When I photographed fireflies and the image came out black, I glued some in...


Original, one-of-a-kind Polaroid collages, framed with titles etched on glass, various dimensions, 2005. Also, a series of archival pigment prints on paper, edition of 3, titles in pencil, 11x14", 2006.

  1. Field

  2. Field II

  3. Litmus

  4. The Density of Air

  5. Brighter Days

  6. I Long

  7. Tree LIne

  8. Re-membering

  9. Memories Terribly Leaked Away

  10. Seeing the Forest for the Trees

  11. Fireflies

  12. Nothing Will Ever be the Same Again

  13. Waxing

  14. Born