I'm off to a good start with my plan to re-introduce photography into my practice. Over the last several weeks, I've been using original photography and archival images in an attempt to craft narratives.
As mentioned in my residency summary, my goal is to consider what the image can provide that the object cannot. So, my intention is to use photography to provide a setting and add contextual information in regards to landscape and place. In some instances it also shows connection to place and its importance to family.
I have been collecting and scanning archival images of my family's home and candid or posed portraits taken outdoors, focusing on the landscape surrounding that home. The majority of these images feature the house I grew up in, the home my grandparents had built in 1971, from its completion up until my infant son played in the backyard around 2004. There are also a few earlier images featuring homes my family lived in as early as the 1950s. Additionally, I've collected a few portraits taken indoors, that could be used to provide more insight into narratives concerning individuals and family structure. I'm not sure yet if I will use them.
In fact, I'm not sure exactly how any of these images will be used yet. I'm considering creating objects, similar to the landscape reliefs I made during 1st semester, that will have a collage of images for its surface.There is also potential for a wall collage, individual collage works, a wall installation of enlarged photos (similar to the type seen in natural history museums), foundations for paintings, and an artist book.
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