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“My large-scale photograms
bring the intentions of drawing to the materials of photog-
raphy...The different grays achieved through timed light in the darkroom reminded me of the value scale in drawing. With this in mind, I set about creating prints with controlled light and cut-up shapes. I often refer to my process as drawing in the dark. Stones, daggers, ceremonial vessels, and
geometric drawing forms come together in unusual and private altars spaces. Bringing these still-life forms to the darkroom subverts the nature of drawing. Image-making is based on conjecture rather than sight, and once de- veloped, the results cannot be changed. The unseen and unknown is given precedence.”
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