Cinders

I want to explore making an object like a photograph disintegrate into dust, the lasting impressions still charged with human energy. 

My images are upcycled anamorphosis photographs; the distortion made by the heat of the cinders on the print paper. As dust we are interwoven into the very fabric and harmony of the earth, carrying with us the genetic memories, earth’s delicate balance of what was intuited restored.

These works explore the theory that a trace, consciousness, a memory, or an impression of thought can be more powerful than the original object; the subject from which those impressions are first drawn. The remnants’ of a ruined image often hold more interest, more provocation and power, than the original image could instil or evoke and the fire and cinders often transcend instinctual fear and fascination in the viewer.

I wanted to hone in on the notion that the photograph or image can be de-structured, dissolved particles suspended into ash or cinders. The photographic image loses structure, becoming fragile, its ephemeral nature revealed, retaining its surviving marks, morphed icons and scars as evidence of its former existence.  I want to explore the question, what happens to our understanding when only a trace is left?  Does it become a stronger image?